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State of New Iersey. 



FIRST SERIES. 
Vol. XX. 



This volume was prepared and edited by authority 
of the State of New Jersey, at the request of the 
New Jersey Historical Society, and under the direc- 
tion of the following Committee of the Society: 

William Nelson, 
Garret D. W. Vroom, 
William S. Stryker, 
Austin Scott, 
Francis B. Lee, 



DOCUMENTS 



RELATING TO THE 



COLONIAL HISTORY 



OF THE 



State of New Jersey. 



EDITED BY 

WILLIAM NELSON. 



Extracts from American Newspapers, relating 
TO New Jersey. 

lIBfiAR^: 

UK. 

MAR 1 ., 

PATERSON, N. J.; DIVISION Of ^ 

The Call Printing and Piiulishing Co. 

1898. 



MAR 16 1901 
D, of D, 



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PREFACE. 



The predominant note in these pages is that of War, The 
Indian ravages begun in the fall of 1755 were continued well 
on into 1756, to the alarm and distress of the settlers in Sussex 
county, and even further inland, forts being thrown up as far 
south as Morris county, for the protection of the whites. The 
contemporary newspaper accounts here given are sickening in 
their horrid details of rapine and slaughter. These Indian 
forays were but a part of the formidable designs of the French 
on the northern and western British frontiers. The Earl of 
Loudoun wrote to Pitt, April 25, 1757, predicting that the 
Quakers of New Jersey and Pennsylvania would control the 
Assembly, so that "you will continue to have no assistance 
from them in money and will have very little in men, if they 
are wanted." The facts proved that he was as poor a prophet 
as he was a General. This little Province raised ;^4o,ooo in 
1755-6, for the purposes of protection and counter-attack. A 
command was raised in the summer of 1756 for the defence of 
the Sussex frontier, two shillings per day being promised to 
those who enlisted in this service. (Page 52.) The Jersey 
Regiment, under the gallant Col. Peter Schuyler, set out in 
April, 1756, for the north, and its progress is detailed in the 
newspapers of the day until it arrived at Oswego. We have a 
graphic account of the unfortunate ambuscade of a part of the 
Regiment, in July, 1757, the bloody event giving its name to 
the charming Sabbath Day Point, on Lake George. (Page 
122). In May, 1758, again, Colonel John Johnston left Perth 
Amboy with another New Jersey Regiment of one thousand 
men, "as jolly likely young fellows as were ever seen in these, 
parts; they made a very handsome appearance, being genteely 
cloathed from head to foot. And both officers and soldiers 
went off with the highest spirits, cheerfulness and resolution." 
(Page 219.) In the attack on Fort Ticonderoga a few weeks 



V^ PREFACE. 

later nearly sixty of these men were killed and wounded. 
(Page 255.) In 1759 the Assembly again voted to raise one 
thousand men for the summer campaign against the French; a 
bounty of £\2 was offered to each volunteer, and the men were 
to be "compleatly and uniformly cloathed from Head to Foot," 
their clothes, blanket and other necessaries being valued at ^^8 
more. Col. Peter Schuyler's name and fame doubtless proved 
an attraction superior to any of the other inducements. (Pages 
336-344-) For the campaign of 1760 the Province raised its 
usual quota of one thousand men, to whom the same bounty 
of ^12 was promised, with other rewards, as in 1759. A com- 
pany of Rangers was also sent with the Regiment, and the 
troops did service at Oneida Lake. (Pages 425-7, 438, 470, 474.) 
Notwithstanding the great strain upon the resources of the 
Province caused by these efforts for four years in succession, 
the Assembly voted in 1761 to raise six hundred effective men 
for service on the Canadian border. (Pages 560, 574, 581) 
These "Jersey Blues" were thus clad: "Their Uniform blue, 
faced with red, grey Stockings and Buckskin Breeches." (Page 
219.) The gallantry and bravery of these men, the skill of 
their noble commanders, Col. John Parker, Col. John Johnston, 
and particularly the chivalry and princely generosity of Colonel 
Peter Schuyler, spread abroad the fame of New Jersey's splen- 
did soldiery. Nor were these heroic sacrifices without a reflex 
action upon the citizens at home. The stirring events of those 
days, when the American people learned that they were able 
to protect themselves, by the prowess of their own arms, often 
in despite of blunders of British Generals and statesmen,' make 
interesting reading, especially when gleaned from the contem- 
porary newspaper reports, with their inevitable errors. The 
varying fortunes of the war are indicated also in the proclama- 
tions of the Governors of New Jersey from time to time ap- 
pointing alternately days of fasting and then of thanksgiving- . 
as Thursday, April 22, 1756— "A day of solemn humiliation 
and fasting and prayer in view of disaster and threatened dan- 
gers." (P. 20.) Friday, June 9, 1758— "as a day of fasting 
and publick prayer." (Page 214.) Thursday, December 7, 
1758— "as a Day of publick Thanksgiving." (P. 298.) Friday^ 
March 30, 1759— "a Day of Fasting and Humiliation." (P.' 



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337.) Thursday, November 22, 175^ — "as a day of llianks- 
giving-," on account of the capture of Quebec. (P. 388.) Fri- 
day, April 25, 1760 — "a Day of Fasting and HumiHation." 
(P. 427.) Friday, October 24, 1760 — ''as a Day of PubHck 
Thanksgiving to Almighty God, for the late glorious Successes 
of His Majesty's Arms in the Conquest of Canada." (P. 495.) 

Nor was the war confined to the land. French cruisers 
continually hovered off the New Jersey coast, committing dep- 
redations on British commerce. This stimulated privateering 
among the seafaring men and merchants, who occasionally 
captured worthy prizes. A privateer was built at Elizabeth- 
town, and probably the Monmouth and Burlington seaports 
fitted out others, and the hardy whalefishers at Cape May 
could scarcely have been behind in this alluring pursuit. 

An instance of the demoralizing effect of the war is seen in 
the numerous advertisements of deserters^ — young men who 
had been persuaded to "drink to His Majesty," and repented 
when sober. It is frequently conjectured, also, in the adver- 
tisements of runaway servants and apprentices, that they had 
enlisted, or "gone a-privateering," which was probably the 
fact. 

Important changes in the government of the Province oc- 
curred in the six years (1756- 1761) covered by tjiis volume. The 
zealous and tactful Gov. Jonathan Belcher was succeeded on 
his death in 1758 by President John Reading, until the arrival 
0/ Lieutenant Governor Thomas Pownal, who was superseded 
in the same year by the appointment of Governor Francis Ber- 
nard, who being transferred to Massachusetts in 1760, gave 
way to Gov. Thomas Boone. The latter was in 1761 sent to 
South Carolina, and was succeeded in New Jersey by the 
amiable Gov. Josiah Hardy. In January of the same year 
George the Third was proclaimed King at Perth Amboy and 
at Elizabethtown. Both cities were ready to spurn his author- 
ity fifteen years later. 

The Province received a new Chief Justice in the person of 
William Aynsley, in the spring of 1758, whose untimely demise 
in the following July made opportunity for the appointment 
of Nathaniel Jones, who by an ingenious legal quibble was 
deliberately excluded from an ofifice which the leading men of 



Vlll PREFACE. 

the Province concluded he could not dignify. The story — 
related in extenso in this volume, in text and notes — is one 
of the most curious episodes in the history of our Provincial 
Courts. 

The College of New Jersey, now firmly established at 
Princeton, is attracting wide attention, the newspapers of the 
day chronicling details of the annual commencements, the 
deaths of Presidents Aaron Burr, Jonathan Edwards and 
Samuel Davies, and the choice of the Rev. Samuel Finley to 
succeed that illustrious trio. Much free advertising is given 
also to the lottery for the benefit of the College, "as tending 
to advance Religion and useful Learning." 

Lotteries, indeed, seem to have experienced an extensive 
revival. We have advertisements of these schemes for a wide 
variety of objects, but principally in behalf of churches, as for 
the Lutheran church at Bedminster, the English church at 
New Brunswick, a new English church at Second River (now 
Belleville), the Morristown Presbyterian church, the Bound 
Brook Presbyterian church, St. John's church, Elizabethtown. 
the Lutheran church at Hackensack, the Parsippany Presby- 
terian church, and the Acquackanonk Reformed Dutch church. 
Also for the disposal of books and scientific apparatus, and 
for the relief of individuals. An important public object 
advanced by this questionable method was the erection of a 
lighthouse at Sandy Hook, by the merchants of New York. 

Another lottery with a worthy motive was for the purpose 
of raising money to purchase the title of the Lidians to lands 
in New Jersey. Interesting details are given in these pages 
of the treaty CQuncils held by Gov. Bernard with the Lidians 
at Easton, in 1758, when they relinquished their claims to the 
soil of New Jersey. Incidentally, light is thrown on the rela- 
tions of the whites and the Indians, a price being offered for 
the scalps of the latter at one time, when the white settle- 
ments were being ravaged by the aborigines, the result being 
that the inherent spirit of savagery in some of the palefaces was 
manifested in a manner to shock the authorities. It seems 
incongruous that the wild, free sons of the forest should ever 
have worn the shackles of slavery, and it is with satisfaction 
that we read of the escape of an Indian slave, "about 30 years 



PREFACE. IX 

of age, a little slim fellow, about 4 feet 4 or 5 inches high, 
short thick hair, which was cut off last fall." 

As is always the case where there is a class deprived of 
equal rights before the law, we read in these newspaper 
extracts of occasional rumors of threatened servile insurrec- 
tions, indicating the uneasiness accompanying the existence of 
slavery, even in the mild form in which that barbarous system 
prevailed in New Jersey. It was one of the penalties paid by 
the "superior" race as the price of its supremacy. There is 
but one instance mentioned of a slave who was branded. It 
is pleasant to learn that the branding was not done in New 
Jersey. 

The numerous advertisements of runaway servants show 
the increasing restlessness of that class, and their natural 
desire to better their condition As already intimated, the 
constant calls for volunteers for the expeditions against the 
French in Canada, and the excitement caused by the wars, 
had much to do with inducing the breaking of their indentures 
by many of the adventurers who had made their way to the 
new country as bound servants That they were not ill- 
treated, at least in the matter of raiment, appears from the 
descriptions given of some of the fugitives. Witness the 
runaway servant (page 73) who was attired in "a linsey wool- 
sey coat, and brown jacket, a pair of duckbill shoes, square 
brass buckles, and a good felt hat." Or the apprentice lad 
who had on "a blue Broad cloth Coat and Jacket, fustian 
Breeches, and a Pair of wide Checked Trousers over them, 
and a Beaver Hat." Fancy the picture of the fellow with "red 
duffel watchcoat, with brass buttons, halfworn sheepskin 
breeches, grey woollen stockings " Or the Dutch (German is 
probably meant) servant man wearing "a pair of Indian mock- 
osens with buckles in them." Or the runaway negro garbed in 
a "plain made bearskin coat, with flat metal buttons, a white 
woollen vest ; wool hat and cap, brown tow shirt, buckskin 
breeches, wool stockings, a pair of pumps with large brass buck- 
les; he was branded when a boy, in Jamaica, in the West Indies, 
on his left shoulder blade, plays on the fiddle." (P. 23.) They 
were a careless lot — "a great taker of snuff, and very apt to 
get drunk," describes one of them ; "a prodigal like fellow," 



X PR K FACE. 

was another : "a very impertinent'talkative fellow, very apt to 
get drunk, when he can get liquor" (p. 342); "somewhat down 
looking;" "wears a bearskin camblet made sailor fashion." 
They had a love of adventure, which made ordinary toil 
irksome, and so we frequently read of runaway servants, and 
especially of apprentices, that they were "supposed to have 
gone a privateering." Here is a whole volume of adventure 
compressed in the description of another runaway servant: 
"Was bred in Cork, served his time in Philadelphia to a ship 
carpenter; pretends to know something of sawing with a whip 
saw ; has been a privateering and in the army; taught school, 
in the Highlands of York, ran away, taught school again in 
Salem county, ran away from his bail, took a horse with him, 
forged an order on Capt. Coxe in Philadelphia, and got some 
money, was put in York Goal, then in Salem goal, and then 
became an indentured servant, and ran away again, can play 
the flute, and is supposed to have gone to New York." (Page 
132.) There must have been a story about Redmond Magre, 
who might have came from the ball room rather than the 
Trenton "Goal." He was "about 22 Years of Age, fair Com- 
plexion, down Look, with light Hair: had on a blue Coat and 
Breeches, the Coat trimmed with Gold Cord, and the Breeches 
with Gold Lace at the Knees, a Buff colored Jacket, with 
Gold Button holes, black or blue Stockings, and a halfworn 
Hat." (P. 409.) 

The women had the fondness of their sex for finery, which 
sometimes resulted in such incongruities as a black silk bonnet 
on a barefooted runaway servant girl, who also had on a "blue 
calimanco gown and striped linsey petticoat." Less attractive 
was the garb of another sixteen-year-old girl: "a short striped 
blue and white Linen Gown, a striped Lincey Petticoat, a 
coarse Tow Apron, a Pair of old blue Stockings, an old Pair 
of Pumps, and an old white Bermuda Hat," (P. 466.) It is* 
not to be wondered at that she ran away. A young Irish 
woman who made off with her lover was clad in " a striped 
linsey gown and petticoat, a straw hat, homespun linen shift 
and a pair of old damask shoes." (P. 61.) Another who fled 
with a young man wore a "bluish flower'd silk gown." 

The descriptions of lands and buildings for sale seem to 



PREFACE. xi 

indicate even in these early days a disposition to i^rsake the 
farm for the town, and to engage in trade : an adventurous 
spirit leading men to seek new locations and new pursuits. 
They throw light, too, upon the increasing prosperity of the 
people, shown by the improved character of the farms, with 
good dwelling houses, and excellent orchards of apple, cherry 
and peach trees. Sometimes we read of "a good log house," 
but more frequently it is a "large two story stone house, with 
two rooms on the lower floor and three rooms on the upper 
floor;" "an exceeding good dwelling house, with a piazza of 
twelve feet wide, around the house, also four large rooms on a 
floor, with a commodious and spacious entry of twelve foot 
wide, with eight fire places, about 800 apple trees thereon of 
exceeding good fruit for cider ;" or "a good dwelling house 
with three fireplaces, sash windows " 

More attention is paid to the wants of travelers, who now 
have two routes between Philadelphia and New York in con- 
venient "Flying Stages" and "Stage Boats." The taverns on 
the way are more numerous, and some of them have such pic- 
turesque signs as the ''Highlander on Horseback," "Nag's 
Head," "Sign of Hudibras," "Death of the Fox," and the 
"White Hart." 

The numerous mentions of iron mines and iron works show 
that there has been a remarkable development of that indus- 
try, especially in Northern New Jersey, in the present Morris, 
Passaic, Sussex and Warren counties. 

There is an increasing demand for schools and schoolmas- 
ters, and the career of the drunken, ignorant wielder of the 
ferule, who moreover was apt to run away, is about to be 
checked by the new requirement that schoolmasters must be 
examined and licensed. 

It is creditable to the prevalent state of society that the 
reports of crimes are so comparatively few. Horse stealing 
and jail breaking are by far the most numerous offences. 
Perhaps the horse races at Elizabethtown and Perth Amboy 
excited an undue emulation on the part of some of the mipe- 
cunious spectators to possess fast steeds of their own. 

A glance through the forty-six pages of index at the end 
of the book will show that there is an exceeding variety of 



Xll PREFACE. 

subjects not touched upon in this preface, but which are full 
of interest. 

The biographical and genealogical notes are more nume- 
rous and much fuller than in some of the preceding volumes 
of this series. 

A History of Printing and Printers in New Jersey, prior to 
1801, intended for this volume, is necessarily deferred, but will 
probably appear with Volume XXIII., the ne.xt in the series 
of Newspaper Extracts relating to New Jersey. 



Newspaper Extracts. 



Custoin-Hoiise. Philadelphia. Cleared, Schooner 
Sparrow, Zachariah Marston to Salem. 

Philadelphia, Januar}- 15, 1756. 
By virtue of a writ to me directed will be exposed to 
sale, by piiblick vendue, about ten o'clock, on the seven- 
teenth of March next, A plantation, containing about 
225 acres (part thereof will make good meadow) with a 
good dwelling-house and barn, and a young orchard, 
about two miles from Mount Holly, in West-New-Jer- 
sey, now in possession of Daniel Packer, taken in execu- 
tion by 

William Smith, Sheriff. 

N. B. The sale to be held on the premises, and one 
year's credit given, provided the purchaser gives good 
security, and pays lawful interest for the same. — Tlie 
Pennsylvania Ga:;ette, No. 1412, /annary 15, 1756. 

To be Sold. 

The several tracts of land and premises, lying and 
l)eing in the western division of the province of New 
Jersey, viz. One plantation in Kingsw'ood, in the 
county of Hunterdon, at the south branch of Rariton 
river, containing 8ao and odd acres of good land, well 
watered and timl)ered, upwards of 200 cleared, near 70 
acres of good meadow under clover and timothy and 
other valuable grass; there are about 20 acres more may 
be cleared and watered with ease; a thriving orchard and 



2 M'.W jKKSKV COl-OXIAI. I )()rU MKXTS. [l/S^ 

l)uildings; the dwelling house is pleasantly situated by 
the ri\-er, with a hue prospect of a large meadow on 
each side; there are several other buildings on the prem- 
ises at a very i:)ul)lick place, where two great roads di- 
vide, one leading to Trenton and the several ferries into 
Pennsylvania, the other to Rariton landing and New 
York; there are rents issuing out of that place of about 
I'hirlN' Pounds per annum, and capable of great im- 
provements: The said plantation and meadows may 
be conveniently divided into two very good farms. One 
other tract of land in the county of Sussex, containing 
ai)out thirteen hundred acres situated and lying at Po- 
hatkonk creek, with a great quantity of meadow 
ground; there are four tenements and plantations there- 
on, now in the tenure of Joseph Hornbecker and others. 
One other tract about 300 acres of land, lying be- 
tween the Oxford furnace and the river Delaware, 
about three miles from the said river; and also the one 
undivided fourth part of the Oxford furnace, with all 
the lands, plantations and improvements thereunto be- 
longing, containing upwards of 4000 acres, together 
with the several Negroes, horses, oxen, cattle, teams, 
stock and utensils whatsoever thereunto belonging; the 
furnace and ore are known to be very good, as also the 
two third parts of the change water forge, wdth about 
fourteen hundred acres of land, very well timbered; the 
forge stands on ]\Iuskoneckonk creek, a large and con- 
stant stream, not subject to frost or drouth (the works 
are allowed l)y the forge men, who have been much 
amongst iron-works, to be the best they have seen) 
with a saw-mill and several other r)uildings to accom- 
modate the workmen, together with horses, carriages, 
stock and utensils thereunto belonging; the forge is 



1756] xp:wsi'aper e-:xtra("is. 3 

about 5 miles from llic Furnace, and in the way to mar- 
ket, either to Philadelphia or New York, the distance 
and price of carriage of the iron is about the same. Any 
person or persons that may incline to purchase the prem- 
ises, or any part thereof, may, by applying- to the sub- 
scriber, at Kingswood aforesaid, be informed of the 
terms of sale, and payments made easy, by 

Jonathan Robeson. 
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 14 14, January 29, 
1756. 



This is to give notice to all soldiers belonging to Col. 
Schuyler's regiment, to repair to their several compan- 
ies immediately; otherwise they will be treated as de- 
serters: And all those that have deserted from said reg- 
iment, if they repair to their respective companies, on 
or before the 20th day of February inst. they shall be 

pardoned. 

Peter Schuyler. 

— The Nezv York Mcreury^ February 2, 1756. 



Chester. January 24, 1756. 
Taken up as runaways and now in Chester goal, one 
John Br3'an, says, he was l)orn in the county of Cork in 
Ireland, has been almost two years in the country. 

bought by one James White The other 

named John Peter Overton, says he is a freeman, and 
served his Time to one William Foster, of Evesham 
township. Burlington county, in the Jerseys: These arc 
therefore to desire the said James White and William 
Foster, if they have any demands against the above, or 
an}- other person that has, to come in five weeks from 



4 M'.w ji;ksi:\' coioxiai. not rMi:\is. [1756 

the date hereof, otherwise they will he discharged, pav- 
ing their charges. 

Sanuiel Smith, Goaler. 

To he Sold. 

By the suhscriher. living in Morris Town, in the coun- 
ty of BurHngton, in West-Jersey, 

A coDiniodions new hrick liouse. two story high, with 
three rooms on a tloor. a good kitchen, stable and other 
con\-enienees; the whole well hnishcd. with a large yard, 
and a good wharff at the end thereof, where tiats or 
other \essels of l)urthen may load or unload their car- 
goes, situate in the most populous part of Bridge-te:»wn, 
conuuonly called Mount holl}". in the county aforesaid, 
\ery convenient for a merchant or shop-keeper, and Xya.-:, 
lieen used in that way ever since it was built. Also 
about three acres of good clover meadow, near said 
premises, belonging to the estate of Benjamin Bispham. 
deceased, 'idle title is indisputable. For terms, enquire 
of 

Joshua Bispham. Executor 
— The Pennsylvania Gazette , Xo. 1415, Feb. 5, 1756. 

New-York. February 9. 

Saturday last his Majesty's Ship the Xightingale, 
Dudley Diggs. Esq; Commantler. sailed from Sandy- 
11 00k for England; with whom the Hon. Thomas Pow- 
nall. Esq; Lieutenant-Governor of the Jerseys, went 
Passeneer. — The Ne.zv York Mereurw Febniarv g, 17^6. 



'& 



We hear that his Excellency. General Shirley has gen- 
erously made a present of Fifty Pounds to the Xew- 
Tersev CoHedge. 



1756] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 5 

Just pul)lishe(l and to 1)e sold by the Printer. 

A Treaty l^etween tlie Government of New Jersey 
and the Indians, Inhabiting the several Parts of the said 
Province, held at Croswicks, in the County of Burling- 
ton on Thursday and Friday the eighth and ninth Day 
of January, 1756. — The Pe)insylvania Journal, No. 688, 
February 12, 1756. 

Whereas some time in the month of September, in the 
year 1753, Elizabeth Matrar, of Penn's neck, Salem 
county, in New Jersey, obtained an obligation of me the 
subscriber of the same place, for the sum of Two Hun- 
dred Pounds, conditioned for the payment of One Hun- 
dred Pounds, and has since assigned the same over to 
one Casper Little, with whom she afterwards intermar- 
ried; but long before the assignment and intermarriage, 
I have fully paid off the said obligation, of which I give 
the publick this notice that they may not be imposed 
upon by a further assignment of the said obligation, 
which I am informed they have already attempted, for 
I will not pay any money upon it. 

Feb. 10, 1756. John Redstreake. 

— The Pennsy/vaiiia Gazette, No. lA.i'j , February 19, 
1756. 

To be Sold. 

A tract of land, about four miles from New-Bruns- 
wick, being the first landing on South River, containing 
1,000 acres, 150 of which is fresh meadow, with two 
dwelling-houses, one barn, and two orchards; one of 
which contains 200 apple trees, and the other 150, all 
choice fruit, and many other conveniences. Whoever 



6 NEW JERSKV COLONIAL DOCl^ MI'lN TS. [1756 

inclines to purchase the same, may apply to Mr. John 
Van Nordy, in New-Brunswick, or to the owner, Peter 
Pra Van Zandt, in New-York, by whom an undisput- 
al)le title will he g^iven. 

To be Sold. 

A plantation, at Hanover, in Morris County, New- 
Jersey, belonging to the estate of the late Capt. Samuel 
Lum, containing 80 acres of land and meadow, extra- 
ordinary good for mowing and pasturage, and a suffi- 
ciency of wood-Land: There is on said plantation a 
good dwelling-house, with three fire-places, a good 
barn, and some orchard. Whoever inclines to purchase 
the same, may apply to Benjamin Howel, near the prem- 
ises, or Mathew Lum, executor to the estate of the de- 
ceased, at ]\Iorris-Town, who will give a good title for 
the same. — T/w Nciv York Mo-cnry^ Frbninr;/ 23, 1756. 

Philad'a, Feb. 26, 1756 
Run away on the 14th. instant from Josiah Halstead 
of Shrewsbury, in the county of Monmouth, and prov- 
ince of New-Jersey, a German servant-man, named Jo- 
han Jeremiah Myah, about five feet, four inches high, 
well set, a little pitted with the small-pox, speaks \er\ 
broken English, pretends to know something of the 
blacksmith's trade, and is about 21 years of age: Had 
on, when he went away, a felt hat. an old curled wig, or 
a white cap, a garlix or flannel shirt, a napt half worn 
bearskin coat, with metal buttons, and a long brown 
vest, with cuffs on the sieves, and had with him a new 
striped holland vest, a pair of black plush breeches, a 
pair of buckskin ditto, and a pair of white demity ditto, 
a pair of grey worsted stockings, and a pair of coarse 
yarn ditto, a pair of old shoes, with buckles in them. It 



1756] NEWSPAPER EXTRAC'IS. 7 

is thought lie has plenty of cash. Whoever secures 
said servant, so that his master may have him again, 
shall have Forty Shillings reward, if taken up in the 
county of Monmouth, and if out of the said county 
Three Pounds reward, and reasonable charges, paid by 
me. 

Josiah Halstead. 

— The Pennsylvania Gazette, y\'^<''. 1418, February 26, 

1756. 

' To be sold by Thomas Atkinson, miller, in Mount- 
holly, Seven-eighth parts of an extraordinary good grist 
mill, with two pair of stones, two boulting mills for 
country work. Also the whole of a good large con- 
venient merchants boulting- house, with two good 
boulting mills, which go by water. 

Likewise one quarter part of a good saw-mill, with 
two saws, both situated in Mount-holly aforesaid, on 
a very constant and plentiful stream of water, and at- 
tended with very good business. And also a piece of 
\'ery good clover meadow, adjoining the said grist mill, 
containing between three and four acres entirely in- 
closed by water-courses. And likewise a piece of good 
timber land, lying about half a mile from Mount-holly. 
The titles are indisputable; for further particulars en- 
quire of 

Thomas Atkinson. 

— The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1418, February 26, 

1756. 

By Sir John St. Clair, Baronet, Deputy Quarter 
Master General to his Majesty's forces in North-Amer- 
ica: Notice is hereby given to all the Captains who 
are enlisting Men for the Battoe Service, in the Prov- 



8 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1/56 

ince of New York, Connecticut, the Jerseys, and Penn- 
sylvania, that they do forthwith give in the names of 
their men, as no Hsts will be received after the loth of 
this month. Those Captains who have compleated 
their companies, may expect to receive my orders to 
come to New York by the middle of the month; but 
they are on no account to march their men to this place, 
without orders from me. Given under my hand, at 
New York, this first day of March, 1756. 

John St. Clair. 
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, N't). 14 19, Marcli 4, 
1756. 

Nezv-York, MarcJi 1. \\'c hear from Middletown, in 
New-Jersey, that one Johannes L}'strum of that Place, 
66 years of Age. was found dead in his Bed in the Morn- 
ing, being hearty and well the Night before. 

To be Sold, for no Fault, 

A likely negro wench, who understands cooking, 
washing, ironing, sewing, and all manner of household 
work, she can be well recommended for her honesty 
and sobriety, and will suit either town or country: For 
further particulars, apply to Mr. James Newell, at Am- 
boy. or the printer hereof. 

N. B. She has a female child, about 2 years old. — 
The Neii' York Mercury^ Mar eh i, 1756. 

Run away on the 13th of last month, from the sub- 
scriber, living in Bordentown, in the county of Bur- 
lington, and western division of New-Jersey. A likely 
servant lad, named Patrick Weldon, he is a native of 
Ireland, and has something of the brogue on his 



1756] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 9 

tongue, about 19 years of age. of a fair complexion, 
somewhat down-looking: Had on. and took with him, 
A felt hat, an old brown vest, and an under one, the 
fore-parts black broad-cloth, and the back brown cam- 
blet, the skirts rounded before, and an old bearskin one, 
made sailor fashion, i)atched on the elbows, new ozen- 
lirigs shirt, and an old check one. leather breeches, that 
has been died black, but are much faded, with metal 
buttons, yarn stockings, old shoes, newly soaled, with 
steel buckles in them. Whoever will secure him. so 
that his master may have him again, shall have Three 
Pounds reward, and reasonable charges, paid by me 

Edward Pancoast. 

N. B. It is supposed he will get to sea. He pretends 
to be something of a sailor; therefore this serves to 
forewarn all masters of vessels not to carry him off at 
their peril. 

To be Sold. 

A Commodious plantation, well watered and tim- 
bered, about four miles from Trenton, on the great 
road leading to Amwell. containing 236 acres, or there- 
abouts, of good land, with a good house and barn, two 
stone stables, two other out-houses of stone, and a good 
cow-yard, fenced with stone; a large bearing orchard 
of the choicest fruit, and a large Number of peach and 
cherry trees. Upwards of 100 acres of the land is 
cleared, above 20 acres of which is good meadow, most- 
ly made by water; and more may be made, a large 
brook running through it. Any person inclining to 
purchase, may apply to William Snowden, at his mill 
in Amwell, or to William Snowden junior, on the prem- 
ises. The title is indisputable. — TJie Pennsylvania Ga- 
zette, No. 141 9, MareJi 4, 1756. 



lo N'KW ii;rsi;n' c^oloxiai, doctmv.xts. ['75'^ 

New Y()RK, March 8. 

W'e hear that the (^Micral Assembly of New Jersey 
is to meet at Elizabeth-Town To-morrow, beino" the 
Ninth of March, on lUisiness of Importance. 

We also hear from (loshen. that the Inhabitants of 
a Place called Little Britain, in New Jersey, near that 
Place, to the Number of 70 Men, gathered together on 
Monday last, and went out with their Arms, and 7 Days 
Provision, against the Indians, determined to kill and 
destroy every one they met with. — The Pennsylvania 
Gazette^ No. f420, March 11, 1756. 



New-York, March 15. About Twelve o'Clock last 
Thursday, as one of the Staten-Island Ferry-Boats was 
coming over the Bay. with 13 Passengers and three 
Horses, by the Boat giving an unexpected Pitch (the 
Wind blowing fresh, and a high Sea) the Horses fell 
astern, when they shipped so much Water, that she 
sunk in a few Minutes after. l)etween Bedlow's and the 
Oyster Island, by which sorrowful Accident. Eleven, 
out of the thirteen People, with three Horses, were 
drowned; Capt. Benjamin Williams, and Nathaniel 
Douglass, were taken up by a Boat that Avent to their 
Assistance, having held by the Top of the Mast which 
remained above Water, for a considerable Time. The 
following People were drowned, viz. Captain Alston, 

of Raway. New-Jersey; Moore. Son of 

Moore. Piscataway. New-Jersey; three Travellers. 
Names imknown ; Dennis Van Tyle. Boatman ; William 
Smallpiece, belonging to General Shirley's Regiment; 
and, Thomas Harison, Israel Rose, Daniel Fling, and 
James Jones, Battoe-men. — The New York Mercury^ 
March 15, 1756. 



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N E w Yo R K , M arcli 15. 

Thnrs(la\' last al^cnit 12 o'clock, haj^pen'd a very mel- 
ancholy Accident in our Bay, when one of the Ferry 
Boats from Staten-Tsland. I^eing coming over, in a 
pretty high Wind, with 13 Men and 3 Horses on board, 
a rough Sea, near Oyster-Island, overwhelmed the 
Boat, and she sunk down directly; by wdiich Means 11 
of the Men, and the 3 Horses were drowMied. 

Persons saved were Capt. Williams, designed a Bat- 
toe-Man, and one of his Men: Those drowned were 
Thomas Harrison, Israel Rose. David Fling and James 
Jones, designed Battoe-Men under Capt. Williams; 

Mr. Thomas Alston of Raway; • Moore of Pis- 

cataway; Denyse Van Tyle, the Boatman; W^illiam 
Smallpierce, a Soldier belonging to Shirley's Regiment; 
and three Gentlemen Strangers. 

Run away from Peter Prall, in Amwell township. 
Hunterdon cou'iity, in West-New Jersey. A Negro man 
named JefTery, about 5 feet 7 or 8 inches high, and well- 
set; Had on when he went away, A greyish colour'd 
coat and jacket, with flat pewter buttons, white linen 
shirt, and a tow shirt with him. half-worn leather 
l:)reeches. has two pair of stockings, one blackish col- 
our'd, and the other blue, also two pair of shoes, with 
strings in them, and a good felt hat, almost new; had 
some money with him; al)out 21 or 22 years old. Who- 
ever takes up said Negro, and brings him home, or se- 
cures him so that his master may have him again, shall 
have Forty Shillings rew^ard, and all reasonable charges, 
paid by 

March 7, 1756 Peter Prall. 

— TJie Pennsylvauin Gazette, No. 1421, Mare/i 18, 
1756. 



12 NEW jKKSFA' C'OI.ONIAI. DOCUMENTS. [1756 

New York, March 2 i . The Ferry Boat that sunk in 
our Bay, on Thursday the nth Instant, was found 
about one Mile u]) the North River, the Sunday follow- 
ing, with one of the drown'd Men. named Fling, two 
Horses, (the other having swam to Bedlovv's Island) 
two Saddles, two Pair of Saddle Bags, and some Cloaths 
belonging to the Battoe Men, in her. The Strangers, 
that were drown'd, whose names we could not obtain 
last Week, were John Miller and WilUam Miller. Cous- 
ins, both of Setacut, on Long Island, and William Law- 
rance. Shipwright, of Raway, New-Jersey. 

Friday Evening last, Col. Peter Schuyler, arrived 
here from Newark. East New- Jersey. 

To be Sold. 

A choice plantation, containing about 116 acres, 16 
acres whereof is exceeding good salt meadow, lying 
upon Thompson's Creek, in Elizabeth-Town: There is 
upon the said plantation, a good house, barn, and or- 
chard. .\ny person inclinal)le to purchase the same, 
mav treat with Elias Thomas, living on the premises, 
and agree on reasonal^le terms, by whom a sufficient 
title will be given. 

Whereas Levy Mo'rrilL about Ji years of age. five feet 
8 inches high, dark brown curl'd hair, ruddy complex- 
ion, by trade a saddler, and well-known at Burlington; 
as also Peter Bozvdown, about five feet four inches 
high, and blind of one eye, did enlist themselves to serve 
as baltoe-men, the former in Captain Askzvit/fs com- 
pany, and the latter in Captain Syeiain's Company, and 
after said enlistment, did desert said service: This is 
therefore to give notice, that whoever secures said de- 



I756J NKWSl'APER EXTRAC'IS. 1 3 

serters, or either of them, aiul lodges them in his maj- 
esty's goal in New-York, or any other of his majesty's 
goals, shall receive Twenty Pounds reward, to be paid 
by Mr. Williaiii Bayard^ Merchant, in Xew-York. Giv- 
en nnder my hand, at New-York, this 20th day of 
March, 1756. 

John St. Clair, D. Q. M. G. 

N. B. Bozi'doivn received Fonr Pounds, and is sup- 
posed to Ije gone to Connecticut. He had on when he 
went olT, a light grey coat. — f/ie New York Mercury, 
March 22, 1756. 

All persons indebted to the estate of Joseph Scat- 
tergood, late of the citv and countv of Burlington, 
attorney-at-law^ deceased, by bond, l)ill, note, bill of 
cost &c are desired to make speedy payment thereof, 
otherwise they may expect compulsive means will be 
made use of, in order for the obtaining thereof: And 
also those that have any demands against said estate 
are desired to bring in their accounts in order to be ad- 
justed, the executrix intending shortly to leave the 
proN'ince; and as there are sundry bonds, loills. notes &c 
(the property of other persons) on which actions have 
been commenced, and are yet unfinished, still remain- 
ing in the hands of the executrix, those persons are 
desired to come and pa\- the fees due thereon, and take 
them into their own custody. 

N. B. The executrix hath yet to dispose of, sundry 
valuable law l)ooks; also one small cedar swamp of 11 
acres, very convenient for loading vessels with very lit- 
tle trouble; likewise two other small pieces neither of 

1 He was admitted to the New Jersey Bar at the May Term, 1748. 



14 \EW JKUSKV (.OI.OMAI. I)()(•U^rEXTS. [1/56 

which the kite fire hath any ways hurt; and also a very 
good horse, fit for riding or going in a chair. Any per- 
son incHning to purchase may know the terms hy ap- 
plying to Rebecca Scatteucood. executrix, or Huoii 
Hartsiiorne, living in the city of Burlington. 

Deserted from his Majesty's service, and from Capt. 
Samuel Askwith's Company of Battoe ^len, at New 
York, Levy Alorrell, born in Alount Holly, aged about 
21 years, dark brown curlVl hair, a Sadler by trade, and 
served his time with John Shaw in Burlington, and 
then inlisted; he is about 5 feet 7 or 8 inches high. 
Whoever will bring the said Levy Morrell to his Cap- 
tain in Xew York or Albany, or to Sir John St. Clair, 
or any justice of the peace, or magistrate, so that the 
said Levy Alorrell may he secured in any of his Alaj- 
csty's goals, shall receive Five Pounds reward from the 
said Sir John St. Clair, or his Captain. Dated at Cran- 
bury this 19th day of March, 1756. 

Samuel Askwith. 
— TJie Pennsylvania Garjcttc, No. 142% March 25, 
1756. 

Custom-House. New-York. Inward Entries. Slooi) 
Morning-Starr, John Davis from West-Jersev. — T/ic 
AVtc Yo)-k Mercury^ March 29. 1756. 

Lewis Gordon, Attorney at Laio, 

Hereby gives notice that he is remo\ed from Easton 
to Bordentown,' where he may be spoke with by Those 
who shall ])e pleased to favour him with their Busi- 

1 He was admitted to the New Jersey Bar May 20, 1755. 



1/56] NKWSl'AI'KR KXTRACTS. I 5 

ness. He also draws Dkeus, and all other Instruments 
of Writing, examines Titles and rec titles or supplies 
their Defects, with the greatest Care and Accuracy. 

For the Improvciiiciit of the Breed of Horses in tliis and 
the neighbouring Governments ; 

Notice is hereby given: That there is kept at Tren- 
ton, by Mr. Robert Rutherford. A very fine stallion 
from Ireland, well known by the name of Young Tii'- 
TEK. being formerly advertised in this paper, which 
showed his Descent is from the best breed in England; 
but as it is thought necessary again to insert his ped- 
igree, the following particulars relating to it may cer- 
tainly be depended on. 

Young Tifter was bred by the Hon. Charles O'Neil, 
Escp of Stains-Castle, and begot by the famous Tifter, 
lirought from England 1)}- the Right Hon. Arthur Hilt 
Esq; who was begot by Tifter of Warwick, the best 
twelve stone horse in England: Tifter of Warwick was 
begot by the famous Toulous Barb, and bred out of 
Cream Cheeks, full sister to Leeds, and Grand Dam 
to Old Childers; the present Tifter's Dam was the 
famous Primrose, daughter to Dimple, and her dam 
daughter to Wasp. Any person inclining to send their 
mares to this horse, are desired to apply to the Groom, 
in order to have them distinctly listed, and served in 
their turns. The conditions. Two pistoles for the sea- 
son, or One Pistole each leap, and half a Crown to the 
groom, paid at the stable door. 

Robert Rutherford. 

Deserted from Major General Shir/ey s Regiment, the 
folhnuing Reeriiits^ viz. 

William Clafton, born in Maryland, 28 years of age, 
by trade a Ship-carpenter, fair complexion, smooth 



l6 NKW IKRSKN' roi.OXIAl. 1 )()CU MKN'IS. [1756 

face, long Roman nose, lost two of his upper teeth. 5 
feet 10 inches high, supposed to be gone towards Sus- 
sex county, or the borders of Maryland. Had on when 
he went awaw a dark caniblet coat, and drab colour'd 
great coat ; he deserted from New Castle. 

Moses Alford. born in Dover. Pennsylvania, by trade 
a breeches maker and glover. 5 feet 8 inches high, and 
was seen about Dover; Had on when he went away, 
a blue great coat and plush jacket; he deserted from 
Crosswicks. in the Jersey's. 

Thomas Barret, born in Ireland, has fair hair and 
complexion, is pock-marked, 5 feet 8 inches high; he 
inlisted at Dover, is a mariner, and deserted from Cross- 
wicks. 

Timothy Griskin. born in Ireland, has dark brown 
hair and complexion, is well set. 5 feet 4 inches and 
three quarters high, is a labotu"er. and deserted from 
Crosswicks. 

Terence Mulford. born in Ireland, of a brown Com- 
plexion, and has short brown hair, a little pock-marked. 
5 feet 6 inches and a ciuarter high, by trade a wea^•er. 
and deserted from Crosswicks And Alexander Dane 
deserted with the above four recruits from Crosswicks. 
Whoever apprehends and secures said deserters in any 
of his ^lajestys jails, or brings them to the subscriber 
at Philadelphia, shall receive for each Twenty Shillings 
Sterling, and reasonal)le charges paid bv 

Lieutenant Adolph Benzell 

Strayed or stolen on the fourteenth of Februarv, 
from the plantation of Xehemiah Sexton, in Hopew^ell, 
a black horse, with a star in his forehead, about 14 
hands high, can both ])ace and trot, and goes verv wide 
behind, supjjosed to be branded on the near thigh with 



1756] ne\vsi'aim^:r extracts. 17 

the letters I K, some part of his tail is cut very close, 

and was shod before. \\'hoever takes up said horse, 

and brings him to said Xehemiah Sexton, shall have 

Twenty Shillings reward, and reasonable charges paid 

l3y 

Nehemiah Sexton. 

— TJic Pcnnsylviuiia Gazette^ No. 1423, April i, 
1756. 

New York, March 29. 

.\bout two Weeks ago, the Barn of one Westfall, at 
Alinisink, was burnt by the Indians, with 24 Cows, 9 
Horses, and about 400 Bushels of Wheat. — The Penn- 
sylvania Journal., No. 695, April I, 1756. 

Nezv York, April j. To the unspeakable Loss of his 
Family and the Public, on Friday Evening last died, 
the Honourable James Alexander, Esq: in the Sixty- 
fifth Year of his Age. 

A Gentleman in his Disposition generous, courteous 
and humane, delicate in his Sense of Honour, stedfast 
in Friendship, of strict Probity, temperate in his Diet, 
and in Business indefatigable. The Relations of Hus- 
band. Father and Master, he sustained with the high- 
est Reputation. In these Parts of the W^orld few Men 
surpassed him either in the natural Sagacity and 
Strength of his Intellectual Powers, or in his Literary 
Acquirements. In the Mathematical Sciences his Re- 
searches were very great. He was also eminent in his 
Profession of the Law; and equally distinguished by 
his superior Knowledge and long Experience in Pub- 
lic .\ffairs. He had the Honour to serve the King in 
several important Offices, and was a wise and faithful 
Councellor to his Majesty for the Provinces of New- 



l8 NEW JERSKV COLOXIAI. DOCUMENTS. [1756 

York and New-Jersey: Always true to the Interest of 
his Country, well knowing that the Rights of the 
Crown are the Bulwark of the Liberties of the People; 
that the Liberties of the People are the Safety and 
Honour of the Crown, and that a just Temperament of 
both in the Administration of Government, constitutes 
the Health of the Political Body. His Zeal for the De- 
fence of the Public Cause against the common Enemy, 
led him to COUNCIL when he was not sufficiently re- 
covered from the Gout. From thence, he brought 
those mortal Symptoms that closed his Days within 
about a Week. His Remains are to be interred this 
Evening, in his Family Vault.' — The A^cw York Mer- 
ciiry^ April 5, 1756. 

To BE Sold 

A Lot of land, situated in Allen's Town, in L'pper 
Freehold township, ]\Ionmouth county, and province 
of East-New-Jerse}'. containing nine acres, seven of 
which is choice good clover meadow; there is a good 
young orchard upon said lot, a good house and kitchen, 
with three fire places, a good cellar under the house, 
with a good garden, stable and other out-houses, very 
suitable for a tradesman. Whoever inclines to purchase 
the abovesaid lot of land and premises, may apply to 
the owner living on said premises. 

\\'illiam Stihvell. 

Deserters from his Majesty's 44th Regiment, com- 
manded by the Honourable Colonel Gage Sixty Dol- 
lars Reward for apprehending the three following 
^len, or Twenty for each. viz. 

1 For sketch of James Alexander, see N. J. Archives. IV.. 399. Since 
that volume appeared numerous articles relating to James Alexander 
and his family have been published in the N. Y. Genealogical and Bio- 
graphical Record, 



1756] NEWSl'Al'ER EXTRACTS. I9 

David Fitzrandolph, son of David Fitzrandolph, of 
Piscataway, near Brunswick, about 26 years of age, 5 
feet ten inches high, has long dark hair, and stoops. . 



Thirty Shillings Reward for each of the following 
men, viz. 

Thomas Cook, born in East Jersey, 26 years of age, 
5 feet 9 inches high, a likely well made man, was lately 
taken and ])ut into Gloucester jail, but escaped from 
thence. 

Bartholomew Hall, 17 years of age, 5 feet 7 inches 
high, born in Burlington county, West Jersey, by trade 
a riddle-maker. 

Whoever secures any of the above deserters, and 
gives notice to Capt. Samuel Hobson. of said regiment, 
in Philadelphia, shall receive from him the rewards of- 
fered. — Or if any of said Deserters will surrender them- 
selves to him, or to any other Of^cers, in fourteen days 
from the date hereof, they will be pardoned. Given 
under my hand this third day of April, 1756. 

Samuel Hobson. 

N. B. As some of these deserters have been adver- 
tised before, there will be no further time allowed for 
their surrendering but Avhat is now^ offered. — The Penn- 
sylvania Ga::;ette, No. 1424, April %^ 1756. 

By his Excellency Jonathan Belcher, Escj: Cap- 
tain General and Governor in Chief, in and over his Maj- 
esty's Province of Novae-Caesar?e, or Xew-Jersev, and 



20 



NEW IKRSKV COI.OXIAl. IX id' MKX'l'S. 



[1756 



Territories thereon (lei)en(li!i54- in America. Chancellor, 
and \''ice-.\(hniral in the same. 

A Proci.ama'iiox 



For Keeping a Day of Fastixc and rkAVi'.R tln-ough- 
ont the Province. 



AiviNU into Consideration, the dark- 
Aspect of our Publick Affairs; the 
threatening Prospect that our Nation 
must soon engage in an expensive and 
dangerous A\'ar; in the Consequences 
of which, the Ih-itish Colonies in Amkr- 
ICA, will Ije deeply concerned; the awful 
Judgments executed on others, and 
alarming Calls of Divine Providence. 



gi\'en to us by terrible EartJiqiiakcs ; the total Defeat 
that some, and Disappointment that others of our At- 
tempts, to dri\'e our ])erhdious Enemies from their un- 
righteous Encroachments, met Avith the last year; and 
how entirely we depend on G(JD, for Success in our 
present Designs of that Kind. The numerous Depre- 
dations, and cruel Murders, conunitted on our Fron- 
tiers, by the many l)arl)arous Nations of Indians, and 
the distressed Situation they are still in: the little 
Appearance of our being suital)ly aft'ected with the Dis- 
pensations of Heaven tow-ards us; the prevailing of In- 
tidelit}'. Prophaneness. Immorality, and a Disregard to 
the glorious Gospel of Christ, so \'isible among us; 
whereby we are exposed to the angry Resentments of 
an offended God: That these Things are evident, and 



1/56] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 2 1 

loud Calls to Humiliation, Repentance and Reforma- 
tion. 

I Have therefore thought fit to appoint Thursday, 
the Twenty-second Instant, to be religiously observed, 
as a Day of solemn HumiHation, Fasting and Prayer, 
hereby exhorting both Ministers and People, to join 
together in a publick and devout Manner, to humble 
themselves before GOD, for the crying Sins of the Day, 
and return to him by Repentance and Reformation; 
offering up their united fervent Supplications, that it 
would please a gracious God, to save a sinful Land; 
avert impending, deserved Judgments, and bestow the 
Blessings we need: That he would preserve the Life, 
and bless the Person of our gracious Sovereign King 
George the Second, his Royal Highness the Prince of 
Wales, the Princess Dowager of Wales, the Duke, 
and the Rest of the Royal Issue: That he would dis- 
appoint the wicked Designs of our Enemies against 
us, dispose them to honourable Terms of Peace, and 
save us from the sad Calamities of a long and bloody 
War: Guard our Sea Coasts, and defend our Frontiers; 
smile on our warlike Preparations; bless our Arma- 
ments by Sea and Land. In particular, that he would 
be pleased to direct our publick Councils, prosper the 
Measures we may take for the Defence of our Lives 
and Properties, the current year; go forth with our 
Armies, and succeed us in our important Enterprizes; 
crown the Year with his Goodness; give us fruitful 
Seasons, and a plentiful Harvest; that all Attempts 
for spreading the Gospel may be blessed, especially 
among the original Natives of the Land; and the Times 
hastened, when the whole Earth shall be filled with the 
Knowledge of the Lord. And all servile Labour is for- 
bid on that Day. 



22 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1756 

Given under my Hand and Seal, at Arms, at Eliz- 
abeth-Town, this third Day of April, in the 
Twenty-ninth Year of his Majesty's Reign, 
and in the Year of onr Lord, 1756. 

J. Belcher 
By His Excellency's Command. 
Chs. Read, Secry. 

God save the KlXG. 

Nezv-York^ April 12. Last Monday Morning, about 
8 o'clock, the House of Mr. Edward Sears of Elizabeth- 
Town, in New-Jersey, was burnt to Ashes, occasioned, 
'tis conjectured, by some Sparks of Fire getting thro' 
a Crack in the Chimney, and falling on the Roof. 

The Affair of the Removal of the Rev. Mr. Bostwick 
from Jamaica, to the Presbyterian Church in this City, 
which has been long under Consideration, and earnestly 
sollicited, is at length, according to the Presbyterian 
Constitution, to l)e finally determined. l)y a grand Com- 
mission of the Synod, which opens to Morrow at Prince- 
Town, in New-Jersey, and it is generally supposed that 
the New-York Ap]:)lication will succeed. 

Yesterday the New-Jersey Provincial Forces, com- 
manded by Colonel Peter Schuyler, arrived here, and 
sailed the same Evening for Albany. — The Nciv York 
Mercury, April 12, 1756. 

Philadelphia. April 15. 1756. 
Run away three weeks ago. from Stephen Van Cort- 
landt. of Second River, in the Jerseys, A Dutch ser- 
\ant lad, named John Christian Miller, a Baker by 
trade, about 18 years of age, tall and slim, about 5 feet, 
10 inches high, of a ruddy complexion, and turns out 
his feet pretty much as he walks: Had on when he went 
awav, A red duffel watch coat, with brass buttons, and 



1756] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 23 

an old grey broad-cloth coat, with brass buttons, light 
cloth waistcoat, half-worn sheepskin breeches, grey 
woollen stockings, new shoes, dark brown wig, hall 
worn beaver hat, ])retty large brimmed: He speaks 
good English, and reads it indifferently well. 'Tis sup- 
posed he went to Germantown, and intends to embark 
for Hamburg, from whence he came: He may pass 
for a miller, being somewhat acquainted with that busi- 
ness. Whoever takes up and secures said servant, so 
as his master may have him again, shall have Three 
Pounds reward, paid by Stephen Van Cortlandt, or 
Henry Schleydorn, in Philadelphia. 

Run away from the subscriber, living at Middletown, 
in East-New-Jersey, the 9th of January last, a Negro 
man, named Cato, alias To1)y, aged al)out 30 years, a 
kistv well set fellow, full faced: Had on when he went 
away, a plain made bear-skin coat, with flat metal but- 
tons, a white woollen vest ; wool hat and cap, a l^rown 
tow shirt, l)uckskin breeches, wool stockings, a pair of 
pumps with large brass buckles; he was branded when a 
boy, in Jamaica, in the West Indies, with B. (and I 
think), C on his left shoulder blade; he is a sly artful 
fellow, and deceives the credulous, by pretending to tell 
fortunes, and pretends to be free, speaks English as well 
as if country born, and plays on the fiddle; it is thought 
he is gone towards the cedar swamps, and that some 
base person has given him a pass. Whoever appre- 
hends the said slave, and secures him, so that his master 
may have him again, shall receive Forty Shillings re- 
w^ard, and reasonal)le charges, paid by 

Richard Stillwell. 
— T/ic Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1425, April 15, 
1756. 



24 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1756 

We hear from Trenton in New-Jersey, that on Mon- 
day last, the principal (jentlemen of said Place being 
conven'd together, and scrntinously examining the con- 
tents, and seriously animadverting on the malicious 
intentions of a late puhlish'd scandalous scurrilous and 
libellous pamphlet, entiteled an answer to so much of 
a Letter (publish'd in the New-York Mercury, No. 178) 
as concerns the publick, sentenced it to be nail'd to 
the common whiping post and there, by the Hands of 
the puldic Cryer to receive Forty stripes save one, and 
then to be committed to the Flames, which was faith- 
fully executed according to Orders. — TJic Pciuisylva)iia 
Jonriia/, Xo. 697, April 15, 1756. 

Nc-iv-York, April 19. By the Masters of several 
Sloops that arrivetl here on Saturday Morning last, in 
eighteen Hours from Albany, we have Advice, That 
the New-Jersey Provincial Forces arrived safe at that 
Place, on Thursday the 15th Instant. 

The Conuuission of the Synod, held last week, at 
Prince-Town, in New-Jersey, have decreed the Re- 
moval of the Revd. Air. Bostwick from Jamaica, to the 
pastoral Charge of the Presbyterian Church in this 
City. 

Burlington-Stage. 

Notice is hereby given, that Daniel O'Brien, who 
some years ago first began, and ever since, with great 
success, carried on a Stage-Boat from this city to Am- 
boy; and likewise, (for the greater expedition of pas- 
sengers and goods) first proposed Stage-Waggons 
from thence to Burlington, where boats constantly at- 
tend the carriage of things to Philadelphia; has, from 



1756] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 2$ 

a multiplicit}' of business, been obliged to set np two 
boats (extraordinary well fitted for gentlemen, ladies 
and others, as passengers) to ply between New-York 
and Amboy; one of which boats commanded by James 
Magee, is to give constant attendance at the White- 
Hall Stairs, every Monday; and the other being a com- 
modious sloop, commanded by Daniel O'Brien him- 
self, will be kept ready to go off with goods and pas- 
sengers from the same place, every Thursday. The said 
O'Brien tlianks those persons who heretofore have 
favour'd him with their custom, and doubts not of their 
Favours for the future. — T//f New York Mercury, April 
19, 1756. 

To be Lett, 

A House and garden in Salem town, very convenient 
for either a Doctor or Lawyer. The house stands near 
the Court-house. Any person inclining to rent the said 
house, may apply to Thomas Goodwin, living in El- 
sinborough, Salem county. 

Burlington, Fourth Month 13, 1756. 
Whereas the council of Proprietors of the western 
chvision of the Province of New Jersey, at their late 
sitting, have seen cause to appoint me, the subscriber 
Surveyor General of the said western division, in the 
room of James Alexander, Esquire, lately deceased. 
And whereas, by a minute then made they have given 
orders for the deputy surveyors to renew their deputa- 
tions, they l)eing void by the death of the said James: 
This is therefore to inform the said deputies, that if 
they intend to lie continued in that ofTfice it may be 



26 NEW JERSEY COLON! Al, DOCUMENTS. [l/S^ 

necessary for them to apply to the said council for a 
recommendation to mc. at their sitting in May next. 

Daniel Smith, jun. 

Two Pistoles, Rc-auvd 

Run away on the 29th of last month from Lawrence 
Howard, of the township of Springfield, in the county 
of Chester, an Irish servant man, named Patrick Hines 
(if not changed his name) about 5 feet 7 inches high, a 
well set fellow, about 20 years of age, pock-mark'd, of 
a fresh complexion, short black curled head of hair, 
very talkative, speaks very much with the brogue, and 
pretends he has made his escape from the soldiers be- 
cause they inlisted him fraudulently, being intoxicated 
with licpior. Any person taking the said servant, and 
securing him in any jail, so that his master may have 
him again, shall ha\-e the above rew-ard, paid by me 

Lawrence Howard. 

N. B. Said fellow is supposed to be gone to Egg- 
harbour or Cape Alay. The person that takes up said 
servant, is desired to take good care of him, or he w-ill 
serve him as he has his master. — The Pennsylvania Ga- 
r:cttc, No. 1426, April 22^ 1756. 

New -York, April 19. 

By a Vessel from Albany which left that Place Fri- 
day Morning last, we have Ad^•ice of the safe Arrival 
there of the New-Jersey Regiment of Provincials, un- 
der Col. Schuyler. — TJie Pennslyvania jfournal, No. 698, 
April 22, 1756. 



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Nciv York, April 26. Extract from the Votes of the 
House of Commons, Fel). 3, 1756. 

Resolved^ That the Sum of One hundred and Fifteen 
thousand Pounds be granted to his Majesty, upon Ac- 
count, to l)e distril)uted, in such Proportion as his Maj- 
esty in his Wisdom shall think fit, to his Majesty's Col- 
onies of New-England, New-York, and Jersey, in Amer- 
ica, as a free Gift and Reward for their past Services, 
and an Encouragement to them to continue to exert 
themselves with Vigor in Defence of his Majesty's just 
Rights and Possessions. 

By his Excellency Jonathan Belcher, Esq; Cap- 
tain General, Governor, and Commander in Chief, in 
and over his Majesty's Province of Nova-Ciusanc or 
Neiv-Jersey, and Territories thereon depending in 
America, Chancellor, and Vice- Admiral in the same. 

A Proclamation. 

'^hereas it appears to me, by the Inquisi- 
tion taken by Williain Stuart, Gent. Cor- 
oner of the County of Somerset, and by 
several Affidavits relating thereto, that 
on the 1 2th of this Inst. April, about 
Twelve of the Clock at Night, an Indian Squaw called 
Cate, was murdered, and three of her Children danger- 
ously wounded, by one Malroy, John Connelly, Joseph 
Chestney, and Daniel Hornet ; the said Squaw^ was Wife 
to one George, a Friend Indian, who, on the 19th Day 
of December last, personally appeared before Bryan 
Lafferty, Esq; and did then make his solemn Declara- 
tion of his Fidelity to his Majesty, and his strong At- 
tachment to his Brethren the English, and was, with 




28 NEW JEKSKV COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1756 

his Wife and Children, registered accordingly. And 
whereas such Proceedings against the Friend Indians 
ought not to be suffered to escape with Impunity, I 
have thought fit to issue this Proclamation, hereby re- 
quiring and commanding all Officers magisterial and 
ministerial within this Province, diligently to search 
for, and apprehend the said Malroy, Jolm Connolly, Jos- 
eph C/ii'slmy, and Daniel Hornet^ and to commit them 
to some Goal within this Province, to answer for their 
said Offence, and their to Remain vmtil delivered by 
a due Course of Law. 

Given under my Hand and Seal at Arms, at the 
Borough of Elizabeth, the Nineteenth Day of 
April, in the Twenty-ninth Year of the Reign 
of our So\ereign Lord Georcie the Second, 
by the Grace of God of Great Britain. France 
and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, 
and in the Year of our Lord, 1756. 

J. Belcher. 
By His Excellency's Command, 
Chs. Read, Secy. 

God save the King 
— The N CIV York Mercury^ April 26^ 1756. 

Run away on the 26th Inst, from Michael Branin, 
of the township of Evesham, in the county of Burling- 
ton, an English servant man, named Edward Harvey. 
if not chang'd his name, about 5 feet 4 inches high, has 
dark brown curl'd hair, a scar on his upper lip, and is 
pretty full mouth'd: Had on, and took with him, A 
light grey homespun bear-skin coat, with large metal 
buttons, and a homespun broad cloth jacket, of a light- 
ish colour, with metal buttons on it, a striped jacket, 
and a white under jacket, two pair of yarn stockings, 



I756J M:\VSI'. M'F.R KXTRAi.'1'S. 29 

two ozenbrigs shirts, and a good felt hat, pretty good 
neats leather shoes, with large brass buckles, a pair of 
fustian breeches, with metal buttons. Whoever takes 
up and secures said ser\-ant, so as his master may have 
him again, shall ha\-e Fc:»rty Shillings reward, and rea- 
sonable charges, paid l)y me. 

^Michael Branin. 
— The PonisylvtDiia Gazette^ Xo. 1427, April 29, 
1756. 

Notice is hereby given, that 
Jonathan Dodd, Sadler 
From Elizabeth-Town, in the Jerseys, 
Has now set up his business in Market-street, Philadel- 
phia, opposite to Benjamin Franklin's, Esq; where he 
makes all sorts of saddles and furniture belonging to 
them, at reasonable rates. — The Pciuisylvaiiia Gazette, 
Xo. 1428, May (i, 1756. 

An Act for the more speedy and effectually raising 
the Forces to be furnished by this Colony, [N. Y.] on 
the Expedition against Crown-Point. 



XII. And be it further Enaeted by the Authority 
aforesaid^ That as soon as the Western Frontiers are 
secure from the Ravages of the Enemy, and the pro- 
posed Expedition in Conjunction with the Colonies of 
Xeii.f-yersey and Peiuisykmnia^ at an End; Tt shall and 
may be lawful for his Excellency the Governor, or the 
Commander in Chief for the Time being, to augment 
the Forces raised by this Colony on the Expedition 
against Crozun-Point,, with Four Hundred effecti^•e 
men. Volunteers, Ofificers included. ■•' '■' ''^ '^ '''^ 



30 NEW JKRSEV COLONIAI, DOCUMENTS. [1756 

London^ March 11. Yesterday an Express arrived at 
the Admiralty Office with advice, that the Nightingale 
Man of War was arrived with some Dispatches from 
New York/ — The Nciv York Mercury^ May 10, 1756. 

List of Letters in the Post-Office. Philad'a. 

Michael Asking, E. Nottingh — Marshall \V. Notting 
John Blake, Jersey, John Rtichel, Jersey, Mary Green- 
man Piles-Grove, WTlliam Joliffe Jersey 

The Sloop Al)igail, Captain Savage, from Salem, in 
New-England, for this Port, was cast away on Great 
Egg-Harbonr Shoals on the First Instant. 

Rnn away on the ninth of this instant }^lay, from 
Samnel Shivers, of the township of Greenwich, in Glou- 
cester county, and pro\'ince of New Jersey, an English 
servant man, named Thomas Freeman, of middle stat- 
ure, well set, 24 or 25 years of age: Had on a felt, home- 
spun brownish jacket, homespun shirt, leather breeches, 
yarn stockings, half worn shoes, with l)rass buckles in 
them; he is much given to drinking, and is very talk- 
ative. He was a servant to Samuel Flower, from whom 
he ran away, and was advertised, about two years ago. 
Whoever takes up said ser\-ant, and brings him home, 
or secures him, so that his master may have him again, 
shall have Thirty Shillings reward, and reasonable 
charges, paid by 

Sanuiel Shivers. 
— The Pennsylvania Gazette^ No. 1429, May 13, 
1756. 



iSee under date of Feb. 9, 17.56. 



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Custom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Brio- In- 
dustry. David Stewart from Salem. — The Pouisyhania 
J on nun/, No. 700, May 6., 1756. 

Custom-House. Philadelphia. Enteretl In. Sloop 
Two Brothers, John Bradford fr. Salem. Outwards. — 
Sloop Two Brothers. John Bradford for Salem. Cleared. 
— Sloop Two Brothers, John Bradford to Salem. — The 
Fouisylvaiiia JouDial, Xo. 701, May i^.^ 1756. 

Taken up on friday the 7th instant, on Newark Flats, 
a l)Iack mare, about 14 and 4 hands high, and marked J. 
\'. G. on the left buttock. Whoever claims said mare, 
may have her again, proving their property, and paying- 
charges, by applying to 

William Kemp. 

— The Ncio York Mereury. May 17, 1756. 

Salem, in Xew-Jerse}', April 2J, 1756. 
This day was taken up, and committed to this jail 
Two Dutch- Servant women, named Catherine and 
Alary Strutnim. They say they belong to John AIc- 
Carter and John Lingfield in Berts township, Lancaster 
county; if so, they are desired to come and pay charges 
and take them away. 

Robert Johnston, sheriff. 

— The Peiinsyhania Gazette., No. 1430, May 20, 

1756. 

Custom-House, New- York, Cleared for Departure. 
Sloop Trumpeter, John Miller to New-Jersey. — Neic 
York Mereury, May 24, 1756. 



S2 NEW jKRSin- r(_)I.()NI.\L DOCUMENTS. [1756 

Philadelphlv 

An Ac/ for the more effectual obstructing the Ex- 
portation of Provisions and Warlike Stores from the 
Province of Pennsylvania. 

Whereas an Act of General Assembly of this Prov- 
ince .... 

This Act to be in Force from the Passing there- 
of until the Seventh Da\' of June next, and from 
thence for so long Time as the Legislatiu'cs of the Col- 
ony of New Jersey, and the Counties of New-Castle, 
Kent and Sussex upon Delaware, shall respectively pass 
Laws for the Like Purposes, and shall be of ecjual Con- 
tinuance and Duration with the said Laws, provided 
they exceed not the Time limited by an Act of the Leg- 
islature of New \'ork, passed oil the Fourth Dav of this 
instant May, intituled, A/i Act to revive an Act intituled. 
An Act more effectually to restrain tJie Exportation of 
Provisions and Warlike Stores from the Colon]' of Nezv 
York, with a// Alteration thereto. — The Pennsylvania Ga- 
zette^ No. 143 1, Mayiy, 1756. 

Boston, May 20. By Capt. Blake we have also the 
following Account of the Proportion that each of the 
Colonies are to receive of the late Grant of Parliamem. 
Massachusetts, 54,000 £ N. Hampshire, 8,000 £ 
Connecticut, 26,000 £ Rhode Island, 7,000 £ 
New-York, 15,000 £ New-Jersey, 5.000 £ 

Xeio-Vork, May ji. Capt. Ker, [from Bristol] says. 
That the Brig Two Brothers, of Newark, in New-Jer- 
sey, and another Brig, were to sail shortly after him 
for this Port. 

Loj/(/on. April 6. Thomas Pownell, Esq; Lieutenant 



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(loxcnior of New -Jersey, is appointed to succeed Gen. 
Sliirlew in the Government of Boston, N^e\\'-Engiand, 
and will set out immediately for America, to accompany 
the ]vdr\ of London in the ensning Campaign. — 77ic- 
-\Vri' York Mercury, May 31, 1756. 

We have advice from Snssex Connty Xew-Jersey 
that the Ilonse of Anthony Swartwont was attacked 
ahont the Jist of May. The \\'ife of said Swartwont 
was fonnd shot dead with a Bnllet thro' the Back, and 
three Chikh'en were fonnd at a little distance from the 
Honse, with their Heads spht open with a Hatchet, bnt 
none of them were Scalped; and that Anthony Swart- 
wont, and the other of his Children are missing, snp- 
posed to be carried off by the Enemy. 

^^'e have also advice that the honse of Capt. Hnnt 
in Hardwick Township in Snssex Connty, was bnrnt 
abont the same Time, and a white lad abont 17 Years 
of Age, and a X'egro Man, who had the Care of the 
Honse are both missing, and several Indian Tracks w ^re 
seen. — The Pennsylvania JournaL Xo. 704, June 3, 
1756. 

Salem, Fifth Month i'^, "^^"i^^^- 
All persons indel)ted to the snbscriber, are desired to 
come forthwith and settle their respective acconnts and 
pay oft' their ballances, or give their obligations, with- 
ont farther notice; and likewise all who have any de- 
mands against him, are desired to bring in their ac- 
C(nmts, that they may be acljnsted, the said snbscriber 
having declined bnsiness in order to settle his aft'airs. 

Daniel Hnddy. 
— The Pennsyhania Gazette. Xo. 1432, June 3. 
1756. 



34 M'-'^V 11:RSK\' Col.oMAl. IXK r.MlA'IS. |i73^> 

Kun awa}' on the 2^d of last month, from Thomas 
lUair of the townshi]:) of WOodhouse. in Sussex count v, 
and I'ro\ince of \\'est-Xe\v-Jerse}', .V serxant g'irl. 
named EHzabeth Burk, of a little stature, black hair, 
of a dark complexion, speaks \ery nuich throui^h her 
nose, and is about 18 }ears of age: Had on when she 
went away, A blue calimancoe gown, striped petticoat 
and black bonnet, and barefooted. \\'hoe\er takes n\) 
said serxant, and secures her. so as her master may hax'e 
her again, shall have b\)rt\- Shillings reward, and rea- 
S(Miable charges, ])aid by me 

Thomas Blair. 

— 77/i- Pciinsylvaiiia (iazcttc, Xo. 1432, June 3, 
1756. 

/■lostoiu J/trr 31. lixtract of a Letter from London, 
dixtcd ^larch }^\. "The Money granted to the Xew- 
luigiand Colonies. X'ew-York. and Xew-Jersev. is now 
putting up in Boxes, and will l)e sent to Portsmouth 
in a few Days, to be put on l)oard the Sterling Castle 
Man of ^^'ar of 70 Guns, bound to Boston or X^ew- 
Vork." 

PhiladclpliiiX, JiDic 3. On Tuesday last the Ship Lon- 
don. Capt. Reeve, arrived here from London. Bv him 
there is Advice, that the Honourable Thomas Pow- 
nall. Mscj; is appointed Ciovernor of this Province: 
and that he was to set out for this Place with Lord 
Loudon, who. it was thought, would leave Plymouth, 
with the Forces, some Time betwixt the Twentieth 
and the End of April. 

Xcw-York, June 7. AboiU a I-\>rtnight ago. the 
House of one Capt. Hunt, at I'aulin's-Kills, 25 miles 



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J3 



al)o\e L)]ack-l\i\cr, in New-Jersey, was l)iinit by the 
Indians, and Hunt's Brother and a Negro Man, are 
missing-, and are supposed to be either carried otT, or 
cruelly niurdered by the Savages. About two or three 
i )a}"s after, the House of one Swartwout, near l^aulin's 
Kills also, was burnt by the Indians; Swartwout him- 
self, and three Children are missing; and his AA ife and 
two Children are killed. A Ball went into the Woman's 
r>ack, and lodged in her Breast; and the Throat of one 
of the Children was cut quite across. "Tis imagined this 
Alurder was committed in the open Day. as none of the 
People were scalped, perhaps owing to the Timerit}- 
of the Indians least the}' might be surprized unawares; 
and l)y the Children being found Dead with Flowers 
in their Hands, which 'twas supposed the}" must ha\'e 
been gathering but a few Hours before. As this Mur- 
der has been perpetrated several ■Miles nigher the In- 
habitants of New-Jersey, than where the P^^rts ha\e 
been lately been Ijuilt, upwards of 60 Families at and 
near Paulin's-Kills, ha\e removed down towards Am- 
w ell, in order to avoid the Danger they seem'd exposed 
t(^ 1)\ their cruel bloodthirsty and latent Enemies — The 
Xcic York Mcrcnrv. Junc']^ 1/56. 

( )n \\'ednesda}- last the General Assembly of the 
I'roNince of New Jersey \\ere adjoiu'ned to the First 
Day of July, having passed an Act for the raising Sev- 
enteen Thousand Five Hundred P^ounds more for the 
supporting of the Seven Hundred and Fifty Men which 
the}- have no^^ in Pay; which makes in all Fifty-Seven 
Thousand Five Hundred Pounds raised l)y this Prov- 
ince upon the present Emergencies. They have also 
passed an Act for obstructing the exportation of Pro- 
\-isions after the ^Manner of those passed in New ^'ork 



^6 XKW Jl•;RSI■;^• coi^oniai, documiats. I1756 

and I'cniisylvania. — The Pciinsyivcviia Gazette^ Xo. 1433, 
June 10, 1756. 

The Brig Two-Brotliers, Capt Jabez Johnston, ar- 
rived here on Saturday last, in a1)out six weeks from 
Bristol. — The N CIV York Mercury, June 14, 1756. 

To be So 1.1), 

Three tracts or parcels of land, lying within about a 
mile of each other, situate near the head of Alantua- 
creek in Gloucester count}', West Xew Jersey one of 
which contains 140 acres, whereon is a tine thriving 
cedar swamp, and a considerable quantity of meadow 
may be made. One other tract contains 90 acres, all 
woodland, \\ell watered, \vith a good conveniency for 
a grist-mill or saw-mill. The other tract contains 50 
acres, being woodland. Any person inclining to pur- 
chase all or any c:»f the said tracts, b}' applying to Ben- 
jamin Lodge, li\ing near ]\Iantua-creek aforesaid, or 
to William Pearson, at Kensington, near Philadelphia, 
may l^e informed- as to title and terms of sale. The Pay- 
ments will be made easy. 

X. B. Timber-wheel, clotliiers and packing-screws, 
with all sorts of mill work, saw-mill saws, steel or iron, 
made after the best manner Avith dispatch, and at rea- 
sonable rates, by the said AA^illiam Pearson, at the ])lace 
aforesaid. 

Phihidelphia. On MOnda}' last his llonour our ( io\- 
crnor set out for Amboy. — The ]\'iiiisyTeaitia Gar^cite^ 
Xo. 1434, /////r 17, 1756. 

Nciv- York., J line 14. The names of the Carpenters and 
Sawyers, that were killed, and missing at Oswego, about 



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a JMontli since, are, Edniond Banton. John Mitchell, 
Henry Jackson, and Philip Philips, of New York; the 
three former killed and scalped, and the latter missing: 
John Jordan, Samuel Mash, and Lewis Dunham, of 
Brunswick. >Michael Murray, kihed; James Cirant, 
John English and Charles Carter of Philadel])hia, the 
two former killed, and the latter missing; James hdan- 
agan. missing, one .Soldier k'illcd. and .'mother Shot in 
the Knee.- 

Ciistoiii House, Philadelphia, lint end In. Schnr. 
Pembroke. Richard Stacey from Salem. — The Peiiiisyl- 
-i'aiiia JoiiruaL Xo. '/o6,Jiiiie 17, 1756. 

Nciu York, Jii 110 21. 1\iesday last in the Afternoon, 
his Aiajesty's Ship the (irafton. Commodore Plolmes. 
of 70 (iuns; and Xottingham, Cai:)tain Marshall, of 60. 
came to an Anchor otf Sand)-fIook, in g weeks from 
Plymouth. 

Some time since, a sack of Furs, that came in the 
stage from Philadel])hia, was sent to John Dennis, of 
Elizabeth-Town, thro' a mistake, for one that he ex- 
])ected from thence, they resembling each other. Any 
l)erson that will return said John Dennis his furs, shall 
have theirs, proving their property, and paying the 
charges of this advertisement. — The Xeio York Mer- 
eury^ June 21, 1756. 



Pllll.ADKi.l'HiA, June 24. 

We hear from the Jerseys, that on the 12th Instant 
four Officers, with 2^ Men each, set out from Pauliu's 
Kill, towards the (Ireat Swamp, in .Search ol lndi;ms; 



38 NEW |KRSi:\- COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1756 

and that they returned on the 19th, after burning four 
Indian Towns, one of which was the Shawanese Town, 
over the Sasquehanna; but that they all appeared to 
have l^een deserted some Months past. They brought 
six Horses in with them. 

Last Monda)' his Honour our Governed- returned 
from Amboy.- — The Pciuisylvauia Ga.zctti\ Xo. 1435, 
Jimc 24, 1756. 

Tuesday afternoon we had a violent Gust of Wind 
ind Rain, with very hard Thunder; which had done 
considerable Damage by blowing down chinmey's. tear- 
ing- off Roofs of Houses, overturning small ^vooden 
Buildings, Barns, &c. and has tore up a prodigious num- 
ber of Trees. At the same Time, a small Boat coming 
down from Burlington was overset, with 5 Men in her, 
two of which were Drowned, one of whose Name is 
O'Hara, and the other Tuckness. A young Man was 
also killed near Gloucester Point by the fall of a Barn. — 
The Pciuisylvauia Journal^ Xo. 707. June 24, 1756. 

Trenton, June 15, 1 75'">. 
A\'e the sul)scribers being appointed b)' a rule of court 
(agreeal)le to an act of asseml)!}' of New-Jersey, for the 
relief of prisoners confined for debt) hereby give notice 
to all those who are indebted to Andrew Brown, late of 
Piscataway, near New-Brunswick, that the books of 
accounts, notes and all other papers belonging to the 
said -Vndrew Brown, are now in the hands of Mr. James 
Thompson in New-Brunswick, in order to receive the 
money due thereon for the use of the creditors: That 
attendance will be given at the house of the said James 
Thompson in New-Brunswick, on the 17th of July next, 
by one of the subscribers; and all those that do not pa\^ 



1/56] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS, 39 

at or before tliat da}', will l)e proceeded against as the 
law directs. 

Nathan Beakes, Moore Fuk.man. 
— TJic PciuisylviDiia Gazette^ No. 1435, Jidic 24, 
1756. 

New Jersey, Gloucester, May 10. 1756. 
To be sold by the subscribers, living- in Gloucester 
county, New Jersey, the following lots of land, situate 
at Cherry-garden on Society-Hill, in the city of Phila- 
delphia, viz. one bank lot, fronting Water street, thirty 
feet, and extending back to Front street; and one water 
lot, fronting the said bank lot on the lower side of Water 
street, and extending into the River Delaware tw^o hun- 
dred and fifty feet. For title, and terms of sale, enquire 
of Samuel Harrison, and John Hinchman. — The Pciiii- 
sy/vaiiia Ga.z:c'tti\ No. 1435, ./////r 24, 1756. 

By his Excellency 

Jonathan Belcher, Esq; 

Captain (ieneral and Cio\ernor in Chief in and over 
his Majesty's Province of Novcne-Caesarai, or New-Jer- 
sey, and Territories thereon depending in America, 
Chancellor, and Vice-Admiral in the same, &c. 

A Proclamation 

HEREAS the Tribe of Indians distin- 
guished by the Name of the Dr/aicarcs, con- 
trary to the most solemn Treaties, associat- 
ing with divers other Indians, Enemies to 
his Majesty, have for many months past, ravaged sev- 
eral of the Southern Colonies, and cruelly murdered 
and captivated the King's Subjects inhabiting there, 




40 xi':\v ii;rsk\' colonial doclmkxts. I1756 

and destroyed their Habitations, and have lately made 
Incursions into this Colony, and committed Murders, 
attended with the most shocking Circumstances of In- 
humanity, and captivated some of his Majesty's good 
Subjects in the County of S//ssc\r: I have therefore 
thought fit. by and with the Advice of his ]\Iajesty's 
Council, to declare the said Dclai^'arc Indians, and all 
those who in Confederacy with them, have been in Arms 
against his Majesty's Subjects in this or the neighbour- 
ing Colonies, to be Enemies^ Rebels and Traitors to 
his most sacred Majesty. And I do hereby require all 
his Majesty's subjects within this Province, to l)e assid- 
uous within the Government, in taking or destroying 
the said Dclaivarc Indians, and others who ha\'e been 
aiding them in their Incursions into this, or the neigh- 
l)Ouring Provinces; and by Virtue of an Act of the Gen- 
eral Assembly of this Colony, passed this Day, I Do, 
bv and with the Advice and Consent of his Majesty's 
Council, promise and declare, that there shall be paid 
to everv Inhabitant of this Colony, not in the Province 
P^ay, who shall take alive, and deliver any Male Indian 
Enemv. above Fifteen Years of Age, at any of the Forts 
garrisoned by the Troops of this Colony, or into the 
G(\al of any of the Counties of this Province, Ojic Hun- 
dred and Fifty Spanish Dollars, and to every Inhabitant 
of this Colony, not in the Province Pay, who shall, with- 
in this Government, kill or destroy any Male Indian En- 
emy, above the age of Fifteen Years, and produce the 
Scalp of such Indian, and other sufficient Proof, as an 
Evidence of his having so destroyed him, One Hundred 
and Thirty Dollars ; and for every Female or Male In- 
dian Enemy, under the Age of Fifteen Years, captivated 
in this Colony, and delivered at any of the Forts gar- 
risoned as aforesaid, or into any of the Goals of this 
Colonv. the Sum of One Hundred and Thirty Dollars ; 



1756] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 4I 

for every Inlial^itant of this Colon}-, re-taken from the 
Indian Enemy, One Hundred and I'ifty Dollars : And 
that one Half of the above Preminms shall, for the al)o\e 
mentioned Services, be paid to the Officers and Soldiers 
in the Pay of this Province, for their fnrther Encour- 
agement, to be acti\c and \ig'ilant in the Service they 
are employed in. 

And Whereas the Honour of his Majesty's Govern- 
ment of this Colony, is engaged for the Protection of 
sundry Dclazcarr Indians, who have manifested their 
Duty to his Alajesty. and their Affection to their Breth- 
ern the Eiio-Hs/t, l)y withdrawing themseh'es from our 
Enemies, and retiring into the interior Parts of this 
Province: Therefore the more effectually to give Pro- 
tection to the said Indians, I have thought fit, b)' and 
with the Ach'ice of his Majesty's Council, to order and 
direct all the Indians within this Colony, to keep strictly 
within the Bounds ])rescril)e(l, and agreed on. at the 
Treatv held with them at Crosszi'icks^ in In-briiary last. 
And 1 do strictly injoin all Officers Civil and Military, 
within this Province, to yield Protection to the said 
b^nend Indians; and I do forbid any Ferry-man within 
the same, to carr\- them, or any of them, over the Riv- 
ers DcUnvarc or Rarilaii, without a Special Order for 
that Purpose, granted by one of his Majesty's Council 
for this Colony, or two Justices of the Peace, Oitoruin 
Ujius. 

Given under my Hand and Seal, at Arms, at the 

Borough of Elizabeth, this second Day of June. 

in the Twenty-ninth year of his Majesty's 

Reign. Annoque Domini. ( )ne Thousand 

Seven Hundred and b^ifty-six. 
By his Excellency's Command. J. Beeciiek. 

CiiAs. Read. Secretary. 

God Sa\'c the Ki.xo. 



42 NKW jKRSEV COI.ONIAl. DOCUMENTS. |l756 

X. T). The Limits, or Line for the Protection of our 
said h^-iend Indians, (at the Treaty held at Crosszvicks, 
in Fcbritary last) is, a Line to 1)e (h'awn from that Part 
of the Sound, between Statc)i-Isla)id and the Main, 
which is nearest to John Jo/iiic's, to go the nearest 
Course to the said Jo/iii Jo/iiic's House, and straight 
three Miles further into the ^\'oods; and so by a Line to 
be drawn thro' the W^oods, at three Miles Distance, 
back from the Great Road that leads from Jolni Joli)ic s 
\.o Eli rsabctJi- Town ^ Newark, WezeP 2L\\i\ Jo/iii Jcrolii/iaii' s 
Mill, near the Falls of /\rssaic'' ; and from the said Falls, 
near Jcroliiiiaif s Mill to the Fork,* and to Pouipto)i : 
And thus on the nearest streight Line, through Ih-r- 
i^cn County, to the Jersey Line, on the Shore of the 
Xortli-Rivcr. or TIitdsoii\^- River, and so by the Waters 
to where it began on the Scnmd. 

Pliiladilpliia^ Juiic2J^. W'e hear from the Jersey's, that 
on the 12th Inst, four Officers, with 25 Men each, set out 
from Paulin's-Kill. towards the Great Swamp, in Search 
of Indians; and that they returned on the igth, after 
burning four Lidian Towns, one of which was the Shaw - 
anese Town, over the Susquehanna; but that they all 
appeared to have been deserted some Months past. 
Tlic\- l)rought six Horses in with them. 

Last Monda\- his Honour our (iovernor returned from 
Ambov. — Tilt' Xcii' York Mcrcitry. J////12S, 1756. 

Nkw York, .///;/<:■ 2 8. —We hear a great Number of the 
h^-ench Neutrals, some say se\'en Boat Loads, who were 



lA neighboi-hood on the south .side of the Passaic river, below the 
present city of Paterson. 

sjohn .loralemon's mill, erected in 1737, was on the Passaic river, at 
the foot of Mulberry street, in the present city of Paterson. 

:>The Fork, in Dutch "de Gaffel," now known ns "the Goffle," i.s a 
fork where the ancient Indian trail separates. The neisiiliorhood is 
abiinl Iwo miles northeast of Paterson. 



1756] NKWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 43 

permitted to leave Georgia and South-Carolina, are ar- 
ri\'ed and stopt in Monmouth County, somewhere near 
Shrewsbury, in the Jerseys; and a Council is called at 
]Llizabeth-Town about them. — The Pouisylvaiiia Joitr- 
iia/. No. 708, Jii/y I, 1756. 

Perth Amboy, June 24. — Last Week one John Conolly 
was apprehended by a warrant from Mr. Justice Nevill, 
and committed to Somerset Goal, for the Murder of an 
Indian Woman, called Kate, the Wife of one George, 
a Friend Indian, who had lived many Years in the 
County of Somerset, and had registered himself and 
Family, in Conformity to the Governor's Proclamation, 
for that Purpose. It appeared by several Depositions 
taken by Mr. Nevill, and by the Examination and Con- 
fession of the Prisoner, that there was a Combination 
between the said Prisoner, Joseph Chesney, Daniel 
llarnet. and one Muckleroy, to murder the Family of 
Indians, and to take their Scalps, and to carry them to 
Pliiladelphia. where they were to swear that they were 
luiemy Indians, and that they had killed them in the 
l'ro\-ince of Pennsyhania, with Intention to get the Re- 
ward offered \)\ that Go\ernment for Indian Scalps: 
And in order to put this \-illainous Scheme in Execution, 
the fom- Fellows abo\e mentioned, \\z, Conolly. Ches- 
ney, Harnet and Muckleroy, armed with Guns, Cut- 
lasses and an Ax, went to the Indian Wigwam near Pe- 
pack, in the said County of Somerset, on the 12th of 
April last, al^out the Middle of the Night, where the 
poor Creatures were sleeping in Security, as they im- 
agined, and thoughtless of the intended Butchery; 
when they broke open the Door and called to the Indian 
Man to come out. He, not obeying immediately, Ches- 
ney fired his Gvm into the ^^'igwam, but missed the In- 
dians; upon which the Indian Man in a great Fright 



44 ^'KW JKKSK\- COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l/S^ 

1)urst through the Back Part of the Wigwam, and ran for 
liis Life, and two Balls were found enter'd into a Log on 
the Back Part of the House. Muckleroy fired after him, 
and he was observed to fall, it being Moon-light ; where- 
upon Conolly ran towards him with his Ax, to dispatch 
him, if he was not cjuite dead, but before he got to hini, 
the Indian, who only fell by Accident, rose up, and made 
his Esca])e. The Villains then returned to the Wig- 
wam, and one of them presented his Gun at the Indian 
Woman, who, calling out for Mercy, catched hold of 
the said Gun, and endea\'ored to wrench it out of the 
Murderer's Hands, upon which Conolly with his Ax 
knocked down the AA'oman, and cut her Head all to 
Pieces, Chesney at the same time firing a Brace of Balls 
into her Stomach. They next proceeded to Murder 
the Children; one of them, a (Hrl about eleven Years 
old, was much bruised about the Head, stabbed in the 
Shoulders, and her Right-hand almost cut otT at the 
Wrist. The other two being Twins, about 12 Months, 
were cut and gashed in a frightful Alanner; and the 
Murderers reported they had killed them all, but did not 
stop to scalp them, being afraid the Neighbourliood 
would be raised upon them by the Indian Man, who had 
made his Escape as aforesaid. W^e are informed the 
Children, being- under the Care of the Surgeons, are like 
to do well. We hear a special Court of Oyer and Ter- 
miner will be held at the Court-house, in the County 
of Somerset, on Tuesday, the Sixth of July, for the Trial 
of John Conolly for the said Miu'der. 

Letters in the Post-Oektce, Piiii.adim.I'IIIa. 

Henry Cooper, Mount-holly. 

Ann Campbell, W. Jersey. 

Margaret Denison, Jersey 

David Strattan, W. New Jersey. 

Samuel Wood, Salem Co. 



1756J XKWSl'AI'KR KXTKAC rs. 45 

Philada. June 26. 1756. 
Broke out of Trenton Goal last night, and made 
ilieir escape, the two following men. viz. one named 
Isaac Fitzrandolph. l)y trade a shoemaker, abont 41 
}-ears of age. abont 5 feet 7 inches high, well set: Had 
on when he went away, a grey bearskin donble breasted 
surtont coat, with a large cape, and small white metal 
bnttons. half worn grey jacket, check shirt and trowsers, 
a felt hat, abont half worn, thread stockings and ronnd 
toed old shoes, with strings or thongs; he is of a dark 
complexion, with some grey hairs in his head and beard, 
and wears a linen cap. The other named Theodorns 
Hall, a lal)ourer: Had on when he went away, an old 
grey kersey jacket, old felt hat, new ozenbrigs shirt and 
trowsers, old shoes, with a string tied ronnd one of 
them, withont stockings; he is marked with the small- 
pox, has a down look, is very talkative, and ver\' mnch 
addicted to liqnor; wears a striped linsey belt ronnd his 
middle, which he cannot do withont. Whoever takes 
np and secnres said men, so that the snbscriber may 
have them again, shall have Six Ponnds reward for both, 
or Three Pounds for either, and reasonable charges, paid 
by 

John Bates, Goal-keeper. 

To be sold by publick vendue, on Saturday, the 3d of 
Tulv next, between the hours of 12 o'clock at noon and 
5 in the evening, at the house of Daniel Cooper, at the 
ferry' opposite Philadelphia, A plantation, belonging to 
Jonathan Reeves, containing about 200 acres, lying at 
the head of Newtown creek, in West-New-Jersey, with- 
in 5 miles of Daniel Cooper's ferry, with a pretty good 

iCoopci's l\ir.\-, imw Camden. Now JtTsey. 



46 m;\\ ii:rsi;n' (oiomai, doclmk.n rs. L'75^ 

liouse, hani. and good stal)le. with 15 acres of good 
mowing meadow, and more may be made with a con- 
stant stream fit to erect a grist-mill, and a dam partly 
mado, with a large orchard of apple .and peach trees. 
Any ])erson inclining to pnrchase the same, may appear 
on the premises, where he may see the conditions, and 
\icw' th.e same, an}- time before the sale. 

7\> hi' Soi.D, 

A ^i[()iu/ farm. l_\'ing in Hc:)pewell. in th.e connt\' of 
Himterdon. aliont two miles from I'rince-town. in Xew 
jerse}', containing al)ont 150 acres, lately the estate of 
Isaac Henen, Esc| ; deceased: with a good two story 
dwelling-house, kitchen, barn, tan-yard, and out-honses. 
There is a good orchard on the said farm, about ten 
acres of meadow, and more may he made: about 100 
acres of said land cleared, the remainder well timber'd. 
The soil is fertile, and fit for tilling. For terms of sale, 
apply to \\'illiam Hogeland, and John Jewel, executors, 
in Amwell, in the said county of Hunterdon. — T/u- Pcnn- 
sylvaiiia Gar.:cttL\ Xo. 1436, July i, 1756. 

[>ist of Letters reiuaining in the Post ()rfice. at 
Xew-^'ork, Jime 30, 1756. 
'■' '■' "■'' * Thomas Scot, ^^''est-Jersey. '•' '■' " "'•' 

AVti'- )'(>)■ k. July j. The (uist of AA'ind that was felt \v 
IMfiladelphia the 22(\ ult. as inserted in our last, being 
the same in which Capt. I)all sufl^ered, was felt in a very 
severe Manner, about 4 o'Clock in the Afternoon, of the 
same Da}', at Newark Mountains, in New-Jerse}'. where 
the Orchards. Fences, Corn Fields, and ^Vood Land, 
for about a Mile and a half in Length, are entirely 



1756 



XKWsi'Ai'KK i;.\rRAC'rs. 



47 



ruined, many large Trees being broke down, and carried 
to an incredible Distance froni the Place where they 
stood. Houses and Barns to the amount of 25, are quite 
blown away, amongst which were the following, viz 
Samuel Pearson's Barn and ]yl ill-House, Justice Crane's 
Barn and Part of his House, Capt. Amos Harrison's 
House and Barn, two Widows named ^^'ard, their 
Houses and Barns, autl a new House belonging to one 
Dodd, almost finished, was entirel}' blown away, and a 
Barrel of AA'ool, that happened to be in one of the Cham- 
bers, was carried above a Quarter of a Mile off, and 
ihree L')ays after found in a Swam]). 

By his E.\CKLl.i:\(W" 
JoXAlH.W Bia.CHKR, Esq; 

Captain-Cleneral, and Commander in Chief, in and 
(ner his Majesty's Province of Nov;e-Caiser;e, or Xew- 
jersey, and Territories thereon depending in America. 
Chancellor, and Vice-Admiral in the same, &c. 

A PKofi.AMA'rrox. 



iiKKKAS his most gracious Alaj- 
est}', for the maintaining and se- 
curing of his Rights and Posses- 
sions of his Crown, and Sub- 
jects in Xorth-Amcrica^ against 
the 'most unjust Aggressions 
and Hostilities committed on 
the Part of France^ hath among 
other Measures, l)een ])lease(l to 
A])])()int and Station se\en Pegiments, three in Xova- 
Scotia, and four in the Province of New- Yoj'k, and hatli 




4S \r\\ ii:ksi;\ toiomai ddvimi-n is. | 1756 

l>y his Ministers siLiiiiticd to nic, his l\(>\al Will ami 
ricasiifc, that those se\en kei^inieiUs he reeruited as 
soon as possible, to their fnll C'omplinient of One lliou- 
sivhi Men each. Ami in orcler to enj^ai^e his taithfnl 
Snhjeets, in a serviee so essential to their own Defence 
anil Preservation, consents, that snch Recrnits shall not 
be obliged \o ser\e anxwhere bnt in Xorth-Aiiurica ; 
that they be dischari^ed when Ik^stilities shall cease; 
and that each k^{ them shall ha\e a tirant of '/tiV Hidi- 
drcd Acres (A Land, free from the Payment of Onit- 
kents for Tot ^'ears, either in the Pnnince of AV:/- 
York\ Xcic Hiiiiips/ii>\\ or Xova-Scoticu at their own 
choice, to be j.;-ranted them, on producing- their Dis- 
charge from the Ponnnander in Phief, to the (,io\ernor 
of either of the said Provinces respectively. And in I ase 
they should be killed in the Service, their Widows and 
Ldiildren shall be entitleil tci the said Pands. in such 
Proportion as the Poxernor and Council of the Pro\-- 
ince. \\herein snch Pands lie. shall direct. 1 IPw !•: in 
Consequence thereof, and by and with the Adxice and 
Consent oi his ^^[ajesty's L'onncil, published the abo\e 
faxourable ierms, granted b\ his Majesty to all his 
faithful Subjects, who shall wiihin this Colon_\- enlist 
in either of said Regiments, hoping- and not doubting, 
but thev will be Productive of the great and good Ends 
proposeil bv his Majestv. Am> 1 do hereby strictly 
charge ami enjoin all Otticers. c"i\il ami ?\Iilitary. and 
others his j\L\jesty's Piege Subjects within this Pro\- 
ince, to be aiding and assisting, from Time lo Time, in 
raising said Recruits, as the CXx^ision max Require. 

GiVKX under my PPmd and Seal, at Arms, at the 
Borough of l\lizabeth. in the Pro\ ince of Xew- 
Jersey. the tirst Pay of July, in the Thirtieth 



year of his .Majesty's Reigii, Annoque iJoiiiini. 
One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty-six. 

J. Belchp:r. 
i5y his Excellency's Command, 
CHAS. RkaI). Secretary. 

G'}\) Save the KiN(,. 

— JliiXcw York Mercury. July 5. i/S*^. 

-Wa-- York, July 12. On the 4th Instant. Majc^r (Jen- 
eral Shikle^'. arrived here with his Aid de Camps, and 
Secretary, in four Days from Albany. 

By the Sloop which brought his Excellency, and 
others that have arri vf-r1 vjnce. we have the following 
.\dvice.s. viz. 

That Major General SnikLEV'.s, and Major Gen. Sir 
WiLiJAM Peppekeee's Regiments, with the Xew-Jer- 
.~ey Regiment, commanded by Col. Pe'J er Sf hl ^ eer, 
his Majesty's four Independent Companies of Xew- 
Vork, and the four Independent Companies of Xorth- 
Carolina, were posted at Oswego, and the several Forts 
and Carrying Places between that Place and Schenec- 
tady. 

This is to notihe the public, that James P'arriee. late 
of Xew-Jersey, purposes by God's permission, to open 
ScHooE in Broad-street, on monday the 12th day of 
this instant July, at the house of Mrs. Elizabeth Witt, 
where the Messrs. Garret X'oel, and Jonathan Hutch- 
ins, formerly taught school in. and purposes (God will- 
ing) to teach reading, writing, arithmetic, vulgar and 
decimal, logarithmatical and instrumental, merchants 
accompts. navigation, .surveying, dialing, &c &c. care- 
fully anrl expeditiously, by 

James P"arrii,e. 

— JIuXciJ Yor.< Mercury, July 12, 1/^6. 



50 



NEW IKKSKV COI.OMAI, 1 )( )tU M KNTS. L'75^> 



A Lisi- of Letthrs remaining in the Post Office at 
Tre.X'ION, June 25, 1756. 



B. 

Henry 13iid, Kiugwood. 
Jacob Bergen, Rockey-hill. 
Richard Bennett, New Jersey. 

C. 
Richard Crooks, Greenage. ^ 
Mary Clarke, Bedminster. 
Philip Colvin, Amwell. 

D. 
George Danser, 2, Allen's Town. 
John Deltz, Amwell. 



John Estill, Freehold. 

F. 
Colonel Ford, Esq; Morris To. 
Nicholas Facter, Grigs To. 
James Field near Allen's To. 

11. 
Samuel Horner, Prince To. 

K. 
Mahlon Kirkbride, Pennsylv. 
Thomas or Robert Keimen, Somerset. 
Thomas Kilburne, Maidenhead. 



Michael Leigh Salem Co. 
Thomas Leonard, Esq ; Prince T. 
Samuel Lownsberry, Bordentown. 

M. 
Alexander Moore, Bordentown. 



Joseph Morrow, Prince To. 
Samuel Mead, Prince-town 
Lewis M'Donald, Esq; Bedford. 
Mary M'Bride New Jersey. 
John Merry Morris Co. 
Matthias Mount, Middletown. 

N. 

James Newell near Allen's To. 

0. 
Mary O'Brian, Bordentown 

R. 
John Ruthertbrd, Trenton 
William Rea ditto 

John Russell Somerset Co. 

S. 
Capt. John Stevenson, Middle T. 
Sergeant Simpson of Gen. Lascellos' 

Regiment, Trenton. 
Capt. Thomas Smelt, of Gen. Las- 

celles's Regnnent. 
Robert Smith, Prince To. 

T. 

William Thompson, Millstone. 

V. 
Hannah Vanbuskirk, Shaminy 
Roelof Vandike, near Pince To. 

W. 

John Wright, Longbridge 
John or Charles AVright, 

near Prince To. 



X. B. Letters not taken up within three ^lonths 
from this Date, will be sent to the General Post-Office 
at Philadelphia — No Credit will be given for Postage. — 
The Pouisylvania Gazette^ Xo. 1438, July 15, 1756. 



1 Greenwich. 



1756J NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 5 I 

To be So LI) 

A good brick two story house, 30 feet front, and 18 
feet back, with two rooms on a floor, and a fire-place 
in each room and a kitchen adjoining-. There is a good 
pump and well of good water in the yard; at the back 
of which is a pretty lot for a garden. On the front of 
said lot is a very good hatter's shop, that has been well 
accustomed for that business, and is pleasantly situ- 
ated in the city of Burlington, in ]\Iarket-street, the 
fourth door above the Court-house. There is in said 
shop a sett of good hatter's tools, that will be sold with 
or without the premises. For further particulars, en- 
([uire of Hugh Hartshorne, in Burlington, or John 
Hartshorne. at Shrewsbury. 

Chester, June 26, 1756. 
Run away, last night, from the Work-house in Ches- 
ter, a girl that was committed on suspicion of being a 
servant to one Thomas Blair, in West New-Jersey. She 
is advertised in the Gazette by the name of Elizabeth 
Bryan, but calls herself Betty Dawson. She was born 
in Ireland, but denies her country, is about 18 years old, 
of small stature, of a dark complexion, and speaks very 
nmch through her nose: Had on a blue calimancoe 
gown, striped flannel petticoat, and a black silk bonnet; 
she is bare footed. AAdioever brings her to the Work- 
house, shall have Twenty Shillings reward, paid l)y 

George Keith. 
— TJic Pcniisyh'ania Gazette^ No. 1438, July 15, 
1756. 

Boston, July 12. Last Wednesda)- Night arrived here 
Capt. Jones in 8 days from Halifax, in whom came Pas- 
senger the Hon. Jonathan Belcher, Esq; Chief Justice 



52 NEW JKRSKV COLONIAL DOCLLM LNl'S. [l/S^ 

of the Province of Nova-Scotia. Son of Gov. Jonathan 
Belcher, of New Jersey. 

"Phis is to give notice to all able bodied freemen not 
Inhabitants of the connty of Sussex, who are willing 
to enter into the service of the province of New-Jersey, 
in defending" the frcjntier i)arts of said province, that on 
their application to me the subscriber, at Fort-John's, 
or elsewhere in the county of Sussex, they shall imme- 
diatelv be inlisted, and l)e ui)on the pro^'ince pay, at Two 
Siiii.Li\c;s, Proclamation money, per day. Dated June 

-'-'• 1/56. 

Jacol) Oi;iiAi<'i'. Connnander of the 

h\)rces on the frcmtier ser\-ice. 

— 77/c \ci:' York }fcrcury. Jii/y 19. 1756. 

AVit' York^ July 2(3. About 3 u"Clock last Friday 
IMorning, his Excellenc}' the Right Honourable Joiix 
Earl of Foudon, Commander in Chief of all his ^Majesty's 
Forces in North-.Vmerica, accompanied by the Hon. 
TIIo^FAS PowNALL, Esq; Governor of the Province of 
Massachusetts-Ba}-, came up to Town in a Pilot-Boat, 
having the Day before, left his Alajesty's Ship the 
Nightingale Capt. Caiupbell. of 20 Guns, about three 
Feagues from Sandy-Hook. 

Custom House, New A'ork. Inward Entries. SUiop 
Priscilla. James Raney from Salem, N^. J. — The Nci^' York 
Mercury, Jii/y 26, 1756. 

By his F.\( i;i.i.i:\(A 

Jonathan l>elcher, Esc|: 

Ca])tain General, and Connnander in Chief, in ami 
over his AFajestv's Province of NovK-Ca^sara^, or New- 




1756] NEWST'APER EXTRACTS. 53 

Jersey, and Territories thereon depending in A^rERICA, 
Chancellor, and \"ice-Admiral in the same, &c. 
A Proclamation. 

HEREAS the Establishment of 
Peace and Friendship between 
his Majesty's Snbjects, and the 
S/imcancsc and Dclaicari' 'Indi- 
ans, have been earnestly songht 
by the Government of Pennsyl- 
vania, and Negotiations were 
actnally carrying on for bring- 
ing about those salutary Pur- 
l)oses, under the Interest and Influence of the Six Uni- 
ted Nations, at the very Time when the Murders com- 
mitted in this Government, made it necessary for his 
Majesty's Honour, and Safety of the Inhabitants of this 
Colony, to declare the Indians, who had been in Arms, 
against his Majesty's Sul)jects of this and the Neigh- 
bouring Colonies, to be Enemies to his Majesty, and 
no Notice or Advice having been sent to this Govern- 
ment, of any of the said Negotiations, or any Prospect 
of a Reconciliation; I Did, on the second Day of June 
last, by and with the Advice of his Majesty's Council, 
issue a Proclamation, declaring the said Indians, who 
had been, and then were in Arms as aforesaid, to be 
Enemies, Rebels and Traitors to his Majesty. And 
Whereas I now have received Advice from his Excel- 
lency James Abercrombie, Esq; Major-General, and 
Commander in Chief of his Majesty's Forces in NortJi- 
Anieriea, That Sir W I LIT AM Johnson, Superintendent 
of Indian Affairs, did, on the Eleventh Day of this In- 
stant .////r, conclude a Treaty of Peace with the S/iazvan- 
cse KV\d Delaivarcs^ who live on the River Snsqnehan- 

^The Shawanese and Delawares were cognate tribes of the Algonkin 
race, which was liostilo to the Trocniois and the other Six Nations. 



^4 NEW JERSK^■ COLONIAL DOCUMLNTS. [i/S^ 

naJi^ who have engaged to take up the Hatchet against 
the French and their Adherents. In Order therefore, 
that Peace and Friendship may l)e kept between the 
Inhabitants of this Colony, and the said hidiaus inhab- 
iting the said ^\\Q,r Susqnchaiinah ; I do, l)y and with 
the Advice of his Majesty's Council, hereby strictly 
charge and command all Officers, Civil and Military, 
all Soldiers, and other Inhabitants in this Government, 
to forbear carrying on an Offencive War against the 
said Indians^ and all others to the Eastward of the said 
River, until my further Order therein. Nevertheless, 
this Proclamation is not intended to hinder or prevent 
any Person within this Colony, from killing or destroy- 
ing any Indian Enemy, who shall attempt an}' Act of 
Hostility within the same. • 

Given under my Hand and Seal, at Arms, at the 
Borough of Elizabeth, this Twenty-third Day 
of July, in the Thirtieth ^"ear of his Majesty's 
Reign, Annoque Domini, One Thousand Se\'- 

en Hundred and Fifty-six. 

J. Belcher. 
By his Excellency's Conmiand. 
Chas. Read, Secry. 

God Save the Ktnc. 

Nciv- York, August 2. His Excellency the Honour- 
able Robert Hunter Morris, Es(|; Governor of 
Pennsylvania, arrived here Yesterday Evening from 
New- Jersey. — T/ir Nezu York Mercury. August 2, 1756. 

Letters in the Post-Office, at Philadelptha 
John Budd. SaleuL 
Johanna Garrison. W. N. Jersey. 
James Worth, E. N. Jersey. 

— The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1441, August 5, 
1756. 



1756] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 55 

Run away from the su1)scril)er, on the nth day of 
last montli, a Dutch servant man, named Lawrence 
Tensle, al:)ont 5 feet 3 or 4 inches high, of a very black 
complexion, with small black eyes, and has short black 
hair; Had on when he went away, a new lead coloured 
fly coat, with a small round cuff, dark lining, and small 
flat metal buttons, a blue cloth jacket, without sleeves 
and skirts, an old felt hat, old shirt, new tow trowsers, 
and a pair of Indian mockosens, with buckles in them. 
Whoever takes up the said servant, and brings him to 
Cranberry in Ne^^■ Jersey, or secures him in anv goal, 
so that his master may have him again, shall have Three 
]\)unds reward, paid by me 

Arthur Vankirk. 

N. B. The al)ove servant pretends to be a carpenter Ity 
trade. 

■ — The Prinisy/vauia Gar.:cttc^ No. 1441, jiii^iist 5, 
1756. 

Eliza1)eth-Town, New Jersey. July 28, 1756. 
This Day was published here, by Order of his Excel- 
lency the Governor, His Majesty's Declaration of War 
against the French King; at which was present his Ex- 
cellency the Governor, attended by the Mayor and Cor- 
poration of this Borough, together with five Companies 
of Foot, and two Troops of Horse, who on the Occasion 
fired three handsome Vollies. And we understand his 
Excellency has given Orders for publishing the said 
Declaration of War in the Cities of Perth-.Vmboy and 
Burlington. — T/ic ]\^iuisyh'ania Ga.zcttr, No. 1442, A !/- 
,»-nst 12, 1756. 

Whereas Edward Broadfield, near Trcutoii-Ferry, 
for these three years i>ast. has juil u]) sturgeon in llie best 



56 NKW jKRSKV COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1756 

manner, and has given the greatest satisfaction; and 
in order to bring that fish to a greater perfection, has 
l^een at a great expence, in providing every thing neces- 
sary for the putting up and preparing the said fish, in 
such a manner that they will keep to any part of the 
world, and not be over salt. The said Broad field is 
obliged to all persons, that have already favour'd him 
with their custom; and as they have found their char- 
acter to answer, hopes they will continue their favour 
and interest, as it will be of great service to the coun- 
try. When you open the keg, first draw off the pickle 
below the bung, then take out the number'd head, 
harden on the hoops, and pour the pickle on, putting 
a cloth on the keg. and the head upon that, with a small 
weight thereon, to keep the air out. and you may pre- 
serve the fish as long as you please, only be careful to 
keep it under the pickle. The said fish is to 1)e sold by 
Hoiry Dcr/iai/i, opposite the Mcal-Markct^ in Nci^'- 
Yorh ; and by A/cxaiidcr Lunaii, on Hnmiltoii s wharf, 
Philadelphia, and hx no other person. — The Ncic-York 
Mercury, Aui^ust (), 1756. 

P.urlington, Augu.'^t 6, 175O. 

Whereas one Jonathan Thomas, of Burlington, in 
the }ear 1755, sur\e}'ed \)i\x\. of a tract of land in the 
county of Morris, near the Falls of Alometung; which 
tract was, in the year 1714, surveyed to Benjamin Hunt- 
er, my father, as by the record of the same survey, now 
in the Surveyor General's Ofiice at Burlington will aj)- 
pear. In order therefore to prevent any innocent per- 
sons being imposed on and injured by purchasing under 
the survey to Jonathan Thomas, I give this publick 
notice, that the survey to said Benjamin Himter is on 



1756] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 57 

record, and that I shall immediately take the steps 
])roper for the surve)- of m\' right. 

Thomas Hunter. 

— The Pen ;/.v vlvau ia Cia:~cttc , Xo. 1442, A uo;iist i 2 , 
1756. 

Xciv-York^ August 16. Saturday Night last, his Maj- 
esty's Ship Stirling-Castle, Captain Cornish, of 74 Guns, 
arrived at Sandy- Hook, from England, with 12 Trans- 
port Ships, (having about 800 Soldiers, and a Number 
of Officers for the Royal American Regiment on boarci) 
under her Convoy Captain Denny, lately appointed 
(iovernor of Pennsylvania, is come in the Stirling- 
Castle. The Money granted by Parliament, for defray- 
ing Part of the Charges the Pro\'inces were at last Cam- 
])aign, is also ru-ri\^ed in the Stirling-Castle. 

|5=^^The anni\Trsary Conmiencement at the College 
of New-Jersey, is appointed to be held on the last Wed- 
nesday in September next, which, this Year, is the 29th 
Day. This Notice is given to the Publick, to prevent 
Disappointments, as it has been, thro' Mistake, put 
into some New-England Almanacks, the fourth Wed- 
nesday. — The Ne7^' York }fcrciiry^ Aiioust 16, 1756. 

Trenton, August 10. 1756. 
By virtue of a writ to me directed, will be exposed 
to sale by way of publick vendue, at the Courthouse in 
Trenton on Wednesday the 22d of September next, a 
house and lot and wind-grist-mill, situate in Pening- 
ton, in the county of Hunterdon, and province of New- 
Jersey, the lot containing a c|uarter of an acre, and is 
alxMit eight miles from Trenton; late the property of 



58 NEW JKRSKN' cni.oXIAL DOCUMENTS. [1756 

Samuel Price; taken in execution at the suit of Sannuel 
Tucker, junior, by 

Benjamin Biles, Sheriff. 

N. B. The conditions may 1)e known at the time of 
sale. 

Trenton, August 10, 1756. 

By virtue of a writ to me directed, will 1)e exposed to 
sale b}- wa}' of pul)lick \'endue, at the Courthouse in 
Trenton, on Wednesday the 22d of September next, at 2 
o'clock in the afternoon, a plantation, situate in Am- 
well, in the county of Hunterdon, and province of New 
Jersey, containing 159 acres, with a good frame dwell- 
ing house, a good barn, and a young bearing orchard, 
5 or 6 acres of good meadow, and as much more may 
be made. It is about 24 miles from Trenton, and as 
far from Brunswick, and a very good road to cither 
]ilace; late the property of William Davison junior, and 
taken in execution at the suit of Paul Richards, by 

Benjamin Biles, Sherifl". 

N. B). The conditions ma\- l)e known at the time of 
sale. 

Ni'Zi'-\'ork, August 23. The Money brought by the 
Stirling Castle, amounting to £11500 Sterling, in Sil- 
ver and Gold, for reimbursing the Provinces Part of 
the Charge of last Year's Campaign, was landed here 
on Wednesday last,, and filled 24 Carts. — T/ic Xi-io York 
Mercury, A ugust 23, 1756. 

N. York. August 23. 
Yesterday Morning the Nightingale Man of \Yar, 
Capt. Campbell, got under Way to proceed to the 
Hook. — Tlic Pcuusyhaiiia Gazette, No. 1444, August 
26, 1756. 



1756] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 59 

Perth-Amboy, August 19. 

We have a certain Account from the Northern Fron- 
tiers of this Province, That on Thursday last Abraham 
Vanaken, Esq; a Justice of Peace in the County of Sus- 
sex; was shot through the left Arm, and had one of the 
Fingers of his Hand shot off by an Indian, who had 
concealed himself in the Cellar of an old House m one 
of Vanaken's Fields; and as he was driving his T'eam 
loaded with Grain, his Daughter who had been help- 
ing him being upon the Top of the Load, the Indian 
fired upon him; upon which Vanaken called to his 
Daughter to jump off the Load, and run for her Life. 
The Girl in leaping down, happened to fall, and the 
Indian was going to dispatch her with his Tomahawk, 
which the Father perceiving, wounded as he was, made 
toward the Indian with his Pitch-Fork, and saved his 
Daughter from the Stroke: And Vanaken's Son com- 
ing up with his Gun at the same Time, the Indian fled; 
and when he was got to the End of the Field they saw 
two other Indians join him, Ijut they all run away. This 
was done within a Mile of Cole's Fort, upon Mahak- 
amack River, near Delaware. Justice Vanaken lay so 
ill of his Wounds, that his Life was in great Danger. 

We have a further Account from the same Place, 
That on Friday last, three men, to wit, (icrardus 
Svvartwout, eldest Son of Major Swartwout, Samuel 
Finch, and Peter Westphalen, were found murdered, 
and stript quit naked, and Swartwout and Finch 
scalped by the Indians, some Miles higher up the River 
Mahakamack, and within the Province of New York. 

We hear that the Company that went out with Capt. 
Gardner, one of the Captains of the New Jersey Forces 
now stationed upon the Frontiers of Delaware, into the 
Province of Pennsyhania. in order to discover the lurk- 



6o NEW jKRSEV t'OLONIAE DOCUMENTS. [1756 

ing Places, and destroy the Settlements of the Enemy 
Indians, traversed the East Branch of Susquehanah, 15 
Miles above Wioming-, an Indian Town npon the said 
Branch; but could not discover any Indians, who had 
all abandoned their usual Places of Abode: However 
they set Fire to Wioming, and destroyed all the Houses 
there, some of which were very good Ones. — The Penn- 
sylvania Ga.zette, .No. 1444. An^^r, 26, 1756. 

lixlraet of a Inciter from (Jos/ien, (/afer/ A n<^-//sf 14. 

Last Thursday Morning about a Alile on the West 
Side of the Wallkill. two Men were fired upon as tiiey 
were at Work in the Field, l)y a Party of Indians, but 
missed them; when two of the Indians set off to catch 
tliem; l)ut as they ran dift'erent Courses they both es- 
caped, and that Night got safe to their Neighbours. 
This Day it is reported by some Minisink People, thai 
Major Swartwout is carried off by the Indians. He 
went last Week to a Place called Besha's Land, to fetch 
some Horses he had there, and not returning in the 
Evening, they found one Horse shot in the Field, and 
his Throat cut, and ten taken away, Init can hear no 
f;u-ther of the Major. — -77/e Pouisyhauia JouriiaL Xo. 
716, Auo-. 26, 1756. 

riiiladclpliia, August 26. On Thursday last a Number 
of Gentlemen set out from this City, in order to meet 
the Honourable William Denny, Esq; our new Gov- 
ernor, on his Journey here from New-York. They met 
him at Trenton, and were recei\-ed by him in a very 
genteel Manner. — TJic New York Mercury, August 30, 
1756. 

Run away on the 20th of August, from James Dun- 
la]), junior of Alloway's Creek, in Salem county, an frish 



i73^J M:\vsi'Ari:K KxiRAcrs. 6i 

ser\'ant woman, named Mary Roch, a1)ont 22 years of 
ag-e, of a fair complexion, thick set: Had on when she 
went away, a striped Hnsey gown and petticoat, straw 
hat, homespnn linen shift, and a pair of old damask 
shoes. One Cornelins Dal}- went with her, and 'tis 
probable they will pass for man and wife; he is a short 
man, and had on an old blue coat, and a bluish col- 
ourc(,l jacket, -with one of the sleeves almost torn off. 
It is supposed, as the man has a wife in Pilesgrove he 
may possi1)ly take some of her clothes to change Roch's 
dress with. A\'hoe\'er takes up the said Mary Roch, and 
secures her, so that her master may have her again, 
shall ha\-e Thirt}' Shillings reward, and reasonable 
charges, paitl 1)_\- 

James Dunlap, junior. 

N. B. They both have a good deal of the brogue on 
their tongues. 

— The Ponisyhania Gazette, Xo. 1445, Sept. 2, 
1756. 

Burlington, August 24, 175^). 
A\'hereas in the Penns}dvania Gazette, No. 1442, 
there was an ad\ertisement published by Thomas Hunt- 
er, cautioning all persons from purchasing" a tract of 
land of me, which I the subscriber surveyed in the 
county of ]\1 orris, near the Falls of Alometung, because 
the said tract of land, he alledges, \\as before surveyed 
to his father Benjamin Hunter: Therefore, in order to 
l)re\ent the publick, or any innocent persons being im- 
posed upon, 1)}- purchasing under the title of said Hunt- 
er, I shall endeavour to set forth said Hunter's claim, 
if it be so termed, which is collected from his own writ- 
ings, and the records. One Richard Hunter, who he 
sa\s was his "randfather, was seized of one twentieth 



62 NKW JKRSKV C( )L< >\1A1. DOCUMENTS. ['75^ 

part of propriety in West Jersey; and I)eini^- thereof 
seized, made his last will and testament, in writing, 
bearing date the first day of March, .\nno Domini 1679, 
and in said will devised the said share of proprietor to 
be equall}' divided bet^^een his wife Elizabeth, and his 
fonr children, namely, his son Benjamin, and his daugh- 
ters Anne, Rachel and Elizabeth, and soon after died, 
whereby the said Benjamin Hunter became seized of 
one fifth of one twentieth part of propriety, which could 
draw but 50 acres, at a dix'idend, for his share; the said 
Benjamin Hunter, or his agents, did, the 19th of Feb- 
ruary, 1 71 2, obtain a warrant from the council of pro- 
prietors, in his own name, for 750 acres, being three 
efi\idends of the whole twentieth part, which as he was 
seized of but one fifth, should not have been but 150 
acres; thro" which mistake they located the said 750 
acres, and got it on record, in said Benjamin's name. 
And as the council of pro]:)rietors, not being appre- 
hensive of such a mistake, did the 8th of October. 17 14, 
grant one other warrant for 250 acres, being the fourth 
dividend of said twentieth part, whereb}' he. or his 
agents, got a surveyor to run round 250 acres of land, 
which survey was supposed to interfere with the West- 
Jcrse\- Society land, by reason whereof, as well as by 
reason that the said l)enjamin Hunter has sur^'eyed 
more than he ha<l any right to, the said survey of 250 
acres could nc^t be entered on record or otherwise for 
some reason was not. And as I was seized of rights to 
land in West-Jersey, did some time past locate all the 
land that was there, that did not interfere with the So- 
ciet}'. which proved to be but 135 acres; which sur\ev 
was approNcd by the council, and Ijy their order put on 
record, prior to any record of his. Therefore as the said 
Benjamin I Innter had a rio-lu for but 200 acres, and had 



I75('>J XKWSl'AI'KR KXIKACTS. 63 

got 750 surveyed, he could not have auy right to the 
250 acres, nor the said Thomas Hunter, who claims as 
heir at law to the said Benjamin; l)nt admitting the 
said Benjamin had l^een seized of the whole twentieth; 
part, which he was not, the said sur\ey of 250 acres is 
\-oid 1)}' an act of assembly of Xew-Jerse}-, made in the 
fifth }-ear of King George, the hrst. See New-Jersey 
laws, fol. yiiy and 74; therefore for the reasons herein set 
forth, I conceive that my title is good, and am ready to 
defend the same. 

Jonathan Thomas. 
— The Fiiiiisyk'ania Ga.zc'ttc\ Xo. 1445, Sept. 2, 
1756. 

. By his ExrELLi:.\cv 

Jonathan Belcher, Esquire, 

Captain General, and Governor in Chief, in and over 

his Majesty's Province of New-Jersey, and Territories 

thereon depending in A.MERK A, Chancellor, and Vice 

Admiral in the same, &c. 

A Proclamatkjn. 

' HEREAS upon the Decease of 
James Alexander, Esq., late 
Surveyor (General of the Pro\'- 
ince of Neio-Jersey, the Propri- 
etors of the Eastern Division ot 
said Province, have nominated 
and appointed Willlam Alex- 
ander, Esq; to be Surveyor 
General of the Lands in the said 
Eastern l)i\isioiL to execute the said Office by himself, 
or his lawful Deputy, and such Dejmties as he shall 
appoint in the several Counties within said Division un- 
til further Order. AxD Whereas the said Willla.m 
Alexander, hath given Security for the due Execu- 




64 ^■l■•^v .II''.usi:n' coi.omai. i)()ci-\ii:\i's. I1756 

lion oi his said Ofiicc, and liath taken the Oaths, and 
made and siiliserihed the 1 )eelaration appointed l)y 
Law. and hath taken an ( )ath for the (hie Exeention o{ 
liis said ( )tliee. j^itrsnant to his Nhijesty's Instruetions, 
and alsii liath i;i\'en lionck inirsnant to the Direetions 
o\ an Aet of ( ieneral Assemld}' of tins Troxanee. i)assed 
in the l^fth year of his kite Majesty's Reigai. entitled. 
./// ./(■/ ;'(>/■ niiuiiiii::; a)id a:sccytaiiiini;- the Line of Parti- 
tion or Division^ Intwi'iii the liastern a)id Western Di- 
visions of the Provinee of Xeic-Jersey. &c. Axi ) W'l I KKKAS 
the said WlLl.iAM Ai.KXANDKR. with the Api)rol)ation 
of the I'roprietors aforesaid, hath api)ointed Thomas 
Baktow. to l)e his lawfnl Deputy to exeeute the Oltiee 
aforesaid, until he shall otherwise Order, for whom he 
will be ans\x-eral)le, and who is also properl}' c|ualihed 
fe^r that Purpose. Tuts is therefore to notify the same, 
and all his ^^lajesty's Subjects within the said Eastern 
L)i\isiiMi. and all others whom it may eoneern, are here- 
by re([uired to take Notice thereof and _i:,overn them- 
sehes accordingly. And all Magistrates. C^tlicers. and 
]\Iinisters of Justice, are required to be aiding and as- 
sisting to the said William Alexander, and his Dej)- 
uties respective!}-, in the due Execution of the said Of- 
fice, as they will answer the contrary at their Eeri'. 

("liven under \w\ Maud and Seal, at Arms, at ihe l)or- 
ough of Elizabeth, this Twenty-eighth Hay oi Angnsi. 
in the Thirtieth Year of his ^lajesty's Reign. Aniu)([n' 
! Domini. 175O. 

J. Belviiek. 

\\\ C"ommand oi his l-'xcellenc}', b_\" and with ihe Ad- 
Nice of his Majest}"s L cnmcil. 

Charles Read. Secretary. 

— I'he Xeio York Mereiirw Se/>teniber 6, 1756. 



1756 1 XKWM'ArKK K.\ TRAC IS. 65 

Np:w-Y()KK, .SV//. 6. We hear from Xew Jersey, that 
on Sunday Nio-ht, the 2(;th last past, 3 Men arrived at 
lCHza1)etli-To\\n in a ])()or, weak and star\in_<;" Conch- 
tion, to wit, Thomas Sherl)}-, JJenjamin Springer, and 
John Denite. who liad 1jeen Prisoners among the Indi- 
ans, and were ahnost naked, having only old Indian 
Blankets ahoiit them to co\er their Xakedness. lliey 
made their Escape from the Indians at a Place called 
Jenango or \"enango. an Indian Town, situate near the 
Head of Sas(|uehannah, and were t,2 Days in the 
Woods, during which Time they suffered great Hard- 
ships, for want of Food, and were ohliged to eat Rat- 
tle-snakes, Black-snakes, Frogs, and such vermui; 
and sometimes the}- could find nothing to eat for Days 
together. The first Settlements they made, where 
they found any Inhabitants, w'as the U|)per Fort, uj^on 
Delaw'are River in New-Jersey, called Cole's Fort; and 
from thence they were sent under a ( juard to Elizaljeth- 
Town, for fear the White People should annoy ihem, 
they looking more like Indians than Christians, being 
very swarthy, and their Hair cut by the Savages after 
the Indian Fashion, and dressed only in Indian Blank- 
ets. Springer says, tliat he was taken Prisoner the 22d 
Day of Ala}- last, when being at \\ ork at one Anthony 
Swartwout's, in Sussex County, New Jersey, about ten 
o'clock in the Morning, two Indians attacked the 
House, and shot Sw-artwout's Wife dead upon the Spot. 
They then seized Swartw'out and Springer, and three 
of the Indians drove S])ringer away with a Negroe, \vho 
they had taken the Night before at one Capt. Hunt's 
in said County, making them run all the Way, until 
they came to the River Delaware, which they crossed 
on a Raft of Rails, about 8 Miles above Col. Van Camp- 
en's. When they were got about a Mile and a Halt into 



66 XKW [KKSKV (OIOMAI, I >()(. LM I'.MS. 



/3' 



l'eiins\"l\"ania. the}' waited in the lUislies for the two 
liuHans wlio were left ])ehiiul with Swartwout aivl hi-^ 
Chilth'en : aiul in al)ont an lionr and a Hah' the said 
Indians eanie to them with onl\- two of Swartwout's 
ChilihxMi. a (iirl abont \2 years old, and a Way 'li-^out 
t). These Children told Springer, that the Indians had 
killed three of the Children at the House, and had 
killed and scalped their Father about seven Miles from 
the House, near a l^)rook. where they likewise killed 
their little Sister, and threw her into the Brook. The 
Indians then carried Springer. Swartwout's two Chil- 
dren, and the Negroe. to the Indian Towns, where the\' 
were dispersed about. Hunt's X^egroe told Sprmger. 
That voung Hunt. Brother to Capt. Hunt, who was 
also taken Prisoner with him. was killed by the Indicins. 
in endeavouring to make his Escape from them. This 
is the first Intelligence we have had of Swartwout and 
his Children, and of \oung Hunt and the X'egroe. since 
the\' were missing in y\'A\ last, when Captain Hunt's 
House was burnt to the Cronnd. Slierby says, he was 
made Prisoner at Juniata, in Pennsylvania, by six Indi- 
ans at the House of Daniel Williams in December last, 
when Williams himself was killed, and Sherby and Will- 
iams's W'\\e carried in.to Captivity. Denite was taken 
1^-isoner in the back Parts of Maryland by 7 Indians. In 
Ma\' last, as he and another were splitting Rails, who 
were both carried into Captivity. They were all three 
taken care of at Elizabeth-Town, and a Collection was 
made for them to cloath them, and to enable them to 
travel tt) their se\'eral Places of Abode. 

To be Sold 

.\ plantation in bAesham township. lUn-lington 
countv late the estate of Marv Mickle. deceased, con- 



1756] NEWSI'APKK KXTKACTS. 6/ 

l.-iiniiiL;' 2y^ acres, a1)()iit 70 acres of which is uplanch 15 
acres of nio\val)le meadow, and al)oiit 45 acres riu">re 
meadow may be made. There is on the place a dvvell- 
ini^-lionse, a very gx^od orchard, and a good well neai 
I he House. It is well watered and timbered. The title 
i>- indisputable. .\ny ])erson inclining to purchase, may 
aj)pl\- to John Stokes, in W'illingborough, in the 
same cou.nt}". who will inform him of the tern";- of sale.— 
The Pciuisyha Ilia Gazette^ Xo. 1446, Sept. 9, 1756. 

New York, Sept. 6, 1756. 

Extract of a Letter from Albany^ dated Aui^ust 31. 

"After an anxious Suspence for several Days, 'tis 
now past all doubt that we have lost Oswego — The 
Mann.er how, is not certain. — Two Sailors who escaped 
from thence tell the following Stor}-. . . . How it 
came to be lost is a Ouestion, which no Man in this 
Colony will take upon him to determine — New Jersey 
lias lost a Regiment — She lias lost more — She has lost 
Lol. Schuyler,^ a brave and loyal Subject, wdio dispised 
his own I'^ase, and all the Delights of an affluent For- 
tune, for the Service of his Countr)-. Who had greater 
Inducement to content himself at Home? None. 
Who has followed his disinterested Example ? But 
one. .Vnd yet few have been less noticed.'"- — TJie Penn- 
sylvania Joiirna/, Xo. 71 8, Sept. 9, 1756. 

lixtraet of a Letter from Lost on, dated last Monday. 

Since our last four of the Scotch Transp(M"ts arrix'cd 
here from (dasgow; the Snow Duke of Argyle. Capt 
King, being the seventh and last Transi)ort, with the 

lOn August 14, 175(j. Gen. Muntcalm, with .j.iiOO French and IntUans, 
laiJtured the forts garrisoned bj' the Kngli.sh and Americans, at Os- 
wego, and 1.400 prisoners, among them Col. Schuyler, who was re- 
leased at Quebec, in October, 17.57. 



6S \i\\ |i:u>i:\ ioiomai ixuiMiNrs. | i75(^ 

I lii^hlaiul rt"(.Hips. run asluiro last W cdncs^la\" I'^xonini^" 
near iho l\no at Saiul\- lUxik: aiul 'tis tearotl cannot 
ho s;\U o\i again; hnt the Teoplo arc all come np to 
I own. — 7//«' J\'inisyli'iiiila joumcri, Xo. 71S. Si/^t. 9, 
1756. 

Unn away from Elizabeth I'ornian. of upper freehokl 
in nionniouth county. East Xew Jersey, a servant man 
named Peter RutY (hut has heen run away sexeral times, 
before anil always, chani^ed his name.) he is a short well 
sett fellow with a lUishy head of hair, with an iron col- 
lar about his neck, a Brown Coat with tlat mettle but- 
tons, had on a ^^.ray broadcloth Jacket with sleeves, a 
lM\n\n worsted Jacket without sleeves, two hats, a 
beaver and racoon, two pare of stockings, one of them 
blue worsted ribeil the other blue ami white clouded, 
two shirts one white the other (V.nabrigs. two or three 
pare oi trowsers. a pocket book, worked Irish stich 
with his Indentures in it, whoever takes up said ser- 
vant, and secures him so that his Mistress may have 
him a gain shall have Thirt_\- Shillings Reward and all 

reasonable. Charges. 

Elizabeth Eorman. 

— T/ic Pennsvh'ditia younial, Xo. 718. Si/^t. 9, 
1756. 

Trenton. September. 13. 1750. 
To be sold by way of publick vendue, by the sub- 
scribers, at the house late of John Oagworthey. de- 
ceased, in Maidenhead, in Hunterdon county, on Eri- 
day the tirst day of October next, the plantation where- 
on the said Oagworthy lived, belonging to his estate, 
containing about 180 acres, having on it a good dwell- 
ing house, good barn, and two pretty large orchards, 
and a good part of them grafted fruit, with near 70 



1756] NKWSI'AI'Kk KX'IRACTS. 69 

acres of choice j^oocl clearefl mearlow, the upland very 
rich and fertile, and is \-er}- suitable for kee])ing" a larj^e 
Hock, and the grazing business. 

Also to be sold at the same time and ]jlace, belong- 
ing to the same estate, a large number of horses, cattle 
and hogs, a waggon, cart, ploughs, harrows, anrl sun- 
dry other farming utensils; likewise a quantity of 
household goods, such as feather beds, a case of draw- 
ers, looking glasses, ])ewter dishes, plates, brass ket- 
tles, iron pots, tables, chairs, and many other things 
too tedious to mention; also a large quantity of very 
good English hay, well cured, eleven acres of Indian 
corn, a Negroe man, and woman, and a Xegroe boy, 
about 10 years old. 

Also to be sold at Trenton, on Monday, the 4th day 
of October next, belonging to the same estate three 
dwelling houses and lots belonging to them, one of the 
houses being very large and spacious, built with stone, 
two stories high, with four large rooms on a floor, a 
wifle entry through it, with a kitchen, stable and a good 
garden: The other two houses being wooden build- 
ings and all of them situate in the most publick part 
of Trenton. And also several lots of land belonging to 
said estate, whereon are no buildings. 

In case any person should incline to purchase the 
plantation, or any of the houses, lots or Negroes, before 
the above vendue, they may, upon applying to the sub- 
scribers, have an opportunity of buying them upon rea- 
sonable terms. 

The conditions of the vendue to be known at the 
times and places abovesaid. 

All persons indebted to the said estate, are desired 
to pay the same, in order to enable the executors, to 
pa\- the debts due from the testator, and those ])ersons 



70 NEW JKRSKY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [i/S^ 

that ha\'e any demands as^ainst the said estate, are de- 
sired to 1)ring- or send them to the subscriljers to be 
settled, who will discharge them as soon as they can 
raise money out of the said estate sufficient. 

Joseph Yard, and Andrew Reed 

Executors. 

There is in the custody of John Cox. of Morris-town, 
in Burlington county. West Jersey, a bay mare, with 
a black mane and tail, supposed to be about 14 hands 
and a half high, paces a travel, trots and hand gallops, 
in exceeding good order, Ijranded on the off thigh with 
E E. The person \vho brought her there (on being ex- 
amined) confessed he stole her from some person in 
Philadelphia county, near Schu\lkill, to the best of his 
kirowledge, but the thief has made his escai^e. The 
owner describing her natural marks, ])ro\'ing his ])r(^])- 
erty and paying the cost, ma\- ha\e her again, b\- ap- 
])tying" as above. 

N. B. 'Tis supposed he stole her on the f)th of this 
instant Se])teml)er, at night. — The l^onisylvmiia (uizctti\ 
No. 1447, Sept. 16, 1756. 

To be Sold 
A plantation, situate in the township of Deptford, 
and county of Gloucester, in the western division of the 
])rovince of New Jersey, bounding on the river Dela- 
ware, about eight miles below Philadelphia, contain- 
ing 130 acres, 100 acres of wdiich is meadow ground, 
and within good bank. On the said i)lantation is a 
large new dwelling-house and barn, with se\'eral other 
out-houses, a good draw-well, and a young orchard. 
For terms of sale, enquire of James Talman, in Phila- 
delphia, or John Rambo lixing on the j^remises. — The 
Peiuisyi'ra)iia (lazetie, Xo. Lt..|.S, Sept. 23, 1756. 



1756] NKWSrAPF.R EXTRACTS. 7 1 

iVeii'ar/c, {in A^czc-Jcrsey) September 30. Yesterday 
was held, for the last Time at this Place, the .Vnni- 
versary Commencement of New-Jerse}' College, in the 
Presence of a great and crowded Anditory; when after 
the nsual Ceremonies, viz. The Salutatory Oration, 
and Sylogistic Disputations, the following young Gen- 
tlemen received the Honours of that Society, and were 
admitted the Degrees of Bachelors of Arts. 

Stephen Camp, Josiah Ocden, 

David Huei., Joseph Peck. 

Isaac Livermore, Azel Roe, 

William Livermore, Tesse' Root, 

Alexander Martin, Jefferv Smith. 
William Mills, 

At the same Time a Xuml)er of (Gentlemen received 
the Degrees of Masters of Arts, whose Names we are at 
present ohliged to omit, they having escap'd our Mem- 
ory. 

Whereas ^Villiam Day, apprentice to James Still, of 
Newark, ship-wright, absconded his said master's ser- 
vice, and is gone a privateering in the brig Johnson 
Capt. Grig, of New-York: This is therefore to forewarn 
■a\\ ])ersons whatsoever from purchasing any prize money 
from the said William Day. or dealing with him in an)' 
other respect whatever. — The New York Mereury^ Oc- 
tober 4, 1756. 

New York, October 11. Saturday last the Hon. 
Thomas Pownall, Escj; Lieutenant Go\ernor of New- 
Jersey, arrived here from .Vlbany; and we hear is to em- 
bark in the first Packet for England. 

1 A typographical error for Jesse. He was subsequently an officer 
in the Continent.il armw was a member of the Continental Oonsre.ss, 

1TTS-17S2. and w;is ('liicf' .liistiie uf ('i)niH'cticul . ITilf.-lSiOT. 



7^ NEW JKRSEV COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1756 

TwENTV-FivE Pounds Reward. 

A Person who calls himself John Pattison, with short 
hair, an olive colour thick-set coat, a pair of short check 
trowsers, )-arn stockings, and has an impediment in his 
speech, about 32 years old, five feet 6 inches high, of a 
slender make, and has told others he has two sisters 
married in or about Prince-Town, sold a person on Wed- 
nesday last was a se'nnight, to the subscriber, as a ser- 
vant, who called himself Edward Brewer, a house-car- 
penter by trade, born in Ireland, pock fretten, well-set, 
has black eyes, about 5 feet 4 inches high, with an old 
striped jacket, a check shirt, short narrow dirty ozen- 
brig trowsers; and as there is the greatest reason from 
the said Pattison's informing the subscriber that he 
li\ed in East-Jersey, when, in fact, his place of residence 
is on or near Duck-Creek, in the lower counties on Del- 
aware, and his l^eing seen lurking about the vessel that 
the said Brewer was on board of, the day following, and 
both disappearing the same da}-, that they are gone off 
together, the subscriber will pay any person that takes 
up and secures the said Edward Brewer, if out of the 
government, Five Pounds; and also Fifteen Pounds 
for taking u]) the said Pattison, provided such person 
can prove that the said Pattison was in any respect aid- 
ing or assisting- the said ser\-ant in making his elope- 
ment as aforesaid. 

William Kelly. 

N. B. Run-aw'ay also another servant man named, 
Walter Cook, aged 35 years, about 6 feet high, of a 
long thin visage, and wears his own light-coloured 
hair. For him there is Five Pounds Reward. 

Run away, on the 3d instant, from Samuel Clizbe, 
Lyon's-Farms. in New-Jersey, an apprentice lad named 



1756] NEWSl'AI'ER EXTRACTS. 73 

David Clark, aliout 19 years old: Had on when he went 
a^va^^ a Hnsey woolsey coat, a brown serge jacket, a 
l)air of check trowsers and blue everlasting breeches 
under them, blue worsted stockings, a pair of duck bill 
shoes, square brass buckles, and a good felt hat: He 
has brown hair, and is round-shouldered. 

Run-away the Wednesday following, from Tchabud 
Grommon, of the same place, an apprentice lad named 
Nathaniel Jewell, about 17 years old, a well-made 
sturdy lad. with light brown hair: Had on when he 
went awa}' a yellowish brown coat, with brass buttons, 
blueish jacket, with black horn buttons, check trow- 
sers, and dark yarn stockings. 'Tis supposed both the 
al)ove lads are in Xew-York, and intend to go a prixa- 
teering: These are therefore to forewarn all persons 
whatsoever from fitting them out, or purchasing any 
])art of prize money from them on any account what- 
soever. If the said ap])rentices will return home, they 
will l)c kindly received. 

To Be Sold, by James Van Horne, four farms or 
]:)lantations lying at Rockey-Hill, in the province of 
Kast-New-Jersey, three miles and an half from Prince- 
Town college, two miles and an half from the copper 
mines, 13 from New-Brunswick, J 7 to Trenton, and 
within a short mile of two grist mills. The first con- 
tains 516 acres, 300 of which are already cleared, with a 
good dwelling-house, barn, negro and waggon houses 
thereon, 600 apple trees, mostly grafted fruit, and 
about 50 acres of good meadow-ground already cleared, 
all choice land for grazing. The second contains 377 
acres of choice wood-land, and lies adjoining to Mill- 
stone river. The third contains 240 acres, part of which 
is cleared, with about 100 apple trees thereon, all choice 



74 m:\v JKKSl•:^■ ((UdXiAi. DoriMKxrs. [1756 

fniit. and thirty acres of the same with Httle trouble, 
niii^in 1)e made good meadow-land. The fourth con- 
tains 21 I acres of exceeding" good wood-land: the whole 
four farms Iving in one body or tract, so that if the \n\v- 
chaser should incline for the whole or part, can be suited. 
Also eight farms in the manor of Cortlandt. with the 
farm he now lives on. lying at Cheesquakes. 4 miles 
from the citv of Perth-Amboy, and about the same dis- 
tance from ^liddletown-Point. which will be divided in 
sunclrN- farms, if desired, so as conveniently to suit the 
purchaser, with fresh and salt meadow sufficient to 
keep 400 head of cattle; whereon is an exceeding good 
dwelling-house, with a piaza of twelve feet wide, round 
said house; also four large rooms on a floor, with a 
connuodious and S]')acious entry of twel\-e foot wide, 
with eight lire-places, about 800 ai)ple trees thereon of 
exceeding good fruit for cyder, with a l)arn new-fram'd 
and shingled, smoak-house, chair ov coach house, also 
a great plent^■ of ovsters. clams, and all sorts of hsh. with 
a prospect of a coal-pit. Whoever inclines to purchase 
the whole or any part, by ai)])lying to the said James 
\'an Home, on the premises, at Cheesquakes, of yW. 
John P)errien, merchant at Rockey-Hill, or ^Ir. Nich- 
olas liayard, merchant, in Xew-Vork, may agree on 
reasonable terms. .\n indisputable title will be given 
for the same. — 7V/r Xfio York Mercury, October 11, 
1756. 

Run-awav from Daniel W'aldron, of Reding Town 
West Jersey, a high Dutch lad of 20 Years old, named 
Pineyl; had on him a new to Jacket and Breeches, a 
l)air of Trowsers of the sai^e, a ]xiir of Thread Stock- 
ings with s(|uare toed SIkk^s. he had a mark under the 
cheek of the King's hAil. the Toes of his right foot is 
swelled l)\ a weights fallinsj- on it he has light brown 



1756] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 75 

Strait hair, he left home on ?^Iunday the sixth of Sep- 
tember 1756. Any Person taking- up the said Lad. 
shah have Fortv ShilHngs reward, and ah reasonable 
charges paid b}' me. 

Daniel Waldron. 

— Tltc Pciuisylvaiiia jfoiiriia/, Xo. 723, October 14, 

1756. 

Run-away on the J3th of October instant, from the 
subscriber, an indented servant man, a labourer, came 
from Ireland about three years ago, and was under the 
command of Sir William Johnson, last year, at Lake- 
George: He is a tall well-made man, about 5 feet ten 
inches high, of a sandy complexion, with a large down- 
hanging lip. and 2}, years of age: Had on when he went 
away, a white cloth coat, blue jacket, leather breeches, 
and wears a linnen cap. 'Tis supposed he is gone to- 
wards Westchester, in the province of New-York. 
\Vhoever apprehends said servant, and confines him in 
any of his majesty's goals, shall have Three Pounds 
reward, paid him b}- Jacob A an W aggenon, in Xew- 
A'ork, or of the subscriber, at Xew-Brunswick. 

N. B. The serxant man aboxe mentioned, is named, 
John Nowlan. 

Renselear Wili,iams. 

— The Nci^' York Mercury. October 18, 1756. 

Came to Greenwich Point Ferry, opposite Cdouces- 
ter. in April last, a dark sorrel mare, about 13 hands 
high, branded on the near buttock A X. a blaze down 
her forehead to the end of her nose. The owner is de- 
sired to come and i)ro\e his property, pay charges, and 
take her away. 

Richard Kenshaw. 



•](> NEW JKRSI-:\- COLOXIAI. DOCITMEXTS. [1756 

Anv man that understands the fulling business, may 
have good encouragement, by applying to the sub- 
scriber, of Cumberland county, in West New-Jersey. 

Ephraim Seely. 

— The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1452, October 21, 
1756. 

New-York., Oetober 25. At a Convention of the wSyn- 
od of New- York, held at Newark the 2d Instant, the 
said Synod taking into their serious Consideration the 
dangerous Sittiation of the Publick, at this Juncture, 
by Means of a potent, prevailing and cruel Enemy, have 
recommended Thursday next, to be observed as a Da>' 
of ])ublick Fasting and Prayer, in all the Congregations 
under tlieir Care. — Tlie New York Mereury. Oetober 25, 
1756. 

Philadelphia, October 28. 

We hear from Penn's Neck, in Salem County, that 
four Men lately quarrelled and fought there, when two 
of them were killed on the Spot, and that the other two 
are confined in Salem Goal. — The Pennsyhmnia Gazette, 
No. 1453, Oetober 2^, 175^- 

l\un-away, on the 17th day of September last, from 
William Stewart, of the county of Somerset, and prov- 
ince of New-Jersey, blacksmith, an apprentice lad 
named Benjamin Fitz Randolph: Had on when he 
went away, a brown cloth jacket, leather breeches and 
trcAvsers. is of a fair complexion, and about 5 feet 10 
inches high. Whoever takes up and secures said ap- 
];renlice lad, so that his master ma}' have him again, 
shall receive Three Poitnds reward, and all reason- 
able charges ])aid. l)y 

William Stewart. 

— Ah'iv York Mereury, November i, 1756. 



1756] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 7/ 

Custom-House, PhUadclphia, Entered In. 

Sloop Salsbury, Thomas Dismore from Salem. — TJic 
Pennsylvania Journal, No. 726, November ^^.^ i/S^. 

Neic- York, November 8. This Day Fortnight, in the 
Night, the Sloop Lake-George, Robinson Hicks, Mas- 
ter, of this Port, bonncl for Philadelphia, was cast away 
at Barnegat: The Vessel, and some Part c^f the Cargo 
lost. — The Nezc York Mereury, November '&., 1756. 

Neiv-York, November 15. ]Monda_\- last. Captain 
^rCnllnm, in the Snow Olive-Branch of this Port, ar- 
rixed here in nine Weeks from Bristol. . . . The 
Brig Two-Brothers, Captain Johnson, of Newark, was 
bnsy discharging" his Cargo. 

To be Sold, 

A I'lantation. in Somerset connty. in East-Jersey, 
late the estate of Aaron Hews, deceased, contaniing 
between 3 and 400 acres of land, the one half cleared, 
and in good fence, about 30 acres thereof good meadow, 
and more may be made, with a good large stone dwell- 
ing house, and a kitchen, large 1)arn, granery, and sev- 
eral other buildings; it is well watered and timbered; 
the title indisputable. It is situated between Kings- 
town and Prince-town, and might suit any gentleman 
that is concerned \\\t\\ the college. It is thought by 
good judges, that there is a copjjer mine thereon. Any 
person inclining to purchase the same, may enquire of 
William Worth, in Prince-town, Samuel Worth, at 
Stou}- Brook, or Josiah Hews, opjiosite to Black-Horse- 
Alley, in Second-Street, Philadelphia. — The Netv York 
Mercury .^ November 15, 1756. 



78 m;\v |i:Ksii\' coi.omai, ixhim i:\rs. [1756 

New-Youk. Novciitber 15. 

( )n llic 1st of Xoveniber Instant, Capt. ArCulluni 
was a;;ain chased 1)_\" a Snow about 70 Leagues to the 
h'astward of Sanch' Hook: hut ])\- erou(hni;- all the Sail 
he could possil)ly carry, got off a second Time. — The 
Pouisylvania Journal, No. 728, November 18, 1756. 

PItiladelpliia. November (:>, 1756. 
Pliiladelphia and Perth-Ambo}' Stages. 

Xotice is hereby given, that we the Subscribers. John 
Butler, of Philadelphia, at the Sign of the Death of the 
Fox, in Strawberry Alley, begins his Stage on Tuesday, 
the Ninth of this Instant X^ovember, from his House 
and will proceed with his Waggon to the House of 
Nathaniel Parker, at Trenton Ferry; and from thence 
the Goods and Passengers to be carried o^■er the Ferry 
to the House kept by George Moschel, where Francis 
Holman will meet the above John Butler, and exchange 
their Passengers, &c. and then proceed on W'ednesda}' 
through Princetown and New-Brunswick, to the House 
of Obadiah Airies, in Perth-Amboy, where will l)e a 
good Boat, with all Conveniences necessary, kept b}- 
John Thomson and William Waller, for the Reception 
of Passengers. &c. who will i)roceed on Thursday Morn- 
ing-, without Delay, for New-York, and there land at 
Whitehall, where the said Waller and Thompson will 
gi\-e Attendance at the House of Al)raham Bockeys, 
until Monday Morning following, and then Avill return 
to Perth -\mbo}', ^^■here Francis Holman on ITiestlay 
Morning following will attend, and return with his W ag- 
gon to Trenton Ferrw to meet John Butler, of Philadel- 
])hia. and there exchange their Passengers. cXc. for New- 
York and Philadelphia. 

It is hoped, that as these Stages are attended with 



i75<")| xi;wsrAi'KR i:\rKALTS. 79 

a oonsi(leral)le I^xpencc, for the l)etter acconiniodatin^' 
Passengers, that they will merit the Favours of tlie Pnl)- 
lick; and whoever will be pleased to favour them, with 
llieir Custom, sliall he kindl\' used, and ha\e due At- 
tendance <;"i\en them by their Innnhle Servants John 
Butler, Francis Holniaii^ John Thouipso)t^ and Williani 
Waller. — The Pennsylvania Jon ma I, Xo. 728, Xovember 
18, 1756. 

Pilii.ADEl.rillA, November 4. 

The Slooj) Lake (ieorge. Captain Hicks, boimd here 
from Xew-\'ork \\ith Sugars, is lost on P)arneg'at : and 
the Slo(jp Sarah, Captain Corrie, likewise from Xew- 
Vork, for this Port, also loaded with Sugars, is ashore 
near Egg-Harbour; the Cargoe saved. — The Pennsylva- 
nia Gar.ette, Xo. 1454, Xoveniber 18, 1756. 

Run aieay. a negro leonian named Molly, about three 
zeeeks out of the small pox, is about J2 years of age, born 
and bred in the Island of Bermuda, speaks good English, 
and has been used to the House, its supposed she zeent in to 
the Jerseys, any person that leill deliver the said negro 
loeneh in the ivork-house at Philadelphia, or give eertain 
ii formation that she may be had again, shall have ^\vii\\\.y 
Shillings reioard, paid at the London Coffee House. — Phe 
I^ennsylvania fournal, Xo. 728, Xovendwr iS, 1756. 

Stra_\-"d or stolen, from the sul)scril)er. li\ing in 
-Mount-boll}-, on the 7th da}' of Ma}- last, a sorrel mare, 
altout 13 bands high, with a blaze in her face down o\'er 
her nose, branded on the near buttock S \' I), trots 
and gallops well. \w\ person bringing said creature to 
the subscriber or securing her, so that he ma\' have her 



8o NKW JKRSl'.N' COI-OMAI. DoCUMKNTS. [1756 

again, sliall luwe Thirty Shillings reward, and reason- 
able charges, ])ai(l 1)\ 

Daniel Jones. 
— The Piiinsj'haiiia Gazette^ Xo. 1456, November 
18, 1756. 

Jnst |)nl)lished. and to be sold 1\\" the Printer hereof. 
Price Sixteen Coppers, or Ten Shillings, per Dozen. 

A Sermon ])reached before the s\nod of Nei<'- 
York, convened at Newark, in Xezv- Jersey, 
the 30th of September 1756, on these words 
(Isai. xxi. II. 12.) The Burden of DUMAII: 
He ealleth to me out of Seir, WateJimeiu What of the 
Night / &e. &c. 

By Aaron Burr, A. M. President of the College 
of Nezv-jfersev. 

X^^Th\^ disconrse is adapted to the times. The au- 
thor presents ns with an ample explication of this ob- 
scure passage of scripture; illustrates the prophecy by 
such historical events, as in its primary view, seem to 
l)oint out its accomplishments and then applies it to 
the state of the church in general; the \arious circum- 
stances of which are represented, thro* its most remark- 
able ]:)eriods. He considers the corruption and degen- 
erac}- of the reformed nations; and from the tenor of 
the sacred predictions, argues the probabilit}' of an as- 
cendency of the popish over the protestant powers; and 
the renewed persecutions of the latter, before the final 
triumi>hant state of Christianity, foretold in the inspired 
writings. The ]:)roximity of this yEra, he conjectures 
to be ]:)robable, from the present asi)ect of things, both 
in the natural and moral world. On the ])olitical and re- 
liuious state of our affairs in EuRoi'E and America, 



1756] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 8 1 

he makes some reasonaljle, tlio' alarming, reflections. 
And concludes with an animated address to the minis- 
ters assembled; particularly inculcating their united at- 
tempts towards a general reformation, as the only etifec- 
tual method, to avert the impending judgments of 
heaven. — The Neio York Mercury^ November 22, 1756. 

Broke out of Chester goal, last night, one James 
Rockett, a very short w-ell-set fellow, ])retends to be a 
schoolmaster, of a fair complexion, and smooth fac'd: 
Had on when he went away, a light coloured camblet 
coat, a blue cloth jacket, without sleeves, a check shirt, 
a pair of old dy'd leather breeches, grey worsted stock- 
ings, a pair of half worn pumps, and an almost new 
I)eaver hat: his hair is cut oti. and wears a cap; he is 
a great taker of snuff, and very apt to get drunk; he 
has with him two certificates, one from some Inhabi- 
tants in LJurlington county, Jersey, which he will no 
doubt produce as a pass. Whoever takes uj) and se- 
cures said Rockett in any goal, shall have two Pistoles 
reward, paid by 

October 27, 1756. Samuel Smith. Gaoler. 

— The PeiuisylvcDiia Gazette^ No. 1457, November 25, 
1756. 

Custom-House, Philadelphia. Entered In. Schooner 
Industry. R. Thonulike from Salem. 

Cleared. Sloop Salisbury. Thomas Dismore to Sa- 
lem. — The Peinisylvania Journal., No. 729, November 25, 
1756. 

Custom House, Philadelphia, Cleared. Schooner 
Industry, Nicholas Thorndike to Salem. — The Pennsyl- 
vania Journal, No. 730, Deeember 2, 1756. 



82 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l/S^ 

To he Lett, for a Term of Years. 

In the township of Chester, and county of BurHng- 
ton, A Good convenient house and lot. a young bear- 
ing orchard of good fruit, and a good smith's shop, 
weh &c. It is a very convenient place for a blacksmith, 
one being much wanted. Any blacksmith inclining to 
rent the same, by applying to Richard Satterthwaite, 
living near the premises, may know the conditions. 

Chester, June 26, 1756. 
Run away, last night, from the Workhotise in Ches- 
ter, a servant girl, that belonged to Thomas Blair in 
West New-Jersey; she was advertised some time ago 
in this Gazette by the name of Elizabeth Burk, but 
changes her name often, and calls herself Betty Brin, 
Betty Dawson &c. She was i)orn in Ireland, but denies 
her country, is about 18 years of age, of small stature, 
dark complexion, and speaks much through her nose: 
Had on when she went away a blue calimancoe gown, 
striped linsey petticoat and a black silk bonnet, was 
barefooted. It is supposed she is gone towards Annap- 
olis, Maryland to some of her ship mates or friends, who 
she said lived that way. She stoops much as she walks. 
Whoever takes up said servant, and secures her in any 
goal, so that she may be had again, shall have Four 
Pounds reward, and reasonable charges paid by 

George Keith. 

N. B. I desire that all persons would take notice 
of this advertisement, and secure the girl, wherever 
found as it will ruin me if she is not got; and not to be- 
lieve what she says, as she will certainly tell many lies. 
If secured, send notice to David Copeland in Chester. 
or to said George Keith, with all speed. — TJie Pennsylva- 
nia Gazette, No. 1458, Deeeuiber 2, 1756. 



1756] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 83 

Neiv- York, December 6. Captain Kerr informs us, 
That Captain Fortune of and for Philadelphia, sailed 
from Bristol in Company with him; and that Captain 
Johnston, in the Brig Two-Brothers of Newark, was to 
sail for this Port in about a Week after. 

Whereas Joab Taylor, apprentice to Thomas Long- 
worth, of Newark, in New-Jersey, cordwainer, abscond- 
ed some time since; and is supposed to have gone a 
privateering out of New-York, and 'tis imagined is gone 
on board the privateer Prince-George: These are there- 
fore to forewarn all persons from purchasing any prize 
money from said Joab Taylor, or dealing with him in 
any other respect whatsoever. — TJic Nciv York Mer- 
cury^ December 6, 1756. 

Philadelphia^ December 8, 1756. 

Ten Pounds Reward. 

Run away, last Night, from a Pilot Boat, that was 
going down to the Sloop Patty ^ Captain Plonse^ bound 
to Halifax^ a Man, named John Anderson, who carried 
with him Two Thousand Dollars, packed up in a square 
Box. He went ashore at Gloucester Point, and took 
up a stray sorrel Horse, \\hich he carried with him. He 
was seen at his House in Philadelphia about Eleven 
o'clock at Night, but made no Stay there. He is a 
Shoemaker by Trade, about 5 Feet 6 Inches high, has 
dark brown Hair, well made, and al)out 30 Years of Age: 
tiad on when lie went away, a lightish colour'd Coat, 
Leather Apron, and Check Trowsers. Whoever takes 
up and secures said Man and Box of Dollars, shall have 
the aljove reward and reasonable charges, \yy applying 
to Captain House ^ in Water street, Philadelphia. — The 
Pennsylvania Journal, No. 731, December f^., 1756. 



84 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1756 

To be Sold. 

A valuable Plantation, containing 300 acres, in the 
township of PilesgTove. and county of Salem, there are 
aI)ont 100 acres cleared of good upland in good fence; 
there is a good dwelling-house on it, barn and stables. 
a very good apple and peach orchard, a consideral)le 
quantity of meadow improved. \er\' \'aluable, and more 
may be made. The said plantation and premises lie 
upon the great road that leads to Cohansie, Greenwich 
and Cape-May. from William Jarret's. and is very con- 
venient and commodious for a ta\ern or store, a tavern 
ha\'ing been kept there many years. Any person inclin- 
ing to purchase the same, may 1)e informed of the title 
and terms of sale, by applying to the subscriber, living 
on Oldman's Creek, near the Seven Stars Tavern. 

Abraham Xealson. senior. 

Run awa_\- on the jd inst. from the sul)scril)er. liv- 
ing in Newtown. Gloucester county, a Dutch servant 
lad. named Paultus Flatt. about 19 years of age, near 
five feet five inches high, prett)- nuich ])ock-marked in 
the face, has dark fiaxen bushey hair: Had on when he 
went away, a half worn felt hat, old ozenbrigs shirt, an 
old under jacket, striped black, blue and white, and an 
U|)per jacket of dark brown cloth, double-breasted, 
lined with same stuff of his under one. and both haxe 
pewter buttons, old leather breeches, old black and 
white yarn stockings, footed with white, and oV\ shoes, 
with large brass buckles, \\dioe\er takes u]) and se- 
cures said ser\'ant, so as his master may ha\e him again, 
shall receive Thirty Shillings reward, and reasonable 
charges, from 

Joseph Alickle. 

N. B. Pie is supposed to be gone towards his father's. 
Christian Flatt, living near Conestogue. 



1756] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 85 

Philadelphia. Nov. 22. 1756. 
Xow in the goal of this city, a Dutch servant man, 
named ^Matthias ^'arnold, about 50 years of age, 5 feet 
3 inches high, can talk bnt little English, and says he 
belongs to John Shurts, in Amwell township, in the 
Jersevs, al)out 9 miles from Borden-town. These are 
to desire his master to come or send for him, otherwise 
he will be sold for his Fees in four weeks after the above 
date, by 

Thomas James, Goaler. 
— TJic Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1459, Deeeviber 9, 
1756. 

There was lately taken up in the Northern Liberties 
of the city of Philadelphia, a silver Watch; the owner, 
by applying to Richard Arrell. li\'ing in the said Lib- 
erties, describing the watch, and paying the cost of 
crying, and this ach'ertisement, ma}' haA'c it again. 

^^'ent away from Deptford township, Gloucester 
count}', in West Jersey, a schoolmaster, named Samuel 
Willis, of little stature, thin face and pale complexion. 
Whoever will gi\'e information to the said Arrell where 
said Willis is, shall have Twenty Shillings reward. — 
The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1460, December 16, 1756. 

Philadelphia, December 17, 1756. 
Stolen from Joseph Woolsey, of Penington, in Hun- 
terdon county, on Friday night, the tenth instant, a fine 
large horse, l)elonging to John Allen of 7^-enton, seven 
or eight years old past, a dark bay or brown, fine cour- 
age and carriage, about 15 hands high, paces and gal- 
lops well, trots but seldom, has a dull star in his fore- 
head, and a blaze to his nose, with a large snip over the 
off nostril, one white foot behind, larg-e limbed, and 



86 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l757 

looks like a stone horse, being lately cut. Whoever 
takes np and secures said horse and thief, so as the 
owner may ha\e his horse again, and the thief brought 
to justice, shall have Sl\ Pounds reward, and for the 
horse only Three Pounds, and reasonal)le charges, 
paid by said John Allen, of Trenton, or Joseph \W^ol- 
sey, of Penington. — Tlic Pennsylvania Gazette^ No. 1461, 
December 23, 1756. 

Seven Pounds — Reicard. 

Absconded from his bail, in Somerset county. New- 
Jersey, on the 28th of last month, one John Scl)urn, 
born in said county, of a fair complexion, middle stat- 
ure, about 2^ years of age, had on a brown coat, and 
took with him a large brown horse. \\ hoever takes 
up said John Seburn, and secures him in any goal, and 
gives notice thereof to the subscribers, shall have the 
above reward and reasonable charges, paid by 

Joseph Ross, junior or 
William Stewart 
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1463, January 6, 
1757- 

Five Pounds, Reward. 

Run-away from Stephen Tollman, of Shrewsbury, 
and ])rovince of East-Jersey, on the 17th day of Decem- 
ber, a servant man named John Hinson. aged 29 years, 
a tall fellow, thin-visaged, wears his own black hair, tied 
behind, has a small impediment in his speech, and is a 
])rodigal-like fellow. Had on when he went away, a 
new felt hat, new check shirt, new shoes, new swanskin 
jacket, with black binding and buttons; new blue duf- 
fils great coat, blue camblet l^reeches; took with him 
two pair of new ozenbrig trowsers, one new check, and 



1757] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 8/ 

one new garlix shirt, and a leather jacket without 
sleeves. ^Vhoever takes up and secures said servant in 
any goal, and will give notice thereof to his master, or 
to Joseph Furnian, in New-York, shall be paid the above 
reward, and all reasonable charges, paid by me Stephen 
I'ollman. — TJic Ncic York Mercury. Jamtnry t^, 1757. 

To be Let. 

A Plantation and large Dwelling house thereon, on 
Salem Road in West-New Jersey, Gloucester County, 
situated near the Sweeds Church, Ijinding on raccon 
creek, commonly known by the name of the half-way 
house, between Salem and Gloucester, now in the pos- 
session of Thomas James, contains about 300 Acres of 
land, and forty Acres thereof, might be made good 
meadow. Part thereof is cleared, being an Old Tav- 
ern, for this many Years, and well accostomed House, 
and a health full and pleasant situation, there being a 
convenient wharf, or landing place, that large wood 
Boats, of T2 or 14 cord may go from and a good stand 
for a store, where large Quantities, of pork might be 
purchased in the season, (by applying to James James, 
cabinett maker) in Walnut Street, may be Informed of 
the terms. 

N. B. The plantation is Exceedingly well watered, 
and choice water. — The Pennsylvania Journal^ No. 736, 
January 13, 1757. 

New York, January 24. 

His Majesty's Ship the Sutherland, of 50 Guns 

Fallingham, Esq; Commander, in coming up from 
Sandy-Hook, struck the Ground several Times; but 
stuck fast opposite our new' Battery until she was 



88 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l757 

forced off by some Cakes of Ice. She is now safe at her 
Moorings in the Harbour, and we hope has received no 
Damage. — The Peimsylvaiiia Gazette, Xo. \ ^66^ January 
27. 1757- 

To be Sold at VEXDrK, at the house of Daniel 
Budd. in Roxl^ery. in ^^b^rris-County. on tuesday the 
5th day of April next, at 10 o'clock, the following tracts 
of land, ^■iz one lot near Justice Luse's iron works, con- 
taining 40 or 50 acres: also 3 other tracts lying near 
the great ]:)onds.' one of 55 acres, the other 2 are 5 
acres each, and con\cnient streams on each for mills: 
Also 69 acres of good right to be taken up in East- 
Jersey, and also sundry household goods, all l)elonging 
to the estate of major John Budd, late of said Roxbery, 
in Xew-Jerse}', by 

Daniel Lindsle. | 
Ebenezer B}-ram. - Executors 
Matthew Lum. ) 
January 4. 1757. 

Whereas the subscriber hath been instrumental of 
propagating a Stage between PliiladcIpJiia and Nc70- 
York\ and by experience, finding some difficulty some- 
times to pass by water from Aiiiboy-Fcrry to Nczv- York ; 
Notice Is Hereby Given, That a Stac.e-Waccon is 
erected, to proceed from Mr. haac Dotes, opposite to 
Pert/i-Aml>oy, on monda}' the 17th instant, January, 
and to pass through Stateu-Is/aiid, load or no load, to 
Mr. Jo/iii U'atsojfs, Mrs. Diieket's and Mr. ]^autiles\ 
and on tuesday proceed back to the aforesaid Bote's, 
and so in like manner every day in the week; where 
due attendance will be given, and passengers with the 
best of usage by me, Joseph Richards. 



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1757] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 89 

N. B. To hinder disputes or resentments that may 
arise hereafter, I have thoug-ht fit to inform the pnb- 
lick of my price and custom, each passenger to pay 
thrcc-shillin(:;s^ l:)efore they proceed on their journe\'. and 
in proportion for other things, (except letters, which 
are to Ije carried gratis J) Hoping therefore, that ah 
well-wishers to such an undertaking, will give me the 
encouragement it deserves. / remain tJicir very Jutmble 
servant. 

Joseph Richards. 

— TJie Neiv York Mereiiry, January 31, 1757. 

Philadelphia, February 3, 1757. 
Stoln out of the stalile of Dirck Auten, blacksmith, 
in the township of Reading-town and county of Hun- 
terdon, and Western-Division of the province of New- 
Jerse}-, on the 21st of January last, a light sorrel geld- 
ing, about 14 hands and near a half high, has neither 
brand nor car-mark. h(jlds liis head low when going, a 
natural pacer, has a low neck, which is worn with the 
neck yoke, and has occasioned white hairs in the mane, 
has also wintish hairs in his forehead, running down al- 
most to his nose, has a dent on his withers, occasioned 
by a rope passing over for stirrups, and one of his fore 
hoofs s]:)lit ; was shod before with old shoes, and about 
9 or 10 years of age. ^\dloe^'er takes up said horse and 
thief, or the horse alone, and secures him, so that the 
owner may have him again, shall have Thirty five Shil- 
lings reward, and reasonable charges, ])aid by 

Dirck Auten. 

— TJie Pennsylvania Ga::ette^ No. 1467, February 3, 

1757- 

To be sold, a certain tract of land, in the county of 
Somerset, and province of East-New-Jersey, contain- 



90 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l757 

ing 196 acres, lying' over the second mountain, 13 miles 
from New-Brunswick, 1 1 from Rariton-Landing, and 
6 from Bound-Brook; the land being well-watered and 
timbered, 40 acres clear, and in good fence; the title 
indisputable. Any person inclinal)le to purchase may 
apply to Nathaniel Cooper, near the premises, Barnard 
Le Grange, Esq; at Rariton-Landing; or Elias De- 
brosses, merchant in New-York. — 77/r iXrzv York Mer- 
cury^ February 7, 1757. 

To be Sold, 
A Plantation, upon Ancocus-creek, containing about 
197 acres; there is on it a good dwelling house, and a 
good stone cellar under it ; likewise a good barn and 
stables, and a ^vell of very good water; also a \ery good 
orchard; there are 25 acres of meadow, well banked in; 
it lies two miles from the creek's mouth; situate in 
Chester township, Burlington county, and bounded by 
land of Matthew and William Allen, near the ferry, on 
the creek. Any person or persons inclining to pur- 
chase the said place may have further information by 
ap]~)lying to the subscriber, li^•ing at Thomas W'illard's, 
in W'aterford, ^^'est New Jersey 

Samuel Parr. 

These are to inform John, Robert, and Moses Mole- 
gan, who came from Ireland, out of the county of \x- 
magh, sons of John Molegan. that they have a Legacy 
left them by one Thomas MTveterick. and by applying 
to Hugh M'Collom, executor, living at Freehold, in 
Monmouth county. East Jersey, they may be further 
informed — TJic Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1468, Febru- 
ary 10, 1757. 

Philadelphia, February 7, 1757. 
Deserted a few days ago from his Majesty's ser- 



1/57] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS, QI 

vice, at Bordentown, in West New Jersey, a soldier, 
named Thomas Camp1:)ell, about i8 years of age, five 
feet three inches and an half high, has brown hair and 
face, and pretty much marked with the small pox: Had 
on when he went away, a red coat turned up with blue, 
a red jacket, and leather breeches: He stole and took 
with him, a good brown coat, which is too big for him, 
a black mare about 13 hands high, branded I E, and 
has a white spot on the fore part of her body; also a 
saddle, covered with black leather. The said deserter 
belongs to Capt. Herbert's company, in the fourth bat- 
talion of his Majesty's 626. regiment of foot, called the 
Royal Americans. Whoever apprehends the said de- 
serter, and secures him in any of his Majesty's goals, 
so that he may be had again, shall receive Two Pistoles 
reward, paid by said Capt. Herbert, at Bordentown, or 
Lieutenant Mackay, at the widow Ulrick's, in Second- 
street, near the George tavern. — T/ir Pcnnsyhnnia Ga- 
zette, No. 1468, February 10, 1757. 

Neiv-York^ February 14. About 7 o'Clock, Friday 
Night last, the Wyhack^ Ferry-Boat overset in the 
North-River, opposite Greenwich, with only the Ferry- 
man in her, who got on her Bottom, and remained there 
until the Boat drove down opposite our Battery, where 
he was happily taken off by a Boat that had put off from 
the Shore to his Relief. — Tlie New York Mercury^ Feb- 
ruary 14, 1757. 

Custom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Schooner 
Industry, N. Thorndike from Salem. Schooner Snap- 
per, Stephen Vickery from Salem. Sloop Hannah, 
Benj Ellingwood from Salem. 

' Weehawken. 



92 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l757 

Cleared. Schooner Industry, Nicholas Thorndike to 
Salem. Scliooner Snapper. Stephen \^ickery to Sa- 
lem. — TJic Pciiiisyhauta JournaL No. 741, February 17, 
1757- 

Twenty Shillings Sterling Reward. 

Deserted from Captain Polson of the a^a^Hi Regi- 
ment, oil the i^th Instant, Edward Smith, born in Glas- 
gow in Scotland, thirty six Years of Age, about five Feet 
nine Inehes high, fair Complexion, by trade a Shoemaker, 
has Ids Tools i^'itJi Jiim. He had on a bine JTasteoat it'ith 
Sleeves, a //d a fanning Jl'asteoat under it a pair of linen 
Draz^'ers, and a leather Apron, he wants one or tzvo of his 
Foreteeth. He Jiad a For lough for two days to go to the 
Country. Whoever takes up said Deserter and seen res 
him in Goal and give Notiee of it to the Subseriber at Mr. 
Rutherfords in Trenton, shall have Twenty Shillings 

Sterling paid by me. 

J(_)IIN POLSOX. 

— The Pennsylvania JournaL Xo. 741, February 17, 
1757- 

Philadelphia. February 17. 
Captain Cowpland, in a Sloop inward bound from 
St. Christopher's, we hear, is lost at Egg Harbour. 

The Snow Chance, Captain Lawrence of New York, 
bound to Jamaica, is also overset by the Ice at Glou- 
cester Point, and part of her Cargoe. damaged. — The 
Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1469, February 17, 1757. 

Wanted on the first Day of May next, 

A Single man. that is a good miller; also a good 
foreman baker, who being well recommended, will meet 
with good encouragement by applying to the sub- 



1757] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 93 

scriber, at his house in Kini^shurv, near Trenton, or 
Doctor I'eter Sonmans, in Philadelphia. 

RoiiERT Lettis Hooper, Junior. 

— The Pciuisylvaitia Gazette^ No. 1470, February 24, 
1757- 

Extract from the Speech of Sir Charles Hardy, to 
the Council and General Assembly of New-York, Feb- 
ruary i6th, 1757. 

"Soon after my coming to the Government, I rec- 
ommended a Provision to be made, for defraying the 
Expence of his Majesty's Commissions, for determin- 
ing the Controversies with New-Jersey and Massachu- 
setts-Bay, concerning the Boundaries; the unsettled 
State of which hath already been productive of much 
Mischief." .... 

Extract from the Reply of the Council of New York 
to the abo\-e, l''ebruar_\- 17, 1757. 

"The Evils daily felt by the Borderers of this Prov- 
ince, towards New-Jersey, and the ^lassachusetts-Bay, 
amidst such \arious Claims of Limits, shews the Expe- 
diency and Utilit}- of an Application to his Majesty, to 
have these Disputes hnalh' adjusted." .... 

Extract from Sir Charles Hardy's Reply to the 
Council of New- York, Eebruary 17, 1757. 

'T have been so sensil)le of the Evils arising from the 
unsettled State of the Limits l)etween this Province, 
and the (Governments of ?\lassachusetts-Ba)- and New- 
Jersey, that I have already represented this flatter to 
the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners for 
Trade and Plantations: and you may be assured, I shall 
not cease using my Endeavoiu's, to put an End to those 
Mischiefs which so fretjuently happen on our Borders." 
— 77ie Xeiv York Mercury, February 2^, '^7S7- 



94 NEW JERSEY COU^NIAL IXXUMENTS. [1/57 

rhiladelphia, February 26, 1757. 
To be sold by private sale, any time between this and 
the first of April next. A plantation, situated in Dept- 
ford township, Gloucester county. a1)out eleven miles 
from Philadel])hia. and seven from Gloucester, and 
within half a mile of Mantua Creek, containing- about 
200 acres. 30 of which is cleared, the rest well timber'd. 
about five acres of meadow, and twenty acres more may 
be made, with a good house, barn, stable, and other 
out-houses, and a yoimg orchard. Any person inclining 
to purchase, may apply to the subscriber, living near 
the Premises. 

Thomas Reeves 

— The Poiiisylvaiiia Gazette^ No. 1471, March 3, 
1757- 

To Be Sold, the house next to the ]\Ierchant's Cof- 
fee-Uouse, now in the tenure of ^Ir. ^[alcolm Campbell; 
'tis large and well-])uilt, with four rooms on a lloor, a 
good kitchen back, and a good cellar under the whole. 
For conditions of sale enquire of Frind Lncus,^ at Scc- 
ond-Rivcr, or John Lcakc, in X. York. — The Xczc York 
Mercury, March 7, 1756. 

New York. March 7. 

We hear from Bergen, in East-Jersey, That on Fri- 
day last, several Negroes, belonging to that Place, were 
apprehended and connnitted to the County-Goal at 
Hackinsack. upon the Evidence of some of their Fellow 
Slaves, of having poisoned their ]\Iasters and ^Mistresses 
a few Months ago; and of which they died not long- 
since. It is thought from this Conunitment. that some 
other Schemes of X'illiany will be discovered, the Ne- 

1 Friend Lucas was subsequently interested in the copper mine near 
ihe east side of the Passaic river, opposite Belleville. 



1757] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 95 

groes in that Neighbourhood have lately asseml)led to- 
gether oftener than usual: And the Discovery of thih 
was owing to some lll-Will which one Negro had 
against another. — TJic Poinsylvania Journal, No. 744, 
March 10, 1757. 

New York, March 7. 
Saturday Night last returned here from a Cruize, the 
Privateer Schooner Charming Peggy, Richard Haddon, 
Commander, having taken as many Prizes during her 
Cruize as she could w'ell ukui 

Capt. iiaddon's Prize P)rig, under Capt. Aliller, ar- 
rived on Saturday; and the Spanish Ship came to the 
Hook the same Day. — 'f/ic Pi'iinsy/vania Gazette^ No. 
1472, March 10, 1757. 

To be sold Ijv publick vendue, on Friday the 25th of 
March instant, 

A Valuable tract of 1245 acres, situated partly in Sus- 
sex, and partly in Hunterdon county, in West New 
Jersey, the River Muskenetcong running thro' the mid- 
dle thereof, about 45 miles from Brunswick, and 30 
miles from Trenton, a grist mill and saw-mill contiguous 
thereto; it is delightfully situated, and as good land for 
wheat as any in the Jerseys. As it will make four good 
settlements, it is intended to be sold by four parcels, on 
the premises; the sale will begin about eleven o'clock 
in the morning. For further particulars, apply to John 
Reily, conveyancer, in l?hiladel])hia, or to Mr. William 
Kell}' merchant, in Xew ^'ork. 

N. B. At the same time will l)e sold, a Warrant for 
250 acres of unlocated land. — Ihc Pciuisylvania Garjcttc, 
No. 1472, March 10, 1757. 



96 NEW JERSEY COLf)\IAL DOCUMENTS. [1/57 

Just Published and to be Sold by Mr. Hugh Hodge 
and Mr. Williani Falkncr in Philadelphia, and by Mr. 
William Siiniiionds in Xi'ZL'-Bniiiswiik, in the jfcrsi'ys^ 
and by Mr. Xathaiiicl Hazard in AV^t-- York. A Book 
entitled 

The Real Christians hope in Death, an Account of 
the edifying Behaviours of several Persons of Piety in 
their Last Moments. With a Preface recommendatory 
bv the Reverend Mr. Clark, Rector of ^7. Philips CJiarlcs- 
fiKcii. Collected and Published by /. /. Ditbly, Minis- 
ter of the Gospel in South Carolina. (Price Two Shil- 
lings and Six Pence.) — The Pennsylvania Journal^ No. 
744, March 10, 1757. 

To be Sold. 

A Tract of land, containing 500 acres, lying at Cohaw- 
kin. in the county of Salem, joining to the plantation of 
Henry \^anmeter. l^eing very well wooded, and very fit 
for raising wheat. It also joins a tract of land of Robert 
Strettell, Esq; being part of the tract, commonly known 
In' the name of Byles's tract, it will make one or two 
good farms. Any person inclining to purchase, may 
apply to Jacob Richman. sur\eyor. living near the 
premises, or to William Coxe in Philadelphia, who will 
let a large part of the money lie at interest, part being 
paid down ^t the time of sale. — The Pennsylvajiia Ga- 
zette., Xo. 1472, March 10. 1757. 

To be sold, in Acpienonka, upon Passaic-River, four 
miles from Second-River/ in the eastern division of 
New-Jersey. A plantation that formerly belonged to 
Hermon Jiu'ianse," deceased, containing 200 acres of 
good land. 130 acres of which is cleared and in good 



* Acfiuackanonk. The locality referred to was near Third River. 
2 Harman, son of Juriaen (Uriah) Van Rypen or Van Riper. 



1757] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS.- 97 

fence, and 70 acres good wood-land: There is on said 
plantation, a good stone dwelling-house, 45 foot wide, 
two stories high, with a kitchen adjoining to the same, 
a brew-house, with a brewing kittle that will hold 6 bar- 
rels, and all the utensils belonging to a brew-house; 
also a large barrack near it. The dwelling-house fronts 
the river, where there is a good landing, an orchard of 
220 apple trees, and 45 young trees fit to be set out, be- 
sides other small ones in the nursery, 25 peach trees 
and 39 cherry trees; with 5 acres of excellent mowing 
ground. There is likewise two other lots of wood land, 
lying two miles from the river, each of them containing 
40 acres, and another lot near to them of about 7 acres. 
All the lots have exceeding fine growing timber upon 
them. Enquire of Abraham and Jacob Van Reipen, 
executors, living on the premises, who will agree for the 
same on reasonable terms, the title being indisputable. 
— The Nezv York Mercury^ MarcJi 14, 1757. 

New York, March 14. 

Tuesday last came up the Spanish ship mentioned in 
last Monday's Gazette to be taken by Captain Hadden, 
and to have arrived at the Hook. She is not as yet con- 
demned. In searching the Cabbin, we hear, upwards 
of 500 French Crowns and Pistoles were found. — The 
Pennsyhania Gazette^ No. 1473, Mai'eli 17, 1757. 

Custom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Schooner 
Dolphin Samuel Barnes from Piscataway. — The Pennsyl- 
vania Journal^ No. 745, Mareh 17, 1757. 

Ringwood, in Bergen County, March 9th, 1757. 
PuBLiCK Notice is hereby given, not to trust 
Nancy, the wife of the subscriber, on his account, or 

7 



98 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1/57 

entertain her at any rate; she ha\'ino- eloped from her 
bed and board, and behaved dissokitly for some time 
past, withal striving to run him in debt, he being de- 
termined to pay no debts contracted l:)y her from the 
date hereof. 

Joseph Wilcocks. 

— Tlic Nciv York Mercury^ March 2\, 1757. 

Cnstom-House. Philadelphia, Entered In. Snow 
Prince George. John Barry from Salem. — T/ic Pennsyl- 
vania Journal^ No. 746. MarcJi 24, 1757. 

To be Sold 

Two Plantations, containing about 500 Acres each, ly- 
ing within three Miles of New Brunswick, in East New 
Jersey, adjoining on South River; ha^•ing each a good 
convenient Landing for Boats or Flats to transport 
Wood; each Farm having a good Dwelling-house, 
Barn, Orchard of 200 bearing Apple Trees, 60 Acres of 
fresh Meadow adjoining the Up-land. with 150 Acres of 
cleared Land; the best Part of the Land well timbered, 
lying within a ]\Iile of the Landing, with convenient 
Country Road to Landing; Also Abundance of Shadd 
caught in the Season before the Door. It is very con- 
venient for a Alerchant or Farmer. Any person inclin- 
ing to purchase, may apply to ]\Ir. John Van Norde at 
New Brunswick, or to the Owner. Mr. Peter Praa \'an 
Zandt, jun. at New York, who will agree on reasonable 
Terms, and give a good Title for the same. 

N. B. As there is a sufficient Stock of Cattle, con- 
taining Horses, Cows, Sheep, Hogs, and all ^klaterials 
for a Farmer, it is therefore to hire, if not sold, agree- 
ing with the said Owner. 



1757] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 99 

Philadelphia, March 19, 1757. 
To be sold, by publick Vendue, on the fourth Day 
of April next, in the Township of Waterford, and 
County of Gloucester, at the House of John Blake, at 
the Bridge, on Cooper's Creek, Horses, Cows and 
Hogs; also a likely Pair of working Oxen, two Carts, 
Ploughs and Harrows; likewise a large Quantity of 
Indian Corn and Rye, with several Sorts of Utensils for 
Husbandry. The Vendue to begin at Ten a Clock, 
when the Conditions of Sale may be seen, and Attend- 
ance will be given, by 

John Blake. 

Burlington, March 17, 1757. 
Deserted, on the 15th of this instant March, from 
Lieutenant Cowart, of the 48th Regiment of Foot, one 
William Wilson, about 5 feet 4 inches high, between 
34 and 35 Years of Age, his Hair near of a black Colour, 
well set, grey Eyes, wide Mouth, a large round Fore- 
head, thick Legs, walks well and upright looks a little 
wrinkled in the Face, and is of a yellow Complexion: 
Had on when he went from hence, a New York Regi- 
mental Coat, which is a dark Drab the Sleeves turned 
up with middle Drab Cloth, Buckskin Waistcoat 
and Breeches, dark Worsted Stockings, new Shoes, 
and an old Hat. Whoever secures the said William 
Wilson, shall receive a Reward as mentioned in the Act 
of Parliament. — TJic Pennsylvania Gazette^ No. 1474, 
March 24, 1757. 

Ten Pound Reward, Pennsylvania Currency. 

Deserted from a Recruiting Party of the 44th 
Regiment, Robert ^nstuorth., born in Ireland, Brown 
Complexion about 27 Year of Age, five Feet eight 



100 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l757 

Inches high, he served his Time with Mr. Coxc at Tren- 
ton^ and had since a Plantation in the npper Parts of 
Hunterdon County, he was enlisted last Year by Lieu- 
tenant Bayly of the said Regiment. Pie was taken up 
for a Deserter at RicJiard Mayburys and had a Pair of 
Handcufifs put on, 1)ut in the Night took an Oppor- 
tunity of geting to the Door of the House where there 
was a Horse saddled and briddled which he mounted 
and rode off with: He had on a Suit of Whitesh Cloath, 
and was seen crossing the Ferry to the Pennsylvania 
side. Whoever takes up said Deserter and secures him 
in goal so as the Regiment may have him again, shall 
have Five Pound Pennsylvania Currenc\' paid by the 
Subscril)er Commanding the above Party at Trenton^ 
West-Jersey^ and FiVE Pound more for any Person who 
brings the Horse to Peter Van Buscnrk near the Union 
Iron Works, to be paid by said Peter Jdn Bnseiirlc, 
the Horse is Iron Grey, about 13 hands and a half high 
branded thus F B. Given under my Hand at Trenton 

this 25th day of March 1757. 

John Poi.sox. 

— The Pennsylvania Jonrnal^ Xo. 747, Mareli 31, 
1757- 

Po be Lett, 

For the term of 7 years, or for such longer number 
of years, as shall be agreed on, 1245 acres of as good 
valuable and choice land for wheat, as any in the Jer- 
seys, partly situated in Sussex, and partly in Hunting- 
ton^ county, the river Muskenetcong running thro' the 
middle thereof, about 40 miles from Brunswick, and 30 
from Trentown; uj^on which there is very contiguous. 
a grist and saw-mill, and it will make four good settle- 
ments, will be let, the whole, or in parcels. Proposals 



1 Hunterdon. 



1757] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. lOl 

to be received by Mr. William Kelly of New-York, mer- 
chant; or Mr. John Hackett, at the Union-Iron- 
Works.' There is also to be lett, or sold, a warrant for 
250 acres of unlocated land. 



G( Royal [ p 

• ) Arms ^ ^- 



By His Excellency 

Jonathan Belcher, Esq; 

Captain General, Governor, and Commander in 
Chief, in and over his Majesty's Province of Novae Caes- 
arse, or New-Jersey, and Territories thereon depending 
in America, Chancellor, and Vice-Admiral in the Same, 
&c. 

A Proclamation. 

HEREAS by an Act of the General- Assembly 
of this Province, passed this Day, for the 
Compleating of Provincial Forces, lately 
under the Command of the Honourable 
Colonel Peter Schuyler, a Bounty of Tivelvc Pounds 
Proclamation Money, is to be paid to every Volunteer 
who shall enlist in the said Service, agreeable to said 
Act, besides the Encouragement of good Arms. Pay, 
Cloathing, and other Necessaries, to fit them for the 
Service; I Do hereby invite all his Majesty's Subjects 
within this Colony, chearfully to engage in the said 
Service, hereby promising that they shall not be de- 
tained in the said Service, against their Consents, longer 




iPor notices of the Union Iron Works, see Vol. XIT., passim. 



I02 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l757 

than the Fiftcoith Day of Xovcinbcr next, luit shall 
then l)e discharged, agreeable to the said Act, and be 
at Liberty to return to their respective Habitations. 

And Whereas there are several Deserters from the 
said Regiment, now secreted in this Province; these 
are therefore to notify to the said Deserters, that if 
they return to any of the Officers employed to raise 
Men for the Compleating of said Regiment, on or be- 
fore the Tivcnticth Day of April next, and join their 
Corps, they shall be pardoned for said Desertion; 
which, if they refuse to do, they shall be proceeded 
against agreeable to Martial Lazv. And all Gentlemen 
within this Colony, who shall come to me, properly 
recommended, shall receive Orders for enlisting of Men, 
and shall meet with all the Encouragement within my 
Power to give them. 

Given under my Hand and Seal at Arms, at the 
Borough of. Elizabeth, the 31st Day of 
March, 1757. 

J. Belcher. 

By his Excellency's Command, 
Charles Read, Secry. 

God Save The King. 

A Plantation, to be sold, in the county of Middlesex, 
about 7 miles to the southward of Perth-Amboy, be- 
longing to Daniel Hendrickson, lately in the tenure of 
Obadiah Harbour, containing between four and five 
hundred acres of land, with a good orchard, the one 
half cleared, about fifteen or twenty acres of meadow, 
and as much more may, be made, with a good dwelling- 
house and kitchen, a stone cellar under it, a good shop 
and stone well, with a large barn; it is well watered and 



1757] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. I03 

timbered, and is only one mile and a half from the land- 
ing, and 2 miles from Middletovvn-Point, a very good 
out-let for stock. The title indisputable. Any person 
inclining to purchase the same, may apply to Daniel 
Hendrickson, or WilHam Hendrickson in Middletown 
in the county of WQ>\\\woy\\\\.— TJicNc%vYorkMcrairy, 
April 4.. ly^y. 

A List of Letters that remain in the Post- Office 
in Philadelphia 

John Burgin, West Jersey 

Hannah Brewer, Jersey. 

Richard Crooks, W. N. Jersey. 

Thomas Carney, Salem 

Rachel Drapier, West N. Jersey 

Rhody Egger, Bound-brook 

Nicholas Gibbons Esq; Salem. 

Ephraim Hopkins, E. Jersey. 

Casper Holder, Salem Co. 

Samuel Harker, do. 

Richard Miller. Phil, or E. Jersey. 

Archibald M'Callister, Salem Co. 

William and John Roberts, Salem. 

Sarah Robins, W. Jersey. 

Mary Richeson, do. 

Alexander Ross, Mount-holly. 

John Sanderlin, Salem. 

Jacob Spicer, Esq; New Jersey. 

Grace Thompson Jersey. 

New Brunswick, April 4, 1757. 
Whereas, we the underwritten Peter Snnderland, 



I04 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l757 

and Joseph Huff, did on the 31st of last Month assault 
Lieutenant Lcivis Ourry, of the first Battalion of the 
Royal American Regiment, by stopping and detaining 
him on the King's Highway, and knowingly hindering 
His Majesty's Service, by endeavouring to take from 
him a Horse he had procured, by Order of Justice Hig- 
gins, to forward the said Service; and also accusing 
said Lieutenant Ourry of having stolen the Horse he 
rode, and giving him much abusive Language: 

We being now apprehended for the said Offence, and 
brought before James Hude, Escj; Mayor of the City of 
Neiv- Brunswick^ do acknowledge our Fault,' and beg 
Lieutenant Onrry'' s Pardon in this publick Manner, 
promising never to be guilty of the like for the future. 

Peter Sunderland 
Joseph Huff. 

N. B. This is made publick, as a Warning to all Per- 
sons not to insult or molest any Officer in the Army es- 
pecially when on duty. — TJie Peuiisylvatiia Gazette, No. 
1476, April 7, 1757. 

Neiu- York., April 1 1 . Thursday last Captain Delany, 
came to Town from Amboy, where he arrived the Day 
before in Captain Carman, in 13 Days from St. Kitts: 
He had the Misfortune to be taken on the 27th of Feb- 
ruary last, on his Voyage from hence for the West- 
Indies, by a French Privateer Sloop of 10 Guns, and 
carried him into Martinico. 

The Day that Captain Carman arrived at Amboy, 
he was fir'd at several Times by a Sloop under French 
Colours, of¥ Barnagat; but his Vessel sailing very fast 
got clear. 



1757] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. I05 

Capt. Green, in a Schooner from Elizabeth-Town, 
arrived safe at St. Kitts. 



To be sold, a house and lot of ground in the county 
of Bergen, about five miles from the town of Hackin- 
sack, and within 200 yards of the Old-Bridge; the lot 
contains five acres of land, three of which are extra- 
ordinary rich meadow, brought into mowing order, and 
sowed with English grass; a young bearing orchard, 
containing 40 apple trees, and a good stone house, the 
whole being very convenient for a store-keeper, black- 
smith or tavern-keeper, being situated immediately on 
the King's road. Enquire of Theodorus Valleau. at 
Hackinsack, who will agree on reasonable terms. The 
title indisputable. The said Valleau has a still to dis- 
pose of, which will hold about 90 gallons, with a worm 
suitable thereto. — The Nezv York Mercury^ April 11, 
1757- 



Whereas there is a Petition laid before the House 
of Representatives for the Province of Nciv-Jcrscy for 
an Act for making and maintaining a Road^, laid out 
from the fast Land in Bacons A^cck to Tiudalc Island^ 
in the Township of GrecmvicJi in the County of Ciiin- 
bcrlaiid and Province aforesaid. 

These are therefore to give Notice to all Persons 
that have any Objections against the said Acts pass- 
ing, may apply to said House of Representatives and 
make their Objections, and they may be heard. 



Io6 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l757 

Just pul^lished and to be sold l)y 

WiLLLVM Bradford, 

[Price Nine Pence] 

Double Honour due to the Laborious Gospel 

Minister 

Represented 

IN A 

SERMON, 

Preached At 

Fairfield^ in Nciv Jersey^ the ist of Dcccinb. 1756 

At The 

Ordination 

Of the Reverend Mr. WiLLIAM RAMSEY. 

Published at the DESIRE of the HEARERS, 

By 

Charles Beatty, Minister of the Gospel 

at NisJiaininy. 

— The PciiiisylvcDiia JoitDial^ No. 749, April 14, 
1757- 

Philadelphia, April 14. An Egg-Harbour Man, ar- 
rived at New-York, says he saw a Privateer take a 
Ship, which he supposed was bound in here. — The Netu 
York Alcrcury, April 18, 1757. 

To be sold, by Thomas Kemble, the Plantation 
whereon he now lives, in Burlington County, West Jer- 
sey, lying on the Road that goes from Burlington to 
Mount-holly, about four Miles from the former, and 
three from the latter, containing about 460 Acres of 
good Land, about 1 50 Acres of which has been plowed 
for some Time; also about 50 Acres of good Meadow, 
which has been mowed some Time, and 40 more may be 
easy made; all the rest of the said Tract is well tim- 



1757] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. I07 

bered; there is on said Place a good large Dwelling- 
house and Kitchen, with a good Well at the Door, a 
large Barn, and sundry other Buildings, with three 
good-bearing Orchards, containing between 4 and 500 
Trees; also another young Orchard, containing 500 
Trees, which is beginning to bear: Said Place is ex- 
ceedingly well watered, and lies within two Miles of 
Ancocus Creek, from which any Flat or Boat may go 
to Philadelphia Any person inclining to purchase said 
Plantation may apply to the Subscriber, where they 
may know the Conditions, which will be very easy for 
the most Part of the Money that the said Place may 
be sold for. 

Thomas Kemble. 

— TJic Pennsylvania Gazette. Xo. 1478, April 21, 
1757- 

To be Sold by the Subscriber, living near Prince 
Town, in the Province of East-New-Jersey. 

A Large stone-house, two story high, a large entry, 
two rooms on the lower floor, and three above, with 
four fire-places, and a cellar under the whole, with a 
large Kitchen front, with two fire-places and a good 
cellar under it, a stone Kitchen back, a large stable 
which will commodiously hold sixteen horses, with a 
good hay loft: Also the Lot whereon it stands, con- 
taining three quarters of an acre, all in good fence, sit- 
uate on the south side of the great road running 
thro' Prince-Town, and the next to New- Jersey 
college, fit for a merchant or tavern-keeper, and the 
title indisputable. Any person inclining to purchase 
the same, may know the conditions of sale by applying 
to 

Joseph MoRRr)W. 



Io8 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l757 

N. B. If the premises are not sold before the first 
tuesday in June next, they will on that day be sold at 
publick vendue, beginning at 2 o'clock, at said house. — 
TJic Nciv York Mercury, April 2^, 1757- 

New-York, April 28. 

Wednesday last, arrived at Sandy Hook, the Boston 
County Snow, from Boston: Two Days before, she 
chased a Schooner and a Sloop about 30 Leagues from 
East-End of Long-Island, which was supposed to be 
two French Privateers: but having some Vessels under 
her Convoy, was obliged to give over the Chace. 

London, 

St. Javicss^ Feb. 11. — The King has appointed 
Thomas Pownal, Esq; (Lieutenant Governor of the 
Province of New-Jersey) to be governor of his Majes- 
ty's province of Massachusetts Bay in New-England, 
in the room of William Shirley. 

New-York, May 2. 

Saturday last the Hercules, Captain Bayard, arrived 
at Sandy Hook, with the other Prize Ship: She is at 
least 400 Tons, mounts 12 six Pounders, had 60 Men, 
is only 6 Months old, and is reckoned the most com- 
pleat Vessel brought into this Port since the Com- 
mencement of the present War; and as she is a prime 
Sailer, would be very suitable for a Country cruizing 
Ship: She was bound from Bourdeaux for Cape-Fran- 
cois also. 

The same Day his Majesty's Ship Nightingale, Capt. 
Campbel, of 20 Guns, from Halifax, and a Snow Man of 
War from South Carolina arrived at Sandy Hook — The 
Pennsylvania Journal, No. 752, May 5, 1757. 



1757] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. IO9 

Philadelphia, May ii. 

We have advice from Northampton County, that on 
Monday, the Second Instant, fourteen People were 
killed there by the Indians, and the House and Barn of 
one Abraham Miller burnt ; also that two People have 
been lately murdered by them on the Jersey Side. 



Whereas Alice, the Wife of Samuel Garwood, of 
Mansfield, Burlington County, has left her Husband's 
Bed without any just Cause, this serves to forewarn all 
persons from trusting her on his Account, for he will 
pay no Debts of her contracting from the Date hereof. 
May 4, 1757. Samuel Garwood. 

— TIic Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1481, May 12, 
J757- 

Neic-York., May 16. Monday the 3d Instant, a Boat 
belonging to John Stoutseaman, overset in a hard Gale 
of Wind, coming to this City from Barnagat, by which 
Accident a Negro Man l^elonging to Mr. Abraham 
Schenck of Long Island, was drown'd. Stoutseaman, 
and another white Man, were happily taken off the Bot- 
tom of the Boat by a Vessel from the Shore, they having 
remained there near 12 Hours. — TJie Neiu York Mer- 
cury^ May 16, 1757. 

To be Lett, or Sold, 

A Large convenient DweUing-house, with a Brew- 
house, and all necessary Utensils for Brewing, a large 
Malt-house adjoining the same, and a Hop-yard, situ- 
ate in Pearl-street, in the City of Burlington. WHio- 
ever inclines to rent or purchase the above, by apply- 
ing to James Kinsey, or Abraham Hewlings in Burling- 



no NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l757 

ton, or Ann Shaw, living- at the Corner of Seventh and 
Market-streets, in Philadelphia, may know the terms. 

N. B. The Dwclling-honse will be lett separate if re- 
(jnired. 

Deserted on the 27th of April from His Majesty's 
Service, from Capt. Thomas Shaw's Company of New 
Jersey Provincials, the two following Persons, viz, John 
Thomas, born in Wales, five Feet four Inches high, his 
Hair is of a lightish brown Colour, about 21 Years of 
Age, talks fast, and is apt to stammer in his Speech: 
Had on when he went away, a white Drugget Jacket, 
and Breeches of the same, a Calico under Jacket, check 
Shirt, grey ^\'orsted Stockings and new Shoes, with 
large Brass Buckles in them. He is very apt to crow 
when in Liquor; it is supposed he is gone towards Lan- 
caster, in Pennsylvania, and had a Silver \\'atch, with 
a green Seal to it. James Day, born in Xew-England, 
five Feet eight Inches high, his Hair of a lightish brown 
Colour, and curls, is of a fair Complexion: Flad on at 
the Time of his Desertion, which was the first of May. 
a whitish colour'd Cloth lacket, check Shirt, wide Trow- 
sers, and Shoes about half worn: it is thought he is gone 
to Great Egg Harbour, in the Jerseys. Whoever ap- 
prehends and secures said Deserters, or either of them, 
shall have Six Pounds Reward for each, and reasonal:)le 
Expences, in bringing them to the Captain, at Burling- 
ton. — The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1452, May 19, 
1757- 

London., JSIareJi 19. On Sunda}- last his Excellency 
Thomas Pownall, Esci: Governor of New-England, set 
out for Portsmouth, in order to ])roceed with the Fleet 
for America. — The Neio York Jfereiiry, May 2^, 1757. 



1757] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. Ill 

A List of Letters that remain in the Post Office in 
Philadelphia, not before advertised. 

Peter Brenwer, New Jersey. 
James M'Hagoe, Mountholly 
Peter Perry, Cohansey. 
Capt. Ralph Walker, Salem. 

— The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1483, May 26, 
1757- 

Run - Away from Frind Lucas, at the Mines, near 
Second-River, an Indian slave, called Wan, about 30 
years of age, a little slim fellow, about 4 feet 4 or 5 inches 
high, short thick hair, which was cut off last fall: He. 
was seen at Elizabeth-Town, with a blueish great coat, 
and a rusty beaver hat, and offer'd to list a soldier, and, 
am inform'd, was since at Amboy. Whoever takes up 
and secures said Indian, so that his master may have 
him, shall have forty shillings reward, and reasonable 
charges paid, by 

Frind Lucas. 

Run -Away, on the 8th day of March, 1756, from 
the subscriber, li\ing in Maidenhead township, and 
province of West-Neiv-Jersey, an apprentice girl, named 
Sarah Allen, aged about 17 years, of a swarthy com- 
plexion, hollow-ey'd and down-look, Avith brown hair 
of a riddish cast: Had on when she went away, two 
striped linsey pettycoats, one black and white, the other 
black and yellow; a black and white striped short gown, 
Avhite yarn stockings, and old shoes with leather heels. 
'Twas imagined she w^ent away with the army, and since 
returned to Brnnsivick in MareJi last, and lived about a 
month at Mr. Mulloelcs ; but went from thence towards 



112 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l757 

Bound-Brook. \\'hoever takes up and secures said girl, 
so that her master may have her again, shall receive 
Forty Shillings reward, and all reasonable charges 
paid, by 

Richard Iverson. 

Proposals for printing by Subscription. 

B Curious Table in Epitome, of the Legs of 
a right angled plain Triangle, to every Angle 
or secant in Degrees (and Minutes if re- 
quired) of a Circle, and Points of the Com- 
pass; which, on bare Inspection, gives the true Differ- 
ence of Latitude, and Departure from the Meridian, in 
Miles. Leagues and thousandth Parts: Likewise the 
Contents of any Piece of Land, in Chains, Links and 
Parts of Links, not only useful to Mariners, Merchants, 
and Surveyors, for whom it is chiefly design'd; but also 
to Counsellors, Attornies, and other Gentlemen to 
Measure the Contents in Acres, of Boundaries specified 
in any Draught, or Deed, with a Rule and Pencil only, 
by the Help of Multiplication and Subtraction, with 
much more Exactness than by Scale and Dividers, or 
any other Instrument whatsoever. Which ]\Iethod 
being more correct, than any hitherto publish'd, and 
this the first Table of the kind that ever was made pub- 
lic, capable to answer all the Ends hereby proposed, 
particularly in Surveying: The Author is encourag'd, 
with all convenient Speed, to publish so useful a Work. 
I^^It will be of great use to all Military Gentlemen 
in anv Part of the World, in forming their Marches, or 
other important Schemes and Designs of an Army; for 
by these Tables may be certainly known the Latitude 
and Longitude of any Place, or Places whatever; and 
the Courses and Distances from one City, Camp, or Gar- 



1757] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. II3 

rison. to another, by the help of a Pocket-Compass, in 
order to take the true Bearing of any Roads or Rivers. 

Conditions. 

The Tables to be printed on a good Paper; with an 
Explaination of the Uses thereof, and deliver'd to the 
Subscribers stich'd. 

The Price to Subscribers, one Spanish mill'd Dollar, 
to be paid at the Delivery of the Book; those who sub- 
scribe for six. shall have a seventh Gratis. 

So soon as Six Hundred Subscriptions are obtain'd. 
the Work shall Ije put to the Press, and publish'd with 
all possible Expedition. 

Subscriptions are taken in by \Mlliam Bradford, at 
the London Coffee-house, in Philadelphia; Dr. Nor- 
mandie, at Bristol; ]\rr. Moore Furman. Merchant at 
Trenton; The Rev. Mr. Aaron Burr. President of Xew- 
Jersey College, and Richard Stockton, Esq; at Prince- 
Town; ~Wx. Jonathan Hampton. Surveyor, and Mr. 
Aaron ^filler. Instrument Maker in Elizabeth-Town; 
Mr. John Lawrence. Surveyor at Crosswicks; ]\Ir. J. 
Parker, Printer at \\'oodbridge; Air. Daniel Smith, 
junr. Surveyor at Burlington; \Mlliam Smith, junr. Esq; 
Mr. Nathaniel Hazard, Merchant, and H. Gaine, at the 
Bible and Crown, in Hanover Square, near the Meal- 
r^Iarket. Xew-York; and by the Author John Gordon, 
late of the City of Philadelphia, at his House in Somer- 
set County, East-Xew-Jersey, near Prince-Town, where 
\Tilgar and Decimal Fractions, the Extraction of the 
Roots. X'avigation. Surveying, and other Branches of 
the Mathematics, are carefully, and expeditiously 
taught, in the newest and best Manner, by him the said 

Gordon. ^ 

ijohn Gordons "Mathematical Traverse Table" vras published at 
Philadelphia in 1758.— Hi?<k6urn, No. 1586. 



114 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l757 

N. B. The Art of Book-keeping, or Merchants' Ac- 
counts, after the Italian Method, by way of Double En- 
try, according to the newest and best Manner, is also 
carefully taught. 

The printing and pu1)lishing the above Tables, are 
recommended by the under-written Gentlemen, after 
the following Manner. 

We are of Opinion that if the above Tables were 
printed and published, they would be of great Use to 
the Public in measuring Land, and other Branches of 
the Mathematics. 

John Laurence 

j onath an h amptc )n. 

March the i8, 1757. 

I am of the above Opinion. 

N. Scull. 

The al)Ove-written Mr. Scull, is well known to be one 
of the l^est Judges of these ?^latters, in this Province, 
and therefore any Opinion or Certificate of mine is un- 
necessar}' after his. 

B. Franklln. 

Philadelphia. ^larch nth. 

I am of the above Opinion. 

J. Clerk, Teacher of Navig. 
W. Ransteu, Teacher of Nav. & Surv. 
March 14th. 

I am of Opinion as the above. 

Joseph Stiles. 
Philadelphia, March the 15th. 

I concur in Opinion with the above Gentlemen. 

Aaron Burr. 
Prince-Town, March 23d. 

It seems to me that the Tables are founded on math- 



1757] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. II5 

ematical Principles, and ingeniously contrived; and that 
the publishing of them deserves Encouragement. 

Wm. Smith, senr, Esq. 
New-York, May 24. 

I am of Opinion that the Discovery deserves Encour- 
agement, for its Simplicity and Usefulness. 

W.M. Smith, junr, Esq. 

I concur in Opinion with the above Gentlemen. 

Franxis Marschalk, City Surveyor. 

I agree in the foregoing Opinions. 

John Nathan Hutchins, Philomath. 

— The New York Mercury. May 30, 1757. 

New York, May 30. 

Capt. L}-el came into the Hook on Saturday last, and 
saw nothing in the Offing for some Days l)efore. 

Burlington, April 16. 1757. 
By Virtue of his Majesty's Writ of Fieri Facias to me 
directed, will be exposed to Sale on Thursday, the i6th 
Day of June next, at the House of Jonathan Thomas, 
in the City of Burlington, a certain Tract of Land, sit- 
uated in the City of Burlington aforesaid, containing 
about 70 acres, being- mostly Meadow, with a good 
House. Barn, Outhouses, Orchard and Tanyard on the 
Premises, late the Property of Empson Wright, de- 
ceased, and taken in execution at the suit of Fretwell 
^^'right. 

Joseph Imlav Sheriff. 

By Virtue of His Majesty's Writ of Fieri Facias to 
me directed, will be exposed to Sale, by Way of publick 
\ endue, on Saturday, the i ith Day of June inst. about 



Il6 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1/57 

Two a Clock in the Afternoon, upon the Premises, A 
Plantation, containing 200 Acres of good Land, fifteen 
whereof is good Meadow, and more may l)e made, the 
Creek being- stopped out a Mile below the said Place, 
a good Dwelling house. Barn, and other Out houses, a 
large Orchard of both Apple and Peach Trees, of good 
Fruit, situated on the Head of Newtown Creek, five 
Miles from Daniel Cooper's Ferry, in Gloucester 
County; late the Property of Jonathan Reeves, seized 
and taken in Execution at the Suit of John Lloyd and 
others 1)y 

John Hinchman, late Sheriff. 

— TJic Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1484, June 2, 

A\'hereas Hannah the wife of the subscriber, hath 
run him considerably in debt, without his knowledge; 
these are to forewarn all persons from trusting her on 
his account, for he will pay no debts of her contracting 
from the date hereof. 

DoiNiiNic Murphy. 

Hopewell, June 6. 1757. 

— TJie Xeii.' York Mercury^ June 13, 1757. 

Philadelphia Stage-Waggon, and Neiv- York STAGE 
Boat, perform their Stages Twice a Week. 

John Butler, with his Waggon, sets out on Tues- 
days^ from his PTouse at the Sign of the Death of the Fo.w 
in Strawberry Alley ^ and drives the same Day to Trenton 
Ferrv, when Franeis Holnian meets him, and proceeds 
on Wed)icsdays to Brunszvic^.^ and the Passengers and 
Goods 1)eing shifted into the Waggon of Isaae Fitr.- 
randolph, he takes them to the Nezo Biasing Star to 
Jacob FitzrandolpJi s., the same Day, where Ruben Fitz- 
randolph., with a boat well fitted, will receive them, and 



;57l] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. II7 

take them to Xci<.' York that Xight. John Biitlcr return- 
ing to Philadelphia on Wcdiusilays, with the Passengers 
and Goods dehvered to him by Francis Holma/i. will 
again set out for Trenton Ferry on Fridays, and Francis 
Holman &c. will carry his Passengers and Goods with 
the same Expedition as above to X£i,.'Y^ork. — The Penn- 
sylrania Gazette. Xo. i486, jfiine 16, IJ'^J. 

Elizabeth-Tdwx. 'June 10. 

Last Sunday Morning three Indians who were fed 
the Day before by a Person from Hyndshaw's Fort, fired 
upon 8 Men and 2 Women in a Scow, going over from 
our Fort at Walpack. to Hyndshaw's Fort: They 
killed Stosel Demak, wounded his Wife thro* both 
Thighs near the Knee, tho't to be mortal, and her Sis- 
ter thro" the side, grazed the Ribs. On Wednesday 
some Indians called to our Men at Cole's Fort, to come 
out. but being only a Serjeant and 7 Men. they refused. 
The same evening the Indians were heard on the Hill 
near Hyndshaw's Fort, which is opposite to Walpack. 

New-York, Jutie 20. 

Since otir last, the Privateer Snow Xeptune. Captain 
Ball, of this Port, arrived at Sandy-Hook, in a very shat- 
tered Condition, having had a warm Engagement some 
Time ago with a large French Ship: but must refer the 
Particulars till our next, as the Captain is not yet come 
up. — The Pennsylvania Journal. Xn. 759, June 23, 

1757- 

New-York, June 27. 

Capt. Ismister. in the Earl of Leicester Packet Boat, 
left Sandy Hook, on Monday the 6th Instant; As did 
also, on Monday the 20th Instant, the General Wall, 
Packet Boat. Capt. Lutwytche. directly for Falmouth. 



Il8 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1/57 

The Harriot Packet-Boat, Capt. Bonnell, who arrived 
here the nth of May last, and who left the Hook the 
same Time Capt. Lntwvtch did. we hear, is to touch at 
Halifax on her Way Home. — Tlic Pennsylvania Journal^ 
No. 760, Jnne 30, 1757. 

CusTOM-HousE, Philadelphia^ Inward Entries 
Sloop Abigail, Peter Groves, from Salem. 

Cleared, Sloop Abigail. Peter Ciroves, to Salem. — 
The Pennsylvania Gazette^ No. 1489, July 7, 1757. 

On Saturday the 25th of June Capt. Blackburn fell 
in with a Fleet under the Command of Sir Charles 
Hardy, in Lat. 39 and a half. Long. 65 about 130 
Leagues from Sandy Hook. 

To be Sold by Pnbliek J^endne, on the 2'jth of this In- 
stant (July,) three Hojises and Lotts. sitnate in the High- 
Street in Burlington; also a ]^ariety of Shop Goods and 
Household Goods, where A ttendanee ivill be given by 

Patrick Cowan. 
— The Pennsylvania Journaf No. 761, July 7, 
1757- 

Neiv-York, July 11. Wednesday last came into this 
Harbour, from Elizabeth-Town, where she was built by 
John Dally, of this City, the Privateer Ship Sturdy 
Beggar : She is double-decked, and was purposely 
built for a Privateer, to cruize against his Majesty's 
Enemies. The Conveniences for her Men are large and 
commodious, which will greatly contribute to keep 
them healthy, and is justly esteem'd the best Ship of 
War belonging to this Port. She is to be commanded 
by Mr. Robert Troup, who often last War distin- 



17571 NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. II9 

guished himself in a particular and brave Manner. She 
is to mount Twenty 9 Pounders on her Main Deck, and 
Six 4 Pounders on her Quarter Deck, and will sail in or- 
der to intercept the Martinico and Cape Fleets, by the 
15th of August. All Gentlemen Sailors and others, who 
have a mind to make their Fortunes, may repair on 
])oard said Ship, where they will meet with kind Treat- 
ment from the Captain and Officers. — The New York 
Mercury, July 11, 1757- 



Run-away, from John Dennis, of the borough of Eliz- 
al)eth. and province of New-Jersey, hatter, on monday 
the nth instant, an apprentice lad, about 20 years of 
age, of a fresh complexion, and a middUng stature, and 
is supposed to be gone, or going a privateering: There- 
fore all captains are forbid to carry him off. Whoever 
secures said apprentice, so as his master may have him 
again, shall receive forty shillings reward, from me, John 
Dennis. — The New York Mereury, July 18, 1757. 



Run - AwA\- last night, from Nathaniel Dalglish, of 
Hanover, in the county of Morris, and province of New- 
Jersey, a negro man named Bristol, about 30 years old, 
of a middle stature, and speaks good English; he took 
with him a grey bearskin great coat, with white metal 
buttons; a white duroy coat, a red jecket with sleeves, 
and a brown one without ; a pair of brown duroy 
l^reeches, and tow trousers. Whoever shall take up 
said negro, and bring him to his master, or secure him, 
so that he may have him again, shall have twenty shil- 
lings reward, and all reasonable charges paid, by 

July 18, 1757. Nathaniel Daeglish. 

— Tlie New York Mereury, July 25, 1757. 



I20 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l757 

New-York, July 25. 

Monday last came to Town, in 31 Days, from Niag- 
aria, two young Men, one named Peter Luney, belong- 
ing to Virginia, and the other William Phalps, an Ap- 
prentice to Jonas Wright, of this City Shipwright ; The 
latter was taken at Oswego, the nth of May, 1756, in 
company with Charles Carter of Philadelphia, and James 
Flanagan and Lewis Dunning of New-Jersey, cutting- 
Timber for the Vessels then building on Lake Ontario, 
and informs us. That Dunning being wounded by a Shot 
from the Indians, and unable to keep Pace with them 
in their March, they killed and scalped him, on their 
Way to Niagara, where they arrived in four Days after 
they were taken; that Carter and Flanagan were soon 
sent to Montreal, but one of the Indians adopting him 
for his Son, he was obliged to go with them [to] their 
Country, where he remained all the Summer, and was 
used extremely well by them. — The Pennsylvania Jour- 
nal^ No. 764, July 28, 1757. 

To be Sold 

By Robert Lawrence, in Upper Freehold, in Mon- 
mouth County, in Ne\v Jersey. 

Three Plantations of good Land, with a Dwelling- 
house, Barn and Orchard, on each of them, and are very 
well accommodated with rich Meadows, lying near the 
Houses. If any Person or Persons are inclined to pur- 
chase all, or any Part of the said Lands, to be taken off 
said Plantations in such Manner as may best suit, they 
may come and view the Premises before the 17th Day of 
August next. If not sold before, the said Robert Law- 
rence will then expose the said Lands to Sale by publick 
Vendue, at his Dwelling-house, at Ten of the Clock in 
the Morning, on Wednesday, the said Seventeenth Day 



1757] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 12 1 

of August next, where the Conditions of the Vendue 
may be seen. One of the said Plantations hes within 
Half a Mile of Allen's-Town. 

July 5, 1757. Robert Lawrence 

— TIic Pcnnsylva)iia Gazette^ No. 1492, Jjily 28, 
1757- 

To be sold by public vendue, on the 26th day of this 
instant, August; A good Plantation, belonging- to 
the estate of the late Arthur Brown, deceased; situate 
at Middletown-Point, in the county of Monmouth; con- 
taining about 230 acres, eight or ten whereof is good 
salt meadow, with some fresh meadow likewise: There 
is on said plantation a good house and barn, a good 
young orchard, a considerable quantity of clear land in 
good fence, and plenty of good timber; with a very 
convenient landing for transporting of cord wood to 
New-York. By John Anderson and Peter Boune, ex- 
ecutors. — The New York Mercury.^ August i, 1757. 

Prince-Town, July 29, 1757. 

To be Sold 

By the Subscriber, on Monday^ the 2 2d Day of A ugust 
next, at pub lick I'^endue.^ to the highest Bidder ; The House 
in ivhicJi Mr. Boudinot noiv divells in Princetozvn., stand- 
ing very }iear to the College ; togetJier zcith a Kitchen^ 
Suioak house, Stable, and other Out houses. The Divell- 
ing-Jiouse is tzvo stories high.^ and has two eonunodious 
Rooms ; and a large Entry, on the loiver Floor, and three 
good Rooms above, zvith a good Cellar under the zvJiole, 
very convenient for a Tavern, or other publick Business. 
If any Person should be inclinable to purchase the Premises 



122 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l757 

before the above vieiitioned Day. Applications may be 
made to the said Subscriber, zvJio is able to give an indis- 
putable Title. 

Aaron Burr. 

— The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1493, August 4, 
1757- 



New-York, August i. * 

Late last Night arrived here the Post from Albany; 
l)y whom we have the following". 

Extract of a Letter., from a Gentleman at Fort William- 
Henry., to his Friend in Ne%v- York. 

Fort Willlvm Henry, July 26, 1757. 
Sir, 

I AM very sorry that I have nothing better to relate 
to you than the following melancholly Afifair, viz. Col- 
onel John Parker, with three of his Captains, and six or 
seven Subalterns, with Captain Robert Maginis, Cap- 
tain Jonathan Ogden, Lieutenants Campbell and Coats. 
of New-York Regiment, with about 350 Men, went out 
on the 2 1st Instant, in Order to attack the advanced 
(juard at Ticonderoga by Water, in Whale and Bay- 
boats: They landed that Night on an Island, and sent 
before Break of Day to the Main Land three Battoes, 
which the Enemy way-laid, and took. These Battoes 
were to land two Miles this Side; they being taken, gave 
the Enemy Intelligence of their Design of Landing. Our 
Men next Morning at Day Break, made for said Point, 
and the Enemy, who knew' our Scheme, contrived as a 
Decoy, to have three Battoes making for said Point, 
which our People imagining to be the three Battoes 



1757] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 1 23 

sent out the Evening before, eagerly put to Land, where 
about 300 yien lay in Ambush, and from behind the 
Point came out 40 or 50 Canoes, Whale and Bay-Boats, 
which surrounded them entirely, and cut off every one 
that was in the Circle. Colonel Parker and Captain Og- 
den. are the only two Officers that have escaped with 
Life, the latter much wounded in the Head . Capt. 
Maginis, and every one in the Boat with him, are killed: 
and not one Man'left alive that were in the Bay Boats. 
Captain Woodward being terrible wounded, jumped 
over board, and was drown'd. Captain Shaw killed; 
Lieutenant Campljell and Coats of the New- York Regi- 
ment, they say for certain are killed; a Captain of the 
New-Jersey Regiment is also killed, but have not yet 
learnt his Name. Upon the Whole, only Parker and 
Ogden escaped, with about 70 Men, all the Remainder, 
being about 280, are killed, or taken. ^ — 77/r Pennsyl- 
vania Joitrnal, No. 763, August 4, 1757. 

Trenton, August 5, 1757. 

To be sold by Way of publick Vendue, on Friday, the 
1 6th Day of September next, a good House and Lot in 
Potter's Town, in the County of Hunterdon, the House 
has four Rooms on a Floor, with a good Cellar under it; 
the Lot contains about Half an Acre of Land; the said 
House is well adapted for a Tavern or Merchant, and 
stands upon a very publick Road, leading to and from 
the several Forges and Furnaces in Hunterdon and Mor- 
ris Counties, to New-Brunswick, and the Landing. Also 
three Feather-beds, and sundry other Household Goods. 
The Vendue to be held on the Premises, where the Con- 

iSee X. J. Archives, IX., 10, 184, notes. 



1^4 ^••'^V Jl'RSKV rOl.OMAT, IHK'UMKXTS. [iJS/ 

iliiions of Sale will he known. The ahoveniontioned 
Treniises taken in Kxecntion. and to he sokl hv 

Moore Fnrnian, Sheriff. 

Angust 8, 1757. 
Where.vs some time in the Month of March past, 
two Men. who said they lixetl at T.aneaster. in the Prov- 
ince of rennsvKania. came on Horsehack. with Packs 
of l.inen ami some other dr\- Ciooils, to Prince-tenvn. in 
the Pi"o\ince of Xew Jersey, and otTeriiii; 10 pass several 
Ten Shilling Bills of Credit, of the l\Mmsyl\ania impres- 
sion, to Persons in the said 'l\n\n, the said Bills were 
suspected to he l\nmterfeit. and the Snl>scriher hereof 
(^a Magistrate o\ the L"onni\ oi Somerset') was therenpon 
applied \o. who on inspecting the said Bills did judge 
that they were Lonnterfeit: and thereupon ent^uired of 
the said Men how the\- hecame possesseil of the saiil 
liills. they informed the saitl Magistrate that they had 
recei\ed them of a Person in rrenton. and rei|uested to 
iia\ e the Piherty oi going to the said Person at Trenton, 
in onler to slun\ their Innocenc}' in the Matter; the 
said ?^lag"istrate refused them that Liherty until they 
offered to leave their Packs (which appeared valuahle) 
as a Pledge for their safe Return. The said Packs being 
thus put in the Possession of the said Magistrate, the 
said two Men went off. under Pretence of going to Tren- 
ton, and returning inmiediately. hut to this Da\' ha\e 
ne\ er returned; the said Magistrate therefore thinks 
it proper to make this Advertisement as puhlick as may 
be, as well to find out such .Enemies to the (u^vernment 
as the Counterfeiters of Money are. as to inform all Per- 
sons whom it may in any wise concern, that the said 
Packs of Linen iJsic, unless they be properly redeemed, 
will on Thursday, the first Day of September next, at 
Princetown. be sold by publick X'endue. and after pay- 



1757] NEWSPAI'Kk KXTRACTS. 12$ 

ing the Charji^e of this Advertisement, and Sale, the 
Surplus of the Money arising therefrom will be put in 
the Hands of the Overseers of the Poor of the Western 

i'recinct of the County of Somerset. 

John Stockton.' 

Philadelphia, August ii, 1757. 
Whkrp:as. Kdey, the Wife of Isaac Anderson, of 
I'ilesgrove in Salem County, hath eloped from her said 
Husband, and for some time past hath behaved herself 
in a very disorderly Manner; this serves therefore to 
forbid all Persons from trusting her on his Account, for 
he will pay no Debts of her contracting from the Date 
hereof. 

Isaac Anderson. 

— The Pennsylvania Ga.-jet/c, No. 1494, Aui^ust 11, 
'757- 

Middletown^ Monmouth Connty, East New Jersey., 
Ang. I, 1757. Run away from the Subscriber the First 
of January, twelve Months past, a Xegroe Man, named 
Cato, who has since his Elopement changed his Xame 
several times: Had on when he went away, a Pair of 
Buckskin Breeches, fine brown Linen Shirt, a plain 
made whitish Camblet Coat, dark Yarn Stockings, new- 
Shoes, and a Wool Hat. He is a short well set Fellow, 
understands Husbandry in all its Parts, an excellent 
Hand with a Scythe in Grass or Grain, speaks English 
as well as if Country born, and ])retends to be free. Un- 
derneath his Right-shoulder Blade he was branded in 
Jamaica when a Boy, with the Letters BC, which are 

ijohn Stockton was a .son of Rifharfl Stockton, one of the first sett- 
lers on Stony Brook, anr] receiv<=;f] from his father the devise of the 
homestead farm, since known as Morven. He was one of the leading 
citizens of Princeton, and was a strong friend of the College after its 
location therf. He died toward the end of 17-57. Among his children 
was Richard Stockton, signer of the Declaration of Independence. 



126 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l757 

plain to be seen. He plays poorly on the Fiddle, and 
pretends to tell Fortunes. It is supposed he has a 
forged Pass. Whoever secures the said Negroe, so that 
his Master may have him again, shall receive a reward 
of Five Pounds and reasonable Charges, paid by 

Richard Stillweh. 

A List of Letters remaining in the Post-Office, 

in PliiladelpJiia, viz. 

,Ter. Baker (4), Salem Samuel Moore, "West N. Jer. 

Jer. Bemiet (2). West N. Jer. Michael Noar West N-Jer. 

Petriis Brainer do. Jer. Parvin, Piles-grove 

Thomas Boore, do. John Porter, W. Jersey. 

John Bewgin do. Anne Smart, E. New-Jersey 

John Carpenter, Gloucest. Co. Edward Test, Salem 

Susannah Howell, Cloucester. Israel Williams, Gloucester Co. 

Alice Holland, Gloucest. Co. Sarah Williams, Mountholly. 
Nathaniel Johnston, N. Jer. 
Nicholas Lysaght New-.Jer-. 

Boston, August 8. 

Tuesdav last in the Afternoon, arrived in Xantasket 
Road, from Halifax, his Majesty's Ship, Nightingale, 
Capt. Campbell, in which Ship came his Excellency 
Tho^l-\s Pownall, Esq; with his Majesty's Royal 
Commission to be Captain General, Governor and 
Commander in Chief in and over his Majesty's Prov- 
ince of the Massachusetts Bay: as also a Commission 
from the Right Honourable the Lords of the Admir- 
alty, to be Mce Admiral in the same &c. His Excel- 
lency is also Lieutenant Governor of the Province of 
New Jersey, and Agent for his Majesty's General Af- 
fairs under the Command of Lord Loudoun. 

To hi Sold. 



By publick \' endue, on the 12th Day of September 
next, at two a Clock m the Afternoon, at the House 



I 



1757] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 12/ 

of the Widow Bates, near the Head of Cooper's Creek, 
two Tracts of Pine Land, one containing- looo, the 
other lOO Acres, situate in the Township of Waterford. 
Gloucester County, joining to Estaugh's, Borton's and 
Cheesman's Land, late the Estate of John Pricket, at- 
tached in the Suit of Jacob Fister, and to be sold bv the 
snl)scribers (Auditor) who will give their Attendance 
at the Time and Place aforesaid. Robert Zane, Jacob 
Spicer & Da^'id Cooper. — Tlie Peniisylvariia Gazette, No. 
1495, August 18, 1757. 

Rl x-AwAV, on the 9th of this instant August, from 
William Xewbold, of Chesterfield township, Burling- 
ton count}', and pro\dnce of West-New-Jersey, an Irish 
servant man named John Ashton, aged 35 years, 5 foot 
6 inches high: Had on when he went away, an old blue 
jacket, ozenbrigs shirt and trowsers, old shoes with met- 
tal l)uck]es, a felt hat, and says he has been a pri\-ateer- 
ing with Capt. King. \Adioe\'er takes up and secures 
said run-awa}'. so that his master may ha\'e him agam, 
shall recei\'e Forty Shillings reward, and all reasonable 
charges paid, by 

William Newbold. 

Four Pistoles, Reward. 

Absented himself from his master's service, about 
three weeks ago, and is now supposed to be secreted by 
his mother Catharine Montgomery, living in the town 
of Bound Brook, and province of Xei^'- Jersey, an ap- 
prentice lad named William Ross, about 14 years old, 
pretty tall of his age, but slender, and much freckled. 
Whoever takes up said apprentice lad, and will convey 
him safe to his master in New-York, shall have the 
above reward, paid by 

H. Gaine. 



128 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l757 

N. B. Whoever harbours or entertains said appren- 
tice after the date hereof, shall l)e prosecuted to the ut- 
most rig-our of the law. If said lad returns to his mas- 
ter in two weeks from the date of this advertisement, 
he will be forgiven. 

New-York, August 22, 1757. 

Ten Pounds, Reward. 

On Wednesday night last, broke out of the common 
goal of the county of Somerset, and made his escape 
from the sheriff, one Jonathan Dudley, by his Speech 
a New-Englishman, about 40 years of age, 6 feet high, 
of a sandy complexion, and commonly wears a cap; be- 
ing under arrests, and in the custody of the said sheriff, 
by virtue of several Mesne Processes. Whoever will 
take up the said Dudley, and bring him safely to Samuel 
Brewer, goaler, at the court-house in the said county, 
or to the subscriber, the sheriff at Prince-Town, shall 
receive the above reward of Ten Pounds proclamation 
money, and all reasonable charges. 

Robert Stockton, Sheriff.' 
/ 

To be sold, two tracts of land, one of 750 acres, part 
in the county of Hunterdon, and part in the county of 
Morris, divided by a run called Spruce-Run (which run 
turns the Union-Iron-Works) is about 8 miles from said 
works, about the .same distance from Johnson's furnace, 
and about 12 miles from Robinson's works; a very good 
corn land, about 200 acres thereof cleared, accommo- 
dated with a considerable large quantity of choice 
swamp, and extraordinary well timbered. The other 
of 250 acres, in the county of Morris, near the falls of Al- 
lamotung, very good corn land, great part of which is 

1 This Robert Stockton was doubtless the fourth son of Richard 
Stockton, the first settler of the name at Princeton, and was probably 
the father of Major Robert Stockton, who was zealous in the 
Revolution. 



1757] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 1 29 

also cleared, with some meadow, and well timbered, with 
a young orchard on each tract. Any person inclining to 
treat for either, or both, may apply to Thomas Hunter, 
the proprietor of said lands, residing on the 750 acre 
tract, who will make a good title to both, or either; or 
in his absence to his son Benjamin Hunter, who will 
shew said lands. — The New York Mercury^ August 22, 

1757- 

Philadelphia, September i, 1757. 
Deserted the 25th of August, from the Cape-May 
Regiment, Henry Hartman, a short Man, of a sandy 
Complexion, red beard, pretty much Pock marked, his 
Nose fiat in the Middle: Had on a Pair of red Breeches, 
whitish Half-thick Jacket, an old Ditto, split up the 
Back. Whoever takes up the said Deserter, and se- 
cures him in any Goal, so as Lieutenant Sampson Hawk, 
may hear of him, shall have Forty Shillings Reward, 
and reasonable Charges paid by 

Sampson Hawk. 

— The Pennsylvania Gazette^ No. 1497, September i, 

1757- 

Custom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Sloop 
Abigail, Peter Groves from Salem. 

Whereas Tobias Guilder of Kent on Delaivare^ did in 
Mareh last dispose of a Shalloop called the Dolphin, to 
Abraham J^ones, Gabriel Venemon and Phillip Graee all 
of Maurrices River in the County of Cumberland, and 
Province of JVest-/ersey, for the Sum of Ninety-two 
Pounds, for which we gave him our Bond payable at 
three sundry Payments, but fraud[ul]ently and unknown 
to us the said Shalloop was under Execution and taken 
from us at Little Creek Landing in Kent County, by 
the High Sheriff of said County the third Day of this 



130 Xi:W JKRSEV COLUMAI. Ix 'L I MKMS. [l757 

Instant Au^n/st, and sold the fourtJi Day to the highest 
Bidder. This is therefore to desire and forewarn all 
Person and Persons whatsoever that they take no As- 
signment upon said Bond, for we will not pay it, being 
an absolute Cheat. — 'f/ic Ptunsy/vaiiia Journal, Xo. 769, 
Scpttiiibcr I, 1757. 

Xcz^'-Yorl-, Scpti!iilh-r 5. Wednesday last died at 
Elizabeth-Town, the Honourable Jonathan Belcher, 
Esq; Governor of the Province of Xew-Jersey. ^ 

Book - Binding, in all its parts, performed by John 
Jones, in Elizabeth-Town, being near to ]\Irs. Cheet- 
wood's mill. — T/ic Xiic York Mercury, Scptiiubir ;. 

1757- 

Scheme 

of a 
Lottery 
Erecteo and to be drawn on Bi/ts-Is/und, Intended 
to convert into Money, an improved Tract of Land of 
Piter Gordon, Esq ; lying in the Eastirly Division of 
Xezi'-Jcrscv, and pleasantly situated amidst a well set- 
tled and thick inhabited Part of the Country, yet has 
a good Outlet, and not far off. a large Range for Cattle, 
which will always remain. The whole Tract contains 
497 Acres, and by a late Survey and Draught thereof, 
is divided into three Lotts. Xo. i is a neat Farm con- 
taining 140 Acres and has on it a good Dwelling-House 
and Kitchen, Barn, Orchard, Garden, with all other 
Things convenient and necessary. X'o. 2 contains 217 
Acres, and Xo. 3. 140 acres, said Lots have a suitable 
Quantity of Timber and ^leadow-Land adjoining and 
belonging to each of them. The two latter, may also be 

iSee X. J. Archives. VII . 1; XII.. 324. 



17571 NEWSl'APKR EXl'KACTS. I3I 

made good Livings, valued at the lowest Computation, 
and capable of much Improvement. 

Said Lottery to consist of 2520 Tickets, at 30 s Proc- 
lamation each, 560 of which are to be Prizes, and out of 
which there is to be no Deduction, as £180 is to be 
taken ofT. from the \\'hole Lottery, for managing there- 
of before the Drawing commences, being not quite 10 
per Cent. 









Value 




Total 






Prizes. 


of each 




Value. 


Land Prizes No. 


I, 


I 


^750 


is 


^"750 




2. 


I 


500 




500 




3- 


I 


250 




-'50 


Cash Prizes 




2 


24 




48 






3 


18 




54 






5 


12 




60 






6 


9 




54 






174 


4 


I OS. 


783 






367 


3 




IIOl 



Prizes 560 ) 3600 

Blanks i960 ) 2520 Tick, at 30 s 

each 3780 

Deduct for managing. 180 

£3600 
Said Lottery to be drawn the 26th Day of Septem- 
ber next, if full, or before if fill'd. of which publick Notice 
shall be given. 

Tickets to be had of Robert Ciiuimins^ William Oukc 
and Hoiry Moore Esqrs; who arc appointed Managers, 
and have given Bond and are upon Oath for the faith- 
full Performance of said Lottery by whom may be seen 
exact Draughts, of said Lotts as they are lately laid 
out, and above described, according to \vhich good and 
sufficient Deeds, will be drawn with general Covenants, 



132 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. \^7S7 

to warrant and clefcnil llic same, and any Person who 
desires it, may be satisfied that the Title to the Prem- 
ises is it self clear and indisputable. Tickets also to 1)e 
sold by Mr. Jo/i>i Rhea and Messrs. JoJin and Peter 
Wikoff, Merchants in Philadelphia. Prizes to be paid 
by the Sellers of the Tickets at their respective Dwell- 
ings, if demanded within .SV.r Months next after the 
Drawini:;' is finished. — The Pennsylvania Journal, y^o. 
"J "JO, Sepienilnr 8, 1757. 

New York, September 5. 

Last W'ednesda}' ]\[orning- his Excellenc\" Jonathan 
Belcher. Esq; Governor of New Jersey, departed this 
Life, at Elizabeth Town. The Administration of that 
Government devolves upon the honourable John Read- 
ing, Esq; 

Run away, on the 2d of September Instant, from the 
Subscriber, living in Salem, in Salem County, West 
New'-Jersey, an Irish Servant ]\Ian, named Edward 
Rubie, says he was bred in the City of Cork, and that he 
served his Time in Philadelphia to a Ship carpenter; 
jiretends to know something of sawing with a \\niip 
saw; has been Privateering, and in the Army, and says 
he was discharged at Cape Breton; has a Brother liv- 
ing in the Highlands of York, where he taught School 
some Time, from \vhence he ran away, and came to 
Piles Grove, in Salem County, where he also taught 
School for some Time, then ran away from his Bail, took 
a Horse with him, forged an Order on Capt. Cox in Phil- 
adelphia, got some ]\Ioney, was advertised in the Penn- 
sylvania Gazette, and put in York Goal, over Sasque- 
hanna, from whence he was brought and put into Salem 
Goal, and there became an indented Servant for three 



1757] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 1 33 

Years from February, 1757: Had on when he went 
away a Hght colour'd Bearskin Jacket, two check Shirts, 
and Trowsers of the same, new Shoes, with large Brass 
Buckles, and a half worn Beaver Hat. He is a middle 
aged Man, about five Feet five Inches high, has short 
curled Hair, much Pock-marked, and can play on the 
flute; it is supposed he is gone towards Xew York. 
Whoever takes up and secures said Servant in any Goal, 
so as his Master may have him again, shall have Two 
Pistoles Reward, and reasonable Charges, paid by 

Gabriel Coppner. 
— TJie Pciinsyhania Gazette, No. 1498, September 
8, 1757- 

A^eiv-York, September 12. Saturday last died at 
Brunswick, in Xew-Jersey, Joseph Dufifeau. Colonel of 
the second Battalion of his Majesty's 62d, or. Royal 
American Regiment. 

To the Printer of the New-York Mercury. 



M 



R. Gaine. Since it has been frequently 
reported to the great Prejudice of the Char- 
acter of Mr. Samuel Woodruff, of Elis- 
^^\ \^abtth-ToiK.ni^ in the Province of Xeic-Jersey, 
that he, some Time in the month of February last past, 
did send the Schooner Charming Betsy, William Luce. 
Commander, (whereof he was then Part Owner) to the 
neutral Dutch Island of .S7. Eustatia. in the West-Indies, 
and there to dispose of her Cargo of Provisions, and as 
the said ]\Ir. Woodruff is. and has always declared 
against the carrying on any Trade or Commerce, by 
Means whereof our Enemy might be anywise supplied 
with Provisions: He. in Justification of his Conduct, in 
the above Particular, and to set the Matter in a true 



134 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l757 

Light, as to himself, desires you to piibHsh the two fol- 
lowing Affidavits. 

New Jkhsey, ss. ) Oamuel Woodruff, Esq; bein<j; duly sworn, luaketh 
Borough of .- Ooath, Tliat he being- Part Owner of the Schooner 
■ ' Charming Betsy, William Luce, Commander, in the 
Month of February last, loaded said Schooner at Elizabeth- Town, with Pro- 
visions and Lumber, and sent her from thence to the Island of St. Christo- 
phers, in the West-Indies, and consign'd his Part of the Cargo on board of 
said Schooner, to one Henry Constantine, at said Island, (one other Part 
Owner of said Schooner and Cargo) with the written Orders to said Com- 
mander, in the Words following — "Captain William Luce, You are to 
proceed with the Schooner Charming Betsy, with the first fair Wind, from 
Elizabetli,- Town- Point, and make the best of your Way for the Island of St. 
Christoi^hers, speaking with no Vessel, if you can help it, and there deliver 
the present Cargo unto Mr. Henry Constantine ; and if 3'ou have an Oppor- 
tunity to dispose of all my Part of the Vessel, or any Part thereof, I leave 
the same to your Direction : These are your Orders. 
Dated, Elizabeth- Town, February 15, 1757. SaiMuel Woodruff. 

I acknowledge the above to be a true Copy of my Orders, which I 
promise carefully to observe." 

William Luce." 



And further says, That he gave no other Order.s or Directions, besides 
those above mentioned, to said Capt. Luce, relating to said Vessel and 
Cargo, neither did this Deponent, at any Time, give his Orders, Instruc- 
tions, or Consent to the said Henry Constantine, of his sending or disposing 
of this Deponent's Part of said Cargo, at any other Port but St. Christo- 
pher's; and expected and intended that the same would have been there 
sold, by Mr. Constaidine, and not elsewhere. 

Samuel Woodruff. 

Sworn the 27th Day of August, Anno 1757. 
before me, Robert Ogden. 



New-Jersey, ss. \ T osepi- 
Borough of - J Oath, 
Elizabeth- Town. 1 , ,. 



OSEPH Jelf, (of full Age) being duly sworn, maketli 
That he, for upwards of tiiree Years last past, 
has lived witli Samuel Woodruff, Esq, as his Clerk and 
Book-keeper, and has ccppied for him, during that Time, all the Letters and 
Orders lie has known to be sent or given relating to the said Woodruff's 
Trade to the West-Indies, and never, to this Deponent's Knowledge or Be- 
lief, did he see anj"- Letter, or hear the said Mr. WoocZrzt/' say any Thing 
that countenanced any Trade that might, directly or indirectly, supply our 
Enemy with Provisions, during a War with them by sending the same to a 
neutral Dutch Port, or otherwise; but on the Contrary, has often heard him 



1757] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 1 35 

declare his Dislike to such Trade: And further says. That the sailing Or- 
ders, mentioned in the above Deposition of Mr. Woodrvff, is a true Copy of 
the Original given to the said Captain Luce 

Sworn the 27th Day of August, Joseph Jelf 

Anno, 1757, before me, 

ROBEBT Ogdex. 

— The Xcw- York Mercury . September \2. 1757. 

New York, September 12. 

Saturday last one John Cotes, who lately lived at Con- 
ojohar}-, in Albany County, passed by here in his Way 
to Xew-Jersey; but first gave the following Account, 
viz. That sometime last Week there were 46 Persons 
carried off by the French and Indians from the German 
Flats. . . . That numbers of the fpretendedj Friend 
Indians were seen among the Enemy. . . . That the 
Inhabitants are most all moving away. . . . And that 
the Enemy, it was thought, consisted of some Hun- 
dreds, pillaging and ravaging the Country, and cap- 
tivating or scalping all they come across, Cotes himself 
being one among the Fugitives. — T/ie PeJinsylvania Ga- 
zette. Xo. 1499, September 15. 1757. 

THE pubHck is hereby notified, thai the young 
gentlemen who stand candidates this year, 
for the honours of Xew-Jersey college, will 
receive their degrees in a private manner, 
un the last Wednesday of this month; the president's 
illness rendering him unable to attend a publick com- 
mencement. The trustees of said college are desired 
to meet without fail at that time. — Tlie Neiv York Mer- 
■'"ry, September 19. 1757. 

New York, September 10. 

Saturday Evening last His Excellency Thomas Pow- 
nall. Esq: Governor and Commander in Chief of the 



136 NKW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l/S/ 

Massacliusotts Bay, arri\c(l lioro friMii lx~)st(Mi; and we 
ai'c t(il(l liis I'.\collciR-y sets on[ this Day for New-Jer- 
sey, there to (t])eii his Coiiiinission as T^iciitenaiit Gov- 
ernor of thai rnninee." — ///(' J\'inisyl-i'(iiti(i Ga.':.itti\ A^o. 
1500, S(-/^/i////>(-;- 22, 1757. 

/.<rs/ Satiiiuj/ay (//(•</ the Rcvcrotd Mr. Aaron lUiRR, 
President of Nci^' Jersey College; a i>eiitleiiia)i niid a 
Cltristiirit ; as iiiiii'erscrllr beloi'ed trs kiioii'ii : a)i agreeable 
Companion, a faithful Friend, a most tender and affeet- 
ionate Husband, and a good father, remarkable for his 
Industry, Integritv, striet Honesty, a)id fure uudissembled 
Piety ; his Benevolenee as disinterested as n neon fined ; an 
exeellent Preaeher, a great Seholar, and a very great Man. 
— The Pennsylvania Carjette, A'(>. 1501, September 29, 

New-York, Septen/ber 26. 

^K^nday last in the Afternoon, the ^Nlassachusells 
Prcnineial Ship, Kini;- George, Capt. llallowell. arrived 
at Sandy-llook \vou\ Boston, with a eiMisiderable Sum 
of Monew iov the L^se of his Majesty's I'orces in this 
rrt)vinee, cve. Idie l^xperinient Alan of War of 40 Cnins, 
brought the alcove Speeie from England to Boston, as 
mentioned in tnn- last. — J he JVnnsylvania Jonrnaf N^o. 
77 d^ September -y, 1757. 

Philadelfhia, September 2C). "Last Saturday died the 
Reverend }fr. Aaron Bl'RR, President of New-Jersey 
College, a Gentlen/an and a Christian, as universally 
beloved as knoic/i ,• an agreeable Companion, a faithful 
Friend, a most tender and afeetionate Husband, and a 
good Father : remarkable for his Industry, Integrity, striet 
Jfonesty, and pure uudissembled J^iety ; his Benevolenee as 



1 For sketfhos of Thomas Pownall, see Vol. VIII.. Part II.. 102: IX., 2. 




1/57] XE\VSPA?F.T< F.XTKACTc;. 1 37 

disinterested as iinco)ifincd ; an excellent Preacher ; a great 
Scholar, and a very great Man.'" 

HEREAS, Edward Broadfield, of Jrenton.^ 
came from England, in order to cure and 
put up Sturgeon in the best manner, dif- 
ferent to any that has been put up in these 
parts; and for these five years past, at great expence, 
has carried on the business, and given a general satis- 
faction to those who have bought for exportation, or 
home-consumption. The said Broadfield is just arrived 
with a quantity of the said fish, and those persons who 
have already favour'd him with their custom, and finds 
them to be deserving of recommendation, hopes that it 
will not be wanting, in order to encourage the said fish- 
ery. And if care be taken to keep the said fish under 
pickle, it will keep good in the hottest climates, for two 
years, which has already been sulificiently proved; and 
if any of the pickle should waste, only add as much vin- 
egar as will cover it, putting a cloth over the cask, and 
the head upon that to keep the air out, and you may 
preserve them as long as you please. The said fish is 
to be sold at Jacob Kiniper s, next door to Mr. Derrick 
Schuyler s in Dock-street, near Coeiitjes- Market. — The 
New York Mercury. October 3, 1757. 

Custom Hou.se, Philadelphia, Inward Entries. 
Schooner Blakeney, Thomas Martin, from Salem. 
Schooner Good-Intent, Henry Florence, from Salem. 

Run away on the 27th of last Month, from Matthias 
Kiger, of Piles-grove, in Salem County, a Dutch Ser- 
vant Man. named John Boudenhaken, a short thick set 
Fellow, has a red Beard, and light coloured Hair, is lame 
of his left Leg and Ham, between 30 and 40 Years of 



138 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l757 

Age, but speaks neither good English nor Dutch: Had 
on when he went away, a bhie and black striped Jacket, 
old dirty Trowsers, old Shoes, a new Tow Shirt, with a 
Brass Jacket Button on the Collar. Whoever takes up 
and secures said servant in any Goal, or delivers him to 
said Matthias Kiger, shall have Three Pounds Reward, 
and reasonable Charges, paid by 

Matthias Kiger 

Trenton^ September 9, 1757. 
All Persons that have any Demands on the Estate of 
Samuel Deal deceased, are desired to bring in their Ac- 
counts; and those that are indebted to said Estate, to 
come and pay off their Debts due to said Estate, to 

William Clayton, Executor. 
— The Pennsyhaiiia Gazette^ No. 1502, Oetober 6^ 

To the Honourable Thomas Pownall, Esq; Lieu- 
tenant Governor and Commander in Chief of the Prov- 
ince of A^e^v-jfersey., &c. 

The humble ADDRESS of the Borough of Elizabeth. 

\l. the Mayor, Recorder, Alder- 
men, and Common-Council, of 
the Borough of ElizabetJi, the 
oldest and largest Town in the 
Government of Xei<.'- Jersey, beg 
Leave to congratulate your 
Honour upon your Arrival here, 
and to assure you, we esteem it 
no small Mark of his Majesty's 
kind Affection for us, that he has been graciously 
pleased, so early to provide for us, by settling the Suc- 
cession to this Government, in Case of a Vacancy, in a 




1757] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 1 39 

Person of your known Integrity, and Abilities; and 
that the State of this Province is such as requires the 
wisest Conduct of such a Person, we need not suggest. 
We could wish for your Honour's constant Residence 
in this Province, in these dif^cult Times; but since that 
is a Favour we are not to expect, yet we may hope to 
enjoy the Influence of your Direction: And altho' you 
are charged by his Majesty with the Government of the 
Massachusetts, we trust you will not be forgetful of the 
Province of Ncxu- Jersey. 

By order of the Corporation, 

Elisabeth- To%un ROBERT Ogden, Reeordcr. 

Sept. 2T. 1757. 

His Honour's ANSWER. 
Gentlemen, 

1 Thank you for your kind Reception, and 
obliging Address. I will at all Times use my 
Ijest Care to maintain the Peace, secure the 
Properties and support the Liberties of the 
Subject: Upon this Principle, and in Duty to my King 
and this Province, I did repair hither, upon my first 
hearing of the Death of your late worthy Governor. I 
will at all Times attend to the Interest of the Prov; and 
tho' I cannot continue my Residence long amongst you, 
yet whenever the State of the Province shall require my 
more immediate Services, I will immediately repair to 
it. 

T. POWNALL. 

New-York, October 10. Tuesday last his Excellency 
the Honourable Thomas Pownall, Governor in Chief of 
the Province of Massachusett's-Bay, and Lieutenant- 
Governor of New-Jersey, set out from this Place for Bos- 
ton: On his leaving this City, the Guns of Fort-George 
were discharged. 



140 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l757 

Nassau-Hall, {Nczv-Jersey) Sept. 29, 1757. On 
Monday last was interred the Rev. Mr. Aaron Burr, 
President of this College. He died on the 24th Instant, 
in the 41st year of his Age. His Funeral was attended 
by several Ministers, all the Students, and a large Num- 
ber of the neighbouring Inhabitants. Universal was 
the Grief upon this melancholy Occasion, and the Loss 
of so valuable a Man diffuses a general Sorrow among 
all Ranks of People. He was born at Fairfield, in Con- 
necticut, and descended from one of the most consider- 
able Families in New-England. His Education he had 
at Yale-College, in New-Haven, and was reputed one of 
the best Scholars in his Class. He offered himself to 
an Examination as a Candidate for the Dean's Bounty,* 
and was adjudged worthy to enjoy that Benevolence. 
About the year 1736 he settled in the Ministry at New- 
ark, and in his sacred Function was equally laborious 
and successful. On the Death of the Rev. Mr. Dickin- 
son, in the year 1747, he took upon him the Charge of 
the College of New-Jersey, which then consisted of 
about Eight Students, tho' at the Time of his Death, 
the Number, by the Blessing of Heaven on his unpar- 
ralell'd Industry, was augmented (including the Gram- 
mar School) to upwards of Eighty. While the College 
Funds were insufficient to support a President, he 
served without a Salary, in that arduous Station, for the 
Space of three years. He was a Gentleman of great 
Judgment, Sagacity, and Erudition: In his Temper, 
open, generous, familiar, and humane: In Conversa- 
tion, as the Subject recjuired, solemn or facetious, and 
in both, entertaining and instructive: Of such disinter- 
ested and diffusive Benevolence as even to conciliate 
Malice, and repress the Efforts of Detraction. For 



* Dean Barclay, afterwards Bishop of Cloyne. 



1757] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. I4I 

Quickness of Apprehension, and Vivacity of Spirits the 
Admiration of all his Acquaintance: A learned and pro- 
found Divine; amiably candid in his religious Senti- 
ments, and in the Pulpit, fluent, sublime, and persua- 
sive: In his pastoral Character, venerable and serious; 
but his Seriousness, so far from gloomy or austere, dis- 
covered a perpetual Fund of that heart-felt Joy which 
results from real Goodness and Tranquility of Con- 
science. His Sermons, in which he blended Imagination 
with Judgment, and joined Elegance to SoHdity, were 
wonderfully adapted to reform the Taste, to mend the 
Morals, and to warm the Heart. By his Pupils he was 
beloved as a Friend, and, like a Father, rever'd and hon- 
our'd. In promoting the Prosperity of the Seminary 
over which he presided, he w^as discouraged by no Dis- 
appointments; but of unwearied Assiduity and inflex- 
ible Resolution. By his pious Instructions and Ex- 
ample, his affectionate Addresses and gentle Discipline, 
he initiated the Students, as well in the School of Jesus, 
as in the Literature of Greece and Rome; and enured 
even the Youth, in the full Luxury of Blood, to fly the 
infectious World, and tread the Paths of Virtue. But 
the rest of his Accomplishments were shaded and 
eclipsed by the still brighter Lustre of his more resplend- 
ent Piety. A\'ith an ardent Affection for his divine Mas- 
ter, and an exemplary Conformity to his unerring Pat- 
tern, he crowned all his other amiable Qualities, and 
exalted the Great Man, into the greater CHRISTIAN. 
After a Life so gloriously spent, well might he 
E'en in the Terrors of expiring Breath, 
Welcome the friendly Stroke and live — in Death. 

In him the Churches have lost a distinguished Divine; 
the College, a learned and faithful Head; the Poor, a 
liberal beneficent Friend; his Ladv, the best of Hus- 



142 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l757 

bands; and the Commonwealth an incorruptible Patriot. 

The Reverend Mr. Jonathan Edwards is chosen 
to succeed him in the Presidentship; a Gentleman of 
whose Piety and Learning, the Public has frequently 
had the amj^lest Attestations. 

Yesterday, being the Day of Commencement. Twen- 
ty-five of the Students, who had been before examined 
and approved, were admitted to their Degrees in the 
Arts.' — The Nciv York Mercury, October lO, 1757. 

A Proposal for forming' a triple Union of our Colonies 
in North America, in order to retrieve our Losses, and 
prevent the /ike for the future. 

For this Purpose we ought to divide our several Col- 
onies in North America into certain Parts, wdiose Situ- 
ation is nuich the same, and whose Interest that rules 
every Thing, is most easily connected. Our Colonies 
on the Continent of North America are usually divided 
into the northern and southern Colonies; which Divis- 
ion only regards their Trade, l)ut not their Security and 
Protection. \V\t\\ regard to these, we should consider, 
all those remote and distant Provinces, and different 
Colonies, as making only three different Countries, the 
Northern, Middle, and Southern. Under the first I in- 
clude Nova-Scotia. New-England, New-York and New- 
Jersev. . . . — The Pennsyhaiiia Journal, Xo. 775, 
October 13, 1757. 

New York, October 10. 
Tuesday Morning last his Excellency Governor Pow- 
nall embarked for his Government of the ^Nlassachusetts- 
Bay, on his Return from the Jerseys; and on going off 
was saluted with the Firing of the Cannon on the Bat- 
tery. 



1 Published also in The Pennsvlvania Journal, No. 775, October 13, 1757. 



1757] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. I43 

The Privateer Ship Defiance, Captain Francis Kof- 
fler, of 20 Guns, is now lying at Sandy-Hook, com- 
pleatly mann'd, and will sail immediately in Quest of 
His Majesty's Enemies. 

To be sold by publick Vendue, on Wednesday, the 
19th Day of this instant October, at the late DwelHng- 
house of Patrick Reynolds deceased, in Mount-Holly, 
two Dwelling houses, several Tracts of Woodland and 
}*leadow Ground, all in and near Mount-Holly, by us 
Thomas Reynolds, and John Bispham, Executors. 

N. B. All Persons indebted to the Estate of the said 
Patrick Reynolds, are desired to pay the same; and 
those who have any Demands against the said Estate, 
to bring in their Accounts, that they may be adjusted 
by the above named Executors. — The Pen)isylvania Ga- 
zette., Xo. 1503, Oetoher 13, 1757. 

ALTER FvsoN, who lived formerly at Snail- 
well, near Barnwell, or New-]^Iarket, that 
was a farmer, and afterwards followed the 
trade of wool-comber: if he be living, and 
will direct a letter to Samuel Berry, Bristol, he may hear 
of an estate that is fallen to him of the value of 27,000 1. 
Ster. An}' person that can gi\'e notice of the place of his 
residence to Samuel Berry, shall receive a reward of 100 
1. Ster. Or any person that can prove him to have been 
alive within fi\e years, or of his death, shall receive 200 1. 
Ster. of 

Samuel Berrv. 

— The Neiu York Mereiiry, Oetober 17, 1757. 

Custom House, Philadelphia, Inward Entries. Sloop 
Salisbury, Benjamin Hinde, from Salem. 





144 NEW JERSF.Y COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l757 

Cleared. Schooner Good Intent, Henry Florence, 
to Salem. — The PouisylvcDiia Gazette, No. 1504, October 
20, 1757. 

Ciistom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Sloop 
Seatlower, Edward Rnssel from Piscataway. — The Peiui- 
sylvania Journal^ No> 776, October 20, 1757. 

On Tuesday, the first Day of November, 

ill be sold at public auction, at Elizabeth- 
Town in New-Jersey, the household furni- 
ture, plate, cattle, &c. of his late excellency 
governor Belcher. Also, if not before dis- 
posed of at private sale, a good coach, and four very fine 
black coach-horses. 

Neiv- York, October 24. In the General Wall Packet, 
came also, a Seaman named Edward Manner, who was 
taken at Oswego: He in Company with Mr. John Wal- 
ters, of this place, Robert Isburn^ and Son, of Philadel- 
phia, Captain Ruseo, Lieutenants Bickers and Prince, 
with Ensign Ogden, of the New-Jersey Provincial For- 
ces, and about 299 more, sailed from Quebeck the i8th 
of July last, in a Cartel, and arrived at Plymouth, in 2H 
Days after. He informs us. That when he left Canada, 
there was only 8 Regiments of Regulars in that Province, 
and not one Ship of War in the Harbour of Quebeck; 
but in going down the River of St. Lawrence, they met 
about 20 Sail of Transports, under Convoy of 2 Men of 
War and a Frigate, going up, from Old France; that 
the brave Colonel Peter Schuyler was in good 
Health, and the great Support of many English Pris- 
oners, without whose Assistance several of them would 
have been reduced to the greatest Extremities.^— TJie 
Nciv York Mercury, October 24, 1757. 

1 Query: Robert Eastburn. 



1757] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. I45 

Nc^o-jfosiy^ Gloucester County, October 10, 1757. 
Taken up and committed to the common Goal of said 
County, on Suspicion of l)eing Runaway Servants, the 
following- Persons, viz, Thomas Headen, a short thick 
Fellow, of a swarthy Complexion, much pitted with the 
Small-pox, was born in England, and very poorly 
cloathed. Also Alary Headen. who passes for his Wife; 
she is a young Woman, of a fair Complexion, and wears 
a bluish f^ower'd silk Gown. It is supposed they have 
come from some Part of Maryland, and that they have 
changed their Names. They say they landed at Annap- 
olis, and came in with one Captain Cole. They have 
with them sundry Things, supposed to be stolen. Any 
Person that claims Property in them, is desired to come 
and take them away in one Month from the Date here- 
of. 

Robert Friend Price/ Sheriff. 

— The Poinsyivauia Gazette, No. 1505, October 2"/^ 

^757- 

Custom- House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Schooner 
Two Friends, Sanniel V^innard Piscataway. — The Penn- 
sylvania Journal., Xo. jyj^ October ij., 1757. 

Custom House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Sloop 
Charming Molly, E. Gushing from Piscataway. 

Cleared. Sloop Seaflower, Edward Butler to Piscat- 
away. — The Peiuisylvania Journal, No. yj?)., November 
3i 1757- 

Run away on the 20th of October last, from William 
Snowden of Amwell, in the County of Hunterdon, and 

1 Robert Friend Price was a pr<iminent resident of Old Gloucester, 
and from llffl to 1775 represented that county in the Assembly, in which 
body he was found voting, at least until 1774, on the side of the people. 
He married Elizabeth, daughter of John Collins. 

10 



146 NEW JERSEY COLOXIAI- DOCUMENTS. [l/S/ 

I'roxincc of Xew Jcrse\-, a Ili^h Hiitcli Serxant \\'()inaii, 
named Anna Catlicrina Alichtilin, has a down Look, of 
middle Stature, well sett, about 25 or 26 ^'ears of Ao-e, 
nuich freekled. has blaek Eyes and blaek 1 lair; ha<l with 
her a Female Child, about a Year and 10 Months old, 
with dark TA-es: Had on when she went away, a blue 
and white striped Linse}' Woolsey (iown, a black and 
white striped Linsey Petticoat, a Pair of Moss coloured 
Stockings, new footed, and old Shoes; took with her a 
Woman's cloak, of a deep blue, with some Wool, and 
other Things; the Child's Cloathing was of a small black 
and white striped Linsey. Whoever takes up the said 
SerA-ant, and secures her in an}- Goal, so that her ^Laster 
may ha\'e her again, shall ha\e Thirt}- Shillings Reward, 
and reasonable Charges, paid by 

William Snowden. 

To be Sold by the Subscriber, 

A Plantation containing about 
200 Acres, near 100 of which cleared, with a good 
Dwelling-house and l^arn, and a good Orchard, situated 
in Cumberland County, in West-Jersey, about six Miles 
from the Town of Greenwich, upon the main Road from 
that Town to Philadelphia, and h\e Miles from the 
CoLirt-House at Cohansie Bridge. The Title is indisput- 
able. Any Person inclining to purchase the same, ma}' 
apply to the Subscriber li\ing upon said Plantation. 

Samuel Moore 

New York. October 31. 

Monda}- last arrived at Sandy Hook, from a Cruize, 
the Pri\alecr Prig Prince of Orange, Capt. Canton, of 
Bernuula. mounting 18 Guns, and 120 Men. 



•757] 



NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 



147 



CusTONF House, Philadelphia, Inward Entries. 
Sloop Abigail, Peter Gro\'es, from Salem. Schooner 
Sally, (ieorge Ashby, from Salem. 

Outwards. Schooner Sally, George Ashby, for Sa- 
lem. 

Wan r E d immed iateh-, 
A Good Cooper, for ])acking- Pork and Beef. A Person 
of a good Character, ma}' meet with suitable Encour- 
agement, by applying to the Subscriber, living in Bur- 
lington County, who has good Staves and a fine Con- 
veniency to ^^'ork in; and for the future the Person may, 
if he chuses, j^rovide Sta\'es for himself. 

William Foster. 
— llic Pennsylvania Garjctti\ Xo. 1506, A'ovcinbi')' 3, 
1757- 



Custom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Schooner 
Three Brothers, Joseph Luce from Salem. — 'Phr Pennsyl- 
vania Journal, Xo. 778, November s, IT^T 



/o/ 



M) Be Soed, by way of public vendue, on 

the twenty-sixth day of November instant, 

at Aliddleto\vn-Pt)int. in the county of Alon- 

J. mouth : A Peantation, belonging to the 

estate of Arthur Brown, deceased, containing about 230 

acres, 8 or 9 whereof is good salt meadow, and some 

fresh meadow; a good young orchard; a good house 

and barn; a considerable quantity of clear land, in good 

fence, and plenty of good timl)er, with a convenient 

landing for transporting cord-wood to New-York. By 

John Anderson, / t- 
-', .- ,, hxecutors. 

and reter Bowne, \ 

— Phe AVtl' York ^h•renry, November 7, 1757. 



148 



NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. \^7S7 



Custom-House, Philadelphia. Entered In. Schooner 
Ann, William Bartlett from Salem. 

Cleared. Sloop Ahigail, Peter Grove to SalenL 
Schooner Two Friends, Samnel Vinard to Piscataway. 

Jnst Pnblished, and to be Sold by 
WiLLLVM Br AD LORD 

The 
American Magazine 

OR 

MoN'iiiLY Chronicle for the Bkrrisii Colonics 

For October 1757 

To be continued ( I^-ice to the Snbscriljcrs, One Shilling 

Pctuisylvaiiia Currency each Month, 

By a Society of Gentlemen. 

Contents 

Subscriptions for this magazine are taken in by the 
following persons, viz 

New-Jersey, by Lcivis Gordon,^ Esq; at Bordciitouni, 
Mr. Moore Fnnnan,' in Trenton, Mr. John Eicing^'^ at 
Nassau liall^ in Prineetoivn^ Mr. William Siinnionds, at 



1 A lawyer. See p. 14, ante. 

~ Moore Fiirman was at this time Postmaster at Trenton, where he 
was a highly esteemed merchant. Soon after 1762 he removed to Phila- 
delphia, where he was in mercantile business with Andrew Reed, the 
finn name being Reed & Furman. He appears to have removed thence 
to Pittstown, N. J., where he was in 1778, but in the spring of 1780 he 
was at Trenton. He was Deputy Quartermaster General of New Jer- 
sey during- the war, and General Stryker says "he was a faithful 
patriot, and greatly entrusted by the government and by Washington 
during the Revolution." He married Sarah White, eldest daughter of 
Townsend ^Vhite, of Philadelphia, March 17. 17()7. Mr. Fuiman was a 
Trustee of the Presbyterian Church of Trenton, 1760-62, and 17S3-180S, 
and occupied what is now (1897) the hotel known as the State Street 
House, on State street, having his ofTice in a one-story brick building 
adioining. He was the first Mayor of Trenton, under the charter of 
1792. He died in that city, March 16, 1808, in his eightieth year. 

s John Evving graduated from the College of New Jersey in 1754. and 
was a tutor in the College for three years thereafter. In 17.iS he be- 
came pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia. In 1773 
he visited Europe, where he remained two years, during whiih time 
he received the degree of D. D. from Edinburgh University. He re- 
turned to America in 1775, and in 1779 was appointed Provost of the 
ITniversity of Pennsylvania. He died Sept. S, 1S02. 



1757] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. I49 

Brunswick^ Rev. Messieurs Chandler^ and Kcttlcfas' at 
Elirjabctlitimni^ and Rev. Mr. Brcnvti^ at Newark. — The 
Peiuisylvaiiia Journal, No. 779, November 10, 1757. 

Captain Bowes, from Barbadoes, on the 31st ult., 
spoke with the Privateer Brig Hester, of New York, 
and a Privateer of Bermuda, aljont 45 Leagues from 
Sandy Hook. On his Passage, in Latitude 20.20, he 
was chased and fired at by a large French Schooner, Ijut 
got clear. 

Burlington, October 19, 1757. 
On a Motion made in the Assembly of Neiv-Jersey, 
ordered, That the Petitioners for Leave to stop out 
Kaeooii- Creek, in Gloueester County, and the Petitioners 
against it, do attend this House on the second Wednes- 
day of the next Session at Burlington, for doing the pub- 
lick Business, in order that their Allegations on both 
Sides may fully be heard; and that such Notice be given 
in the publick Papers of Pennsylvania (at least one 
Month before the said Time) that any Persons al^road, 
who may own Land nigh the said Creek, may have the 
Opportunity of being heard. A true eopy, examined by 



1 The Rev. Thomas Bradbury Chandlei'. rector of St. John'.s Church 
at Elizabethtown. and one of the most noted men of hi.s day. He was a 
zealous Loyalist during the Revolution. 

2 The Rev. Abraham Ketelta.s, born In New York, Dec. 20, 1732, was 
ordained pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Elizabethtown, Sept. 1-1. 
ll'u, and continued there until July, ITOO, soon after which he took up 
his residence at Jamaica, L. I., where he died Sept. 30, 179S. During- the 
Revolution he made himself very obnoxious to the British by his ar- 
dent and outspoken patriotism. 

» The Rev. Isaac Brown was a descendant of John Brown, one of the 
first settlers of Newark in 16G6. He graduated at Yale College in 1729, 
and in 1733 was appointed rector of the Episcopal Church at Setauket, 
town of Brookhaven, L. I., where he remained for fourteen years, ac- 
quiring the reputation of being "a man of talents and education." In 
1747 he became rector of Trinity Church, Newark. He practiced med- 
ic'ine in Newark, and when he sent his bills to meml)eis of his congre- 
gation for medical advice, some of them thought it should have been 
included in his spiritual ministrations, and there was some friction in 
consequence. At the beginning of the Revolution he was an outspoken 
Lo.valist, and in conseciuence of his zeal was confined in the Morris 
Covmty jail early in 1777, only to be released in order that he and his 
family might be sent to the enemy in New York. In 17S4 he went to 
Annapolis, Nova Scotia, where he died in 1787. Mr. Brown had a daugh- 
ter who married Isaac Ogden, a prominent Newark lawyer, a Loyalist 
in the Revolution; she died March 15, 1772, aged 26 years. 



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HucH HARrsnokNi:.' Clerk. — TIil PouisyhiDiia Gij- 
^rttt\ S\'o. 1507. XiK-iinlhr 10. 1757. 

1 The Hartshorne family of Monmoiuh County trace their ancestry 
to Riihard Hartshorne. the son of William Hartshorne. of Leicester- 
shire. Entrland. Richard was a brother of Hut>h Hartshorne. who was 
a citizen of London, and was admitted to the freedom of the Skinners" 
Company. Aug. 1. 1654. He was an •"upholsterer" of Houndsditch. and 
is referred to sometimes as a "skinner."' an "upholsterer.'" and as a 
"merchant."" He was one of the Twenty-four Proprietors of East 
Jersey, named in the confirmatory grant of March 14. l(jii2-3. from the 
Duke of York. He died April 25. lt)J>4. aged 55 years. There is no rea- 
son to suppose that he ever visited America. — .V. J. .irWmv.v. I., 366, 374. 
3S3. 412. 52S: irAi"/rA.<«r,< Eost Jen^u. 2d ed.. US. ITS: .V. )'. Gfii. aitd Wi.x;. AV.-..I.?. 
XIV.. tVi; Ohi Ti)u>-s in Old Monmoiith. 12. 

Richard Hartshorne was born Oct. 24. 1641. at Hathearne. Leicester- 
shire. England: he married Margaret Carr. Nov. 27. 1670. Coming from 
London to America, in September. liUiSi. he located at East Jersey, and 
took up an extensive tract of land at Middletown and the Highlands 
of the Xavosink lacnuiring Sandy Hook in 1677). where he lavished a 
generous hospitality, as attested by George Fox and others, he being 
a Frieitd. and naturally partial to the traveling ministers of that per- 
suasion.— .^^miWrj,- Hiit. X. J.. 63. note: .V. J. Archirfs, II.. 329. note: OhI fi»ic,< 
III Olil Monmoiilh. 12. lie was T.>wn Clerk of Middletown in U;.5.— /^^^ Mon- 
mouth County. oli\ In 16S3 he was appointed Sheriff of Monmouth County, 
an honor he sought to decline.— -V. J. Anhirrs. XIll.. 77. The precedent 
has not been followed to any extent. In IStK he also became a member 
of Gov. Gawen Laurie's Council. In the same year he w;is elected to 
the Assembly, and in 16S6 was Speaker of that body, holding that posi- 
tion tmtil October. 1693. and a.gain. from February. 1696. to March. 1651S. 
when he became a member of Gov. Jeremiah Basse's Council. He con- 
tinued in the Assembly also, and held both offices until the surrender 
of the Province ti* the t'rown. in 17(2.- -V. j. Ardihvs, I., 220. note. He 
was again elected to the Assembly from the Eastern Division in 171^3 
and 1704. He died in 1722.— (W«? Timff in l)UI .Uonmmitli, 2^1: Hist, .ilimmoiitlt 
Count y. 534. 

-' His children were: 1. Robert, born 5th 12th mo. Iii71: probably died 
yoimg: 2. Hugh, born 15th 5th mo. 1673: died in infancy: 3. Thomas. 

born 14th 9th mo. 11)74: 4. Mary, born 14th Sth mo. 1676: married 

Clayton: 5. William, born 22d 1st mo. 167S-9: lived at Portland, on the 
Highlands: died 174S: had issue: Richard. William. Margaret Moti. 
Thomas. Mary Lawrence. Hugh. Robert (died ISOn. John, Esek (died 
in 1796 or L97». Rachel Robinson: 6. Richard, born 17th 2d mo. 16S1: 
dieil in infancy: 7. Katharine, born 2d 3d mo. 16S2: married Nathaniel 
Fuz Randolph, of Woodbridge: s. Hugh, born 21st 6th mo. 16S5: 9, 

Sarah, born 3d 7th mo. 16S7: married Taylor: 10. Richard, born 

15th 12th mo. UiS9: 11. Mercy, bom 12th 5th mo. 16,9;;: married 

Lawrence. — -V. 1". C^n. and /?»><;. Hrcont. XI \'.. 95. 

Hugh, son of Riihard. born 16S5. as above, was foreman of the Mon- 
moutli (."ounty Grand Jury in 1711. and lived at Middletown — Ohi Timfs in 
Ohi Monmouth. 2ta>. 291-2. His plantation of 600 acres at Middletown was 
advertised for sale in 1744 by his executors— Catharine Hartshorne 
(presumably his widow>. Robert Hartshorne. Joseph Field and William 
Hartshorne. jun.— -V. J. Arihi>-r:<. XII.. 242. His children were: Mar- 
garet White. Rebecca Wright. Catharine Bowne. Richard. Sarah Van 
Brakle. Robert. Marv Garrison. Eliza. Mercv. — .V. 1". (ifn. and JUihi. Rn-- 
<>»•<?, XIV.. 96. 

The Hugh Hartshorne mentioned in the text was doubtless the son 
of "U'illiam (born 167S-9. son of Richard): the latter died in 1746. and 
in 174S his exectitors advertised for sale "The High I.iands of Nave- 
sinks and Sandy-Hook lying in Middletown. East Jersey, consisting of 
2AX> Acres."" including '"a good Dwelling-House, 40 Feet Long and ;W 
Feet broad, with Sash Windows, two good Stone Cellars under it. with 
three Kitchens adjoining, pleasantly situated upon Navesinks River." 
— .V. J. Archi^ys. XII.. 325, 467. 52;?. Hugh Hartshorne married Hannah 
Pattison in Burlington Monthly Meeting in 1741. — Pritnds in Burlinijtnu.lty 
Amelia Mott Gummere. Philadelphia. 1SS4. 93. He was living in Bur- 
lington early in 1743. and was still there in 1755. — -V. J. Arrhiivs. XII.. 171. 
467: XIX.. 4S1. He was one of the signers of the N. J. currencv in 
17.54-56.— /ft., VIIL. Part II., 39. 2.?0. 2;y2. On April IS. 17,5S. he was allowed 
£26. 15, 2. for ":?9 Days Attendance as Clerk of the House of Repre- 
sentatives at this and another Sitting of the Assembly and for Copying 
tbe T.aws and Votes for the Printer During the Said Sessions."—/''.. 
XVII.. I7i>. This appears to have been the extent of his service as 
Clerk of the Assembly. 



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posals for Printing by SUBSCRIPTION 

A New American Magazine 
To be published Monthly, and to contain Six Half- 
Sheets in Octavo, printed on a good Paper, and fair 
Character. 

By Sylvanus Americanus. 

. . . . The Conditions as follow, .... 

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ing, are desired to give in their names to the following 
Persons, viz. James Parker/ in Woodbridge, who is pro- 
posed to be the Printer of this Magazine; .... Mr. 
Samuel NevilP in Perth Amboy; .... Mr. Furman, 
Post-Master in Trenton; .... Air. Boudinott, '' 
Post-Master in Prince-Town; .... Air. William 
Ouke* in New Pirunswick; .... Air. Francis Bra- 
sier' at Rariton-Landing; .... Air. Tobias Van 

1 For a full sketch of James Parkei-. see HLstory of New Jersey 
Newspapers and Printer.^, prefixed to this volume. 

2 For u full sketch of Samuel Nevill, see History of New Jersey News- 
papers and Printers, as above. 

_3 Elias Boudinot, a prominent merchant at Princeton, born Aug. S. 
I1O6: died July 4, 1770. He married, in Antigua, Catharine Williams, 
daughter of a Welsh planter. He removed from Princeton in 1760, or 
later, to Elizabethtown. where he and his wife are both buried. Of his 
sisters, Mary Boudinot married John Chetwood, cjf IClizabethtown, 
afterwards a Justic-e of the Supreme C\ourt of New Jer,iey; Jane Boudi- 
not married the Rev. Thomas Bradliury Chandler; Suzanne married 
Pierre Vergereau, of New York, one of whose daughters. Suzanne, born 
Dee. 21, 1743, married the Rev. William Tennent, Jr,, of Charleston, S. C. 
Elias i5oudinot was the father of Elias, member of Congress, etc.; of 
Elisha, Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey, and of other well- 
known children. 

■» William Ouke was a prominent merchant at New Brunswick, where 
he had been engaged in trade prior to 1740. He was active in the Re- 
formed Dutch Church of that place. He was baptized Aug. 4, 170S, be- 
ing the son of Aucke Janse, who removed from Platlands, D. I., to the 
Raritan. The latter was the son of Jan Auckersz, sometimes called 
.Jan Auckers Van Nuyse. Ouke was a Justice of the Peace in 1740, and 
in 1744 was elected to the Assembly from Middlesex, serving one year. 
The contidence with which Mr. Ouke was regarded by his neiglibors 
is attested by his selection as executor for numerous estates. There 
are many references to him in Vols. XII. and XIX., N, J. Archives. 

5 Francis Braisier was probably a meichant at the ITpper Landing 
on the Raritan, near New Brunswick. He was a vestryman of St. 
Peter's Church, Perth Amboy. in 1744-.5,— Whitehead's Perth Ambny. 239. 
He was authorized to receive subscriptions for NeviU's Laws, Vol. I., 
in 17r)0, and was one of the distributors of the volume when printed, 
in \"<2.— X.J. Archives, XIL, .589; XIX., 10, 28. In 1759 he was one of the 
managers of a lotterj- for the benefit of Christ Church. New Bruns- 
wick. See post, under that date. 



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Nordeii at Bound-Brook; .... Mr. Williamson ' at 
Elizabeth-Town; .... Mr. Uzal Ogden"-' at Xew- 
ark; .... Mr. John Taylor ' at Middle-Town; . . 

1 Matthias Williamson was born about ITlfi. being the son of William 
Williamson, of Elizabethtown. who died Jan. 10, 1735. His mother was 
Margaret, daughter of Capt. Matthias DeHart; she married, second. 
^^'illiam Chetwood, who kept a famous inn, known by "The Sign of 
the Hogshead, ■■ in that ancient town, which she continued some years 
after his death, and as late as 1759, In that year Matthias livednear 
the tavern. He was Lieutenant of a company of cadets at Elizabeth- 
town in 1740; was High Sheriff of Essex County in 1757, and was ap- 
pointed one of the quorum Justices of the Peace in 17G9, On Dec, 6, 
1774, he was appointed by his fellow citizens to serve on the Committee 
of Correspondence for Elizabethtown, He was commissioned Colonel 
of a regiment of light horse. Oct. 27, 1775; Brigadier General of the 
New Jersey Militia, Sept, G, 1776: Brigadier General commanding a 
brigade. State troops, Nov, 27. 1776, which last named commission he 
resigned. Feb, 6, 1777. He also served as Assistant Deputy Quarter- 
master General, as Assistant Quartermaster General, and as Quarter- 
master General, In all these various positions he rendered good ser- 
vice to the patriot cause during the Revolution, He was a vestryman 
of St, John's Episcopal Church in 174!i, and was an active and liberal 
supporter of that church for many years. He married Susanna Hal- 
sted. His residence was some years ago occupied as the T^nion Hotel. 
He died at Elizabeth. Nov, 8. 1807. aged 91 years. He was the father 
of Isaac H. Williamson, who was Governor and Chancellor of New 
Jersey, 1817-1829. and who died July 10, 1844; the latter was the father 
of the late ex-Chancellor Benjamin Williamson, 

'- I'zal Ogden was a son of Capt, David Ogden, who died July 1, 1734, 
aged 56 years; the latter was the eldest son of David Ogden, who re- 
moved from Elizabethtown to Newark about 1676, he having been one 
of the first settlers of the former town, in 1664. I'zal Ogden was a 
leading merchant in Newark many years. He was appointed one of 
the Common Pleas Judges for Essex County, in 1749, one of the Surro- 
gates of the Prerogative Court in the Eastern Division of New Jersev, 
March 22, 1762, and was High Sheriff of Essex County in 1763. He died 
July 25. 1780. He is spoken of as "a gentleman of undissembled goodness 
and universal esteem." He was the father of the Rev. I^zal Ogden. a 
prominent clergvman of New Jersev, who was born in Newark about 
1744. and died in 'that town, Nov. 4. 1S22. 

3 Matthew Taylor, said to have been a distant connection of Sir 
George Carteret, came to New Jersey to speculate in lands, and dying 
in New York in 1687 without issue devised his lands to his lirother Ed- 
ward, then living in London, The latter came to America in 1692. auvl 
bought an additional tract of about 1,000 acres at Garret's Hill, Middle- 
town, and settled on it. He died in 1710, leaving four sons and one 
daughter, George, one of his sons, resided at Garrets Hill, and died 
there, leaving three sons — George, Edward and John,—///.'-/, Monmniitli Co., 
by Franklin Ellis, Philadelphia, 1SS5, 524, The John Ta>-lor just men- 
tioned, son of George, son of Richard, was born in 1716. and was known 
as 'Stiuire John. He lived at I'pper Freehold. There was a John Tay- 
lor High Sheriff of Monmouth County in 1753. doubtless the same man, 
although the writer just quoted says the Sheriff was the son of Ed- 
ward, and nephew of 'Squire John, which is obviously improbable. In 
1754 he was an unsuccessful candidate for the Assembly.— -V, J. Archiira, 
XIX,, 382, Being a man of large wealth, and presumably of influence 
in the community, he was selected by Lord Howe, when he came to 
America to offer terms to those in arms, to be "His Majesty's Lord 
High Commissioner of New Jersey." This arrayed his patriotic neigh- 
bors against him. and he was compelled to join his British friends in 
New York, while his property was applied to the uses of the Continen- 
tal forces. His lands in Monmouth County were advertised to be sold 
in 1779. After the war he returned to New Jersey. He died at Perth 
Amboy, aged 82 years. His daughter Mary married Dr. Absalom Bain- 
bridge, and two of her sons distinguished themselves in the War of 
1812. in the United States Navy— Commodore William Bainbridge. and 
Post-Captain Joseph Bainbridge. The early education of the future 
Commodore was sunerintended by his maternal grandfather. John 
Taylor.— Old Times in Old Monmouth, 48; Life of Commodore Bainbridg''. 3. 



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. . Mr. John Wardeir at Shre\vs1)ury; .... Mr. 
Thoiiias Leonard' at Freehold; .... Mr. An(h-ew 
(iordon'' at Cran1)erry; .... Dr. Newell'' at Allen- 
Town; .... Mr. Joseph Borden, jun, at Borden- 
Town; .... Mr. John Lawrence"' at Burlington; . 



1 John Warden, of Shrewsbury, was a Coroner of Monmouth County 
in 1762, and in the same year was appointed one of the Common Pleas 
Judges of that county. At the beginning of the Revolution he arrayed 
himself on the British side, and was sent to New York. His lands 
were confiscated, and were advertised to be sold on March 29, 1779. 

2 Thomas Leonard was a prominent citizen of Freehold, residing on 
Ijahaway creek, near its junction with Crosswicks creek, on the place 
where his father. Capt. John Leonard, was murdered by AVequalia. an 
Indian, in 1727. Thomas was a Loyalist during the Revolution, and so 
early as April 3, 1775, the Committee of Inspection for the Township 
of Freehold decided that he had "in a number of instances been guilt.N' 
of a breach of the Continental Association, and that, pursuant to tlie 
tenour of said Association, every friend of true freedom ought imme- 
diately to break off all connexion and dealings with him, the said Leon- 
ard, and treat liim as a foe to the rights of British America." He nar- 
lowly escaped arrest once by disguising himself as a negro, and so 
passed out from his home forever. He was a Major in the First Bat- 
talion of New Jersey Loyalists in 1778. He went to New York, and 
after the war removed with his family to St. John, New Brunswick, 
v\ here he was granted Lot No. 1 in Parr Town (afterwards incorpo- 
rated in St. John), in 1783. His property in Monmouth County was con- 
liscated, and in 1779 was sold to Gen. David Forman, of Revolutionary 
fame. 

•'! Andrew C5ordon, of Cranberry (now written Cranbury), in the south- 
ern part of Middlesex County, was living there in 1748, when applica- 
tion could be made to him, it was advertised, in reference to the sale 
of lands in that vicinity.— A'. J. Archnvs, XII., 468. He was perhaps the 
son of Capt. Andrew Gordon (son of Thomas Gordon, one of the most 
distinguished men in the early annals of New Jersey), who was a 
('aptain in Col. John Parker's regiment on the frontier, in 1721; and 
who was probably the Andrew Gordon, of Perth Amboy, who had a 
map of lands for sale in 1733, and who in 1752 was charged with having 
instigated some contemptuous remarks about Lewis Morris Ashtield.— 
X ./. Ard,ir,'s, XL, 315, 328; VIII., Part I., 42; WluMirad-.'^ I'nih Amhot/. 67. 

■i James Newell, son of Robert Newell, of Upper Freehold, was born 
in 1725, and was sent to Edinburgh to receive his medical education, 
receiving his diploma at l^ondon in 1746. Returning to America, he 
practiced his ijrofession through a wide region in and about Monmouth 
County. He was elected President of the New Jersey Medical Society 
in 1772. During the Re\oUuion he acted as Surgeon of the Second 
Regiment of the Monmouth County Militia. He married, Dec. 14, 1749, 
I'^izabeth, daughter of Elislia Lawrence. He died Feb. 20 and his wife 
died Feb. 21. 1791, of malignant fever. Both were buried on the same 
day. 

r> For a biographical notice of John Lawrence, of Burlington, see N. J. 
Archives. X.. 302-3. (It is there stated, on p. 303, that his son, James 
Lawrence, entered the U. S. Navy in 1796. The correct date was Sept. 4, 
1798, according to a letter of Capt. Lawrence, dated Oct. 18, 1812, pub- 
lished in the Magazine of American History, XXV.. 283. John Law- 
rence was appointed one of the commissioners to erect a suitable house 
at Burlington for the preservation of the public records, by act of the 
Legislature passed Dec. 5, 1760. — Nepill's Jmws, II., 348. By act passed 
April 7. 1761, he was appointed one of the commissioners to grant relief 
1o townships for the support of soldiers disabled in the French war. — 
/('., 389. He was for many vears one of the most influential men in the 
AVestern Division of New Jersey. 



154 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l757 

. . . Mr. Price' at Hattontielcl; .... Mr. Gibbons' 



1 Robert Friend Price was appointed, by act of the Assembly, passed 
March 25, 1760, one of the commissioners to see that the soldiers dis- 
abled in the war with Canada were properly provided for. — Avri'//'*- 
Laws, II., 264. He was appointed a Justice of the Peace for Glou- 
cester in 1761. — JV. J. Ardiiivs, XVII., 274. He was elected to the Assembly 
from the same county in 1769. and re-elected in 1772. On Feb. S. 1774, he 
was appointed by the Assembly on a "Standing; Committee of Corre- 
sjiondence and Inquiry." He does not appeal' to have attended the sub- 
sequent meetings of the Assembly. — MimUi's nf Provincial Congress, 1774-5, 
passim. 

2 E)dmund Gibbon was a merchant in New York, 1873-1682. — ra/(»(/ar of 
.v. Y. Hist. MSS., II.. S4. 100. In 1(77, in order to secure a debt due to him by 
Kdward Duke and Thomas Duke, he took from them a deed for fi.OCio 
acres of land in West Jersey, which had been conveyed to them by 
John Fenwick. in England. Gibbon, by virtue of this deed, had a tract 
of 5.500 acres surveyed for him by Richard Hancock, in 1682. It was 
resurveyed in 170." by Benjamin Acton, and lay in Cohansey Precinct, 
now in Greenwich and Hopewell Townships. Cumlierland County, in- 
cluding Roadstown, extending southward to Pine Mount Branch, and 
westward to the Delaware. He devised this tract to his grandson, 
Rdmund, who devised it to Francis Gibbon, of Bennensdere, England. 
In 1700 Francis devised it to his two kinsmen, Leonard and Nicholas 
Gibbon, of Gravesend. in Kent. England, describing it as "all that 
tract of lands called Mount Gibbon, upon the branches of unknown 
creek, near Cohansey in West Jersey." provided they settled upon it. 

Nicholas Gibbon, born in 1702, was a son of Arthur and Jane Gibbon, 
of Gravesend, Kent, England. Nicholas and his younger brother. 
Leonard, came to New Jersey and erected one of the first grist-mills 
near Cohansey. They later built a fulling mill on Mount Gibbon (now 
Pine Moimt) Run. The>- soon became influential in that neighborhood. 
In 1730 they divided their tract, Nicholas taking the southern part, in- 
cluding the mill and 2.000 acres of land. I^eonard erected a stone house 
about two miles north of Greenwich. Nicholas built a substantial 
brick house in Greenwich, which he occupied until about 1740, when 
he removed to Salem. Both houses were still standing in 1868. The 
two brothers gave six acres of land in Greenwich for a Presbyterian 
Church, to be erected by 1729. They were Episcopalians themselves, 
and erected at their own expense St. Stephen's Church, in Greenwich, 
in 1729, and provided for regular services there. Nif holas was in mer- 
cantile business, in partnership with Samuel Fenwick Hedge and Capt. 
James Gould, the last-named being located in New York, while Giij- 
bon kept store at Greenwich and afterwards at Salem. He was Sher- 
iff of Salem County, 1741-1748, and in the latter year was appointed 
County Clerk. He was also one of the Cornmissioners of the Loan 
OfRce for Salem County. Hedge dying in LiU. Gibbon married the 
widow, Anna Grant Hedge. He died 2d of 2d mo. 1758, aged 55 years. 
'.\ months. His widow died 24th of 3d mo. 1700. aged 57 years. They had 
li\-e children: 

1. Nicholas, born 5th of 11th mo. 1732; died 7th of 1st mo. 1748. 

2. (irant. born 28th of 11th mo. 1734. He was a merchant at Salem, 
and appears to htive been a man of superior edut'ation and cullMre 
He was one of the Suirogaies of West Jersey, was ajJiJointed a Jus- 
tice of th^ Peace in 1759. a Judge in 17G2 and again in 1767, and was Clerk 
of the County of Salem after his father's death. He was an ardent 
sympathizer with the Ameiican cause, which he evinced in a sub- 
stantial manner, when, at ihe solicitation of his fellow citizens, he 
was appointed. 13th of 10th mo. 1,74. to solicit funds for the relief of 
the people of Boston, when that port was closed to coiniTierce by the 
British. He collected £157 3s. 2d. for the purpose. He was ele'cted to 
the Assem.bly in 1772. He died 27th of 6th mo. 1776. 

3. Jane, born I5th of 5th mo. 1736. married Robert Johnson, .iun., 3d of 
11th mo. 1767, and was the mother of Col. Robert Gilibon Johnson, the 
historian of Salem; she died 16th of 8th mo. 1815; her liiisband died 
28th of 12th mo. 179(5. aged 69 years 

4. Ann, born 29th of 4th mo. 1741; married Judge Edward Weatherl>y. 

5. Francis, born 14th of 5th mo. 1744; died llth of 1st mo. l'S8.—Ili'<t<iyy of 
the Early Sftllemenls of r'umherland Count}/, hx Lucius Q. C. Elmer, Bridgeton. 
lX(i9. IN; Ilix/orical Aci-iiiinl of thf Flr.ll Sfttli'mi-ntof Sah;,i. \^v Robert ('.. Johnson, 
Philadelphia 1839 7!t. lis. 122; Hisf. and Oetieahgi/ nf Fenwick Colony, hv Thomas 
Shourds, Bridgeton, 1876. 105-10S; -V. ./. Archives: XIL, 324; XVII.. 205, 342, 
455, 517; XVIIL, 438; X. J- m^i- I'roc, IV.. 43-44. 



I 



1757] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. I 55 

at Salem; .... and Air. Ebenezer Aliller' at Green- 
wich; .... all in the Province of New Jersey. 

New York, November 14. Thursday last Captain 
Prince came up from Philadelphia, in a Schooner; who, 
last Saturday Se'ennight, spoke with a Privateer Sloop 
lying at Anchor under Cape-May. the Captain whereof 
informed him, he was bound into New York. A Schoon- 
er lay at ,\nchor at the same Place, under the Privateer's 
Guns. 

To be sold by the Subscriber, a Plantation and Tract 
of Land, containing 170 Acres, between 20 and 30 
whereof is mowable Meadow, and more may be made, 
with a good two Story House, four Rooms on a Floor, 
and a good Cellar under it, also several Outhouses, a 
Barn, and good Orchard, being situated in Gloucester 
Township, Gloucester County, in West New-Jersey, on 
the great Road leading from Philadelphia and Haddon- 
field to Egg-Harbour, convenient either for a Tavern or 
Store. A great Part of said Land is cleared and within 
Fence, and the Title for the whole is indisputable. 

\\^illiam Brittin 

To be Sold by the Subscriber, 

A Plantation, containing aljout 200 Acres, near 100 of 
which cleared, with a good Dwelling-house and Barn, 
and a good Orchard, situated, in Cumberland County, 
in W'est-Jersev, about six Miles from the Town of 
Greenwich, upon the main Road from that Tcjwn to 

> For a sketch of Ebenezer Miller, .see X. J. Archives. XIX.. 392, note. 
Some account of his descendants is given in Shourdss "History and 
Genealogj of Fenwick's Colony."' 153-160. He is fiequently mentioned 
in Elmer's "Cumberland County." An interesting memorial of his old- 
est son, Ebenezer Miller, .iun.. born in 172S. died 11th of 7th mo. 1800. 
will be found in "Memorials of Deceased Friends," Philadelphia, 1821, 
ini;-109. He had been a minister among Friends about thirty-five years 
before his decease. 



156 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l757 

Philadelphia, and five Miles h-om the Court-Honse at 
Cohansie Bridge. The Title is indisputable. Any Per- 
son inclining to purchase the same, may apply to the 
Subscriber, living upon said Plantation. 

Samuel Moore. 

— The Pci/iisj'/vaiiid Garjcttc, No. 1508, November 
I/' 1757- 

New-York, November 14. 

We have a particular Satisfaction in informing the 
Public, That Col. Peter Schuyler, of the New-Jersey 
Forces taken at Oswego the 14th of August 1755, and 
carried Prisoner to Oubcc in Canada, where he has been 

kept ever since, arrix'cd at Fort Edward in good 

Health, some Day last Week, ha^'ing been released by 
the French, and conducted by two Indians and a 
Frenchman. 

Custom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Schooner 
Dolphin, Peter Deliver from Salem. 

Cleared. Schooner Dolphin, Peter Doliver to Salem 
Sloop Charming Molly, E. Cushing to PMscataway. — 

The Teujisylvauia Jour)ial, No. 780, November 17, 1757. 

New-York, November 21. Saturday last, the brave 
Colonel Peter Schuyler arrived here from Canada, 
by Way of Albany. Many of the Inhabitants of this 
City were so sensible of the Services done this Province 
by That Gentleman, that in the Evening a Bonfire 
was made in the Common, most of the Houses in Town 
were illumin;itcd. and the Publick in general testified 
great Joy on his safe Arrival. 



1757] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 1 57 

JUST pii])lishe(l and sold at the Printing-Of- 
fice in Hanover-Square, A Funeral Ser- 
.MON, preached at the Interment of the late 
Excellency, Jonathan Belcher, Esq; Gov- 
ernor of his Majesty's I-'rovince of New-Jersey, &c. who 
departed this Life at Elizabeth-Town, August 31, 1757, 
aged 76. By the late Reverend Mr. Aaron Burr, 
President of the College of New-Jersey. — The Nciv York 
Mercury^ November 2\, 1757. 

Custoni-House, I*hiladeli)hia. ( )ut\vards Schooner 
Elizabeth, Ed\\ar(l Bowen, iox S-A\Q\\\.— 'riic Pcniisyhania 
Gazette^ No. 1509, November 2\, I7S7- 

Newark {in Neiv-Jersey) No%'. 23. Last Sunday Even- 
ing the Hon. Colonel Peter Schuyler, passed 
through this I^lace, in his Way to his Seat at Petersbor- 
ough;^ upon his Arrival at his House he was saluted 
with the Discharge of 13 Pieces of Cannon. The Even- 
ing following the Inhal)itants of Newark, upon his com- 
ing into Town, attended by several Gentlemen of Dis- 
tinction, saluted him as l)eforc: There was a large Bon- 
fire erected, and the Houses of the i)rincipal fnhabi- 
tants were illuminated the Remainder of the Evening, 
as an Honour due to his great Attachment to the Inter- 
est of his Country, and unconunon Zeal for his Majesty's 
Ser\'ice. The principal Gentlemen of. the Town met to- 
gether upon this Occasion, where the loyal Healths 
were drank, at the Discharge of several Rounds of Can- 
non, and a general Joy ap])earc(l among all the Inhab- 
itants. — The Nei^' York Mereiiry, November 2'^. 175 7- 

AViivr;-/', /// Neiv Jersey^ November 23. 1757. 
Last Sunda\- E\ening the Honourable Colonel Peter 

1 Opposite Belleville. 



K^S 



\K\V IFRSl'^ roii^MAl in >i IMIN IS. 



['757 



SriiiN 1 I'R ;ini\oil al Iiis llouso al rotorl)or(>UL;li. and 
was saluted by this 'l\n\n with tlic Discharge of thirteen 
Cannon. The I'.xcnin^ following ho was attended by 
sexeral (lentlenien oi 1 ^istinetion to the Town, ami was 
paid the same C'oinphnient ; AH the iM'ineii>al 1 bnises 
were ilhnninateib a Uonlire erected, which was attended 
bv sexeral hnndrod reople. and the Cannon continued 
hrinj;- the Keniaiiuler of the hAeninu': Joy was conspic- 
uous in e\er\- L'oiuitenance. and each one uianifested his 
Roi^anl due to the Mefit of that llentleiuan; whose kind 
and humane Treat menl to his h'ellow SutYerers while in 
Captixitx". as well as his !.;reat Attachment to the Inter- 
est of his (.\nmtrv. and unconmuMi Zeal lor his Majes- 
ty's Sei"\ ice. merits nni\ersal l^steem. 

f-.xt>\ut of (1 l.itttr froi/i l.initiiiaiit A'/.X, r, dotcif at the 
llidd O/untr/s, OH t/io Fro/itiors of Xoio 7irstj\ Xo:'. 17. 

"Sir. I ha\e the melanchoK Xews to tell you, that 
yiiur b'rienil John l">oty was killeil, scalped and butch- 
ered in a barbarous Manner yesterday, within two Miles 
of the b\M-t : as was likewise Serjeant Mahurin: there 
was a Soldier with them, all o]\ Horseback, when ti\e 
Indians in Ambush tired, killed the two. and shot ilu'o' 
the Soulier's (Ireat Coat, when he immedi;itel\ uot 
ilowu. and iMie of the Sa\a>;es run towards him with his 
Tomahawk, but the Soldier \'\\\-A his Piece anil slopt 
him, then look up l">ot\"s Piece and snapt it (for by 
Holy's T^ill he had hurt the Lock^ howexer he kept it 
pi'esented uuiil he momited and rode otY. This alarmed 
the People, but as yet we have liiseoveroil notluuL;" more 
than the usual Marks, a Ouantity of Blood. 'The Soldier 
is positixe he killed one of them. The Inhabitants on 
the XX hole I'riMitier are so territled, that they are nun- 
iui;-, the rest ^atheriui;- tOL;ether, auil stockailing them- 



'757 



N'i:\vsi'.\ri',i< i:\ TKAC'i's. 



159 



solves ill I ho licsl Manner llicy can." — Tlic l\iiitsylv(Uiia 
Citirj.cttc. \'o. 1510, nctciiibcr 1, 1757. 

Til I i,.\i)i;i riiiA, Dcct'iiibcr 8. 

(\a])t. Schoinan, from this llarhour. is arri\C(l at St. 
I'hrisloplicrs; as arc tlic Captains (,'arinan and Uasdcn, 
from Perlli-Aniboy. 

To be sold, by the snbscriber, a ^ood IMaiitation, sit 
nate and bein<_; in the I'pper rrecinct of the C"ount\- of 
Cape ALay, containiii!:;- 2(^0 Acres of Land and Marsh, 
()0 .\cres whereof cleared, and in il^'ooiI hence; there is 
a i^'ood h'ranie honse on said Tlace, \\\w\\ and ( )rchard, 
bein^- the I'lanlation whereon Robeii Townsend now 
li\es. An\' person inclinable to pnrchase nia\- apply to 
the Snbscriber, and be informed of the I'ille and Terms 
of Sale. Also to be lett, in the C'omil\- and Township, 
aforesaid, a j^ood Saw mill, and (irist mill, for the Space 
of l'i\e N'ears, or nnder, standing' on the best Stream of 
Water in said C'onntw An\' i>erson inclinable to rcMit 
said Mills may be fnrt her informed by applyiii!^' to J( )li\ 
To\V\si:M), lixin;^' near the premises. 

N. 1). ddie Mills are not to be lett nnli! the tirst Day 
of April next. — ///<• /\inisy/:uiiila (i'(v::iiti\ .\\>. 1511, 
l\\iiidhr 8, 1 757. 



C'apl. P)olitho, left C"orl< the _\^d of ( )ctober nnder 
CoinoN' of the Norwich of 50 Clnns. ha\in<;- with her, i() 
sail of Transpcn-ts with abonl jooo Troo])s bonnd to 
Ne\v-^'ork. .\nd loot) nuM'c were to follow soon. 

Rv the New-N'ork Tost we ha\e Ad\ice, that the 
above Troops were arri\ed at Sandy-llook. 



l6o NEW JKRSKV rol.oXIAl. 1 XXTM KNTS. [l757 

vStr;i\'(l or stolen from Sanuicl ll;irl<or' at l)lack ri\cr 
in ]\lorris connty Ncw-JeM-sey, a nalnral pacing- l)ay 
mare 14 hand 1iii;li. 3 years old. branded 1 ] 1 on the near 
shoulder, a star in her forehead with a streap (h)\\n 
ahont () or 7 inches, one white foot behind. \\'hos(~)e\"er 
shall secure the said marc so that the owner m;iy ha\-e 
her sh.all lune '/"aT/z/r shilling' reward and reasonable 
charges paid by me. 

Samuel I larker. 

— The Pciiiisylvc-Diia Joiintal, Xo. 'J'^l^ nccciiibcr ^^ 
1757- 

Boston, Poion/lhr I. The Corps of his l^xcellenc\" 
Jonathan liclcher. I"^.S(j; late (!o\ernor of Xew-Jersew 
was bro't hither last Week \\\nu Xew-Vork. and depos- 
ited in a new Tomb built for that I'nrposc at Cambridi;-e; 
aj^reeablc to the Desire of his h.xccUenc}' before his 
Death. 



iSannu'l Ihirkcr was ln'ouslit up t(i manual lalnir. and jaitw lo V10 
a man of lemarkablo size. \isi>r ami strenf;'lh. Ho is said to liavf i;:rad- 
uated Troni llie Oollese of Now .Toi'soy, Init this is probably an error. 
He ma.\' have matrioulated thoio. however. On Dee. li, 1 1 IH. he was 
taken under ihe eharsf of New Brunswick I'resbytory, to pursue his 
studies for the niinistr\-. He was lieonsod Nov. (i. IT")!, and on Oet. :il, 
17ri2. was ordained and installed pastor (d' the Presbyterian Ohureh at 
Hoxlniry, on Hlaok River. Morris Oount.v. He was assressivo in his 
beliefs. On oni> ooeasion he thallon.i;od the Rev. Abel JMor.i^an. a Bap- 
tist preaeher. to a i)ublio debate on the sub.ieet of infant liaptism. and 
they enjoyed two days of discussion at Kins'vvood, Hunterdon County. 
A neighbor near Roxbury having offert'd !f20 reward to an>- one who 
could "produce a sci-ipture text sustaining the doctrine of infant bap- 
tism. Mr. Harker rode over, produced a text to his own satisfaction, 
and when the other was not satisfied sued him for the $20. He finally 
got into troiU)le with his own denomination about some abstruse ques- 
tions of doctrine, and as he persisted in liis views viitli great perti- 
nacity, even publishing a statement of them without the assent of the 
Svnod. after a I'ontroversy extending from lT"i7 the Synod of New VorU 
and I'hiladolphia. on May 27. \~i\:\. voied. though apparently with groat 
reluctance and b\- no means with unanimity, do declare him "dis(iuali- 
tied for preacdiiiig or oxeroisin.g his ministry in an>- congregation or 
vacancy" under their care. In ]7.")7 he went as Captain of a companx 
on the "expedition against C^anada. He was lost at sea. by the founder- 
ing of a vessel in which he was sailing to Kngland with his son. who 
was on his wav thither to receive Kpiscopal ordination. Traditions of 
his vi.gorous piM'sonalitv are still preser\ed in the Blai'k River re.gion.— 
Hist, of till- Pn.thi/lerian Church iti Amerkn. by Richard Webster. I'lula lelphia. 
1S57. ii22: Hht. Morris Coiititii. 213; liirords of Ih- l^nshiitcrian rV/ifcc/i, Bhiladelphia. 
IR-II o2i>: Mirtcrinis for a Ilik. of the Jia}>tists in Xtw Jirsi-y, Vhl\i\>.\vl\}U\i\. Ii!l2, 17: 
A' J. Archins, IX.," ISl. 



1757] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. l6l 

Just Published, 

And to he sold at the Printing-Office at the Bil)le and 
Crown, in Hanover-Square, 

ON 

Tfie Rexkrem) Mr. Aakox Burr 

Late President of the Coleeoe of New-Jersey 

By VViEELKM Livingston.' 

Of Comfort no Man speak ! 



Let's talk of Graves, and Worms, and Epitaphs; 
Malie Dust our Paper, and, with rainy Eyes, 
Write Sorrow in the Bosom of the Earth. 

SlIAKESP. 

The Neiv York Mtrcitry, December 12, 1757. 



Philadelphia, December g. 1757. 

Run away last Monday, from the Sul)scriber, living 
at Cranberry, in the County of Middlesex, in New Jer- 
sey, a Spanish Negroe Man, named John Juster, about 
5 feet 7 or 8 Inches high, a well built Fello\\-. of a yellow 
Complexion; had on when he went away, an old Felt 
Hat, and Worsted Cap, an old brown Coat and blue 
Jacket, old blue Plush Breeches. Yarn and Worsted 
Stockings and old Shoes. Whoever takes up and se- 
cures said Negroe. so that his Master may have him 
again, shall have Thirty Shillings Reward, and reason- 
able Charges, paid by 

John Keid, junior. 

1 Afterwards a(n'ornor of New Jersey, 1776-1790. Livingston's bio- 
grapher sa>.s of this pamphlet (which was republished at Boston in 
1753): "As a proof of the high merits of Mr. Burr, it may still be con- 
sidered valuable, but as a literary production it is not in any wise re- 
markable, and deserves no particular x\oX.\c&."— Sedgwick's Livingston. 114. 

11 



l62 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l757 

N. B. He served Four Years at Lawrence's Farm, 
in said County, and has his old Indentures with him. 
which may be made use of for a Pass. All Masters of 
Vessels are forbid to carry him off at their Peril. — TJic 
Pcnnsylvaiiia Gazette, Xo. 15 12, December 15, 1757. 

Nciv-York, Deeeiulur 19. Wednesday the 7th Inst, 
in the Xight. a Sloop from }>laryland, bound to this 
Port, was cast away, on Morbaway^-Beach, on the South 
Side of Long-Island, near the Place where Captain Ben- 
nit was lost about two years ago. 

[// is surprizing that a Light House has )iot been built 
lo)ig before this Day at Sandy Hook.^ ' 

One Day last Week. John Anderson a Cooper, fell 
out of a Canoe, in Hackinsack River, and was drown'd: 
A few Hours after, he was found in a Place where there 
was hardly three Feet ^^'ater. — The Xeic York Mercury^ 
December 19, 1757. 

New- York, December 26. 

Thursday last a Number of Rangers, raised in New- 
Jersey, passed this City on their Way to the North- 
ward. — The Peiuisylvania Journa/, Xo. 786, December 
29, 1757. 

Boston, December 5, Yesterday Capt. Cushing ar- 
rived here from Philadelphia, by whom we hear, that 
Capt. Woodbury in a Schooner bound hither from that 



1 Query: Rockaway. 

2 Steps were taken by the New York Legislature in 1761 for the erec- 
tion of a lightliQuse at Sandy Hook. See Proceedings N. J. Hist. Soc, 



1757] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 1 63 

Place, laden with Flour, &c, parted her Cables in a Gale 
of Wind and was drove ashore on Cape-May last Sat- 
urday was Sen'night; the Mens Lives all saved, the Ves- 
sel bilg-'d, but 'tis thought Part of her Cargo will be 
saved. — The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 15 14, December 
29, 1757- 

Arrived at St. Christophers Rich- 
ardson from Perth-Amboy. — The Pennsylvania Gazette^ 
No. I 5 14, Deeeniber 2g, 1757. 

SCHEME of a Lottery erected, and to be 
drawn on Biles's Island, intended to convert 
into Money, an improved Tract of Land of 
Peter Gordon's, Esq; in the County of 
Middlesex, situate amidst a well-settled and thick- 
inhabited Part; yet has a good Out-let, and not far off 
a large Range for Cattle, which will always remain. The 
whole Tract contains 497 Acres, and by a late Survey 
and Draught thereof, is divided into three Lots. No. 
I, is a neat Farm, containing 140 Acres, and has on it a 
good Dwelling-House, Barn, Orchard, Garden, with 
all other Things convenient and necessary. No. 2, con- 
tains 217 Acres; and No. 3, 140 Acres. Said Lots have 
a suitable Quantity of Timber and Meadow Land ad- 
joining, and belonging to each of them. The two Lat- 
ter, as well as the first, are or may be made good Liv- 
ings, valued at the lowest Computation, and capable of 
much Improvement. Said Lottery to consist of 2520 
Tickets, at 30s. Proclamation each, 560 of which are to 
be Prizes, out of which there is to be no Deduction, as 
£. 180 is to be taken oft' from the whole Lottery, for 
managing thereof, before the Drawing commences, be- 
ing not quite 10 per Cent. 



164 NEW JEKSKV COlA>NIAL DOCl'.MEXTS. [iJSS 

Land Prizes, Xo. i, 
-> 

■» 

Cash Prizes, 



I of 


^750. 


is 


i/SO 


I of 


500. 


is 


500 


1 of 


250, 


is 


250 


J of 


-'4 


are 


48 


3 of 


18 


are 


54 


5 oi 


I-. 


are 


60 


6 of 


9. 


are 


54 


174 of 


4: 


10 are 


7^:^ 


367 of 


3. 


are 


IIOI 



5O0 Prizes £3000 

i960 Blanks, 2520 

Tickets, at 30s. 
each. 3780 

Deducted for Manaeino-. 180 



£3600 

Said Lottery to he drawn the 20th of September next, 
if full, or before if tilled, of which public Xotice shall be 
given. 

Tickets to be had of Robert Cummins. William OidvC. 
and Henr}- ]\Ioore, Esquires, who are appointed ]vlan- 
agers; where may be seen exact Draughts of said Lots, 
as they are lately laid out, and above described, accord- 
ing to which good and sufficient Deeds will be drawn, 
with general Covenants to warrant and defend the 
same; besides, that any Persons who desire it, may be 
satisfied that the Title to the Premises is in itself clear 
and indisputable. 

Prizes to be paid by the Managers at their respective 
Dwellings, if demanded within Six ^Months next after 
the Drawing is finished. 

Tickets for the above Lottery are to be sold by Jos- 
eph Furman. and Samuel Rogers, in X'ew-\ork.' 

1 Advertised on Januarv 9 to be drawn February 26. A new lottery 
for disposinsr of the same property is advertised under date of Decem- 
ber 21, 1T5S. post. 



1758] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 



Scheme of Bilses's-Islaxd Lottery, 



165 



Consisting of 2500 Tickets, at eight Shillings each, of 
which 700 are to be Fortunate, viz. 



Prizes 






Value of each 




Total Sum. 


3 




of 


£50 


are 




£150 






of 


24 


is 




24 






of 


23 


is 




23 






of 


22 


is 




22 






of 


21 


is 




21 






of 


20 


is 




20 


7 




of 


10 


are 




70 


10 




of 


5 


are 




50 


12 




of 


3 


are 




36 


24 




of 


2 


are 




48 


54 




of 


I 


are 




54 


585 




of 


1 6s. 


are 




468 


Prizes 


700 






First 


drawn 8£ 


Blanks 


1 80c 


) 




Last drawn 6 



2500 Tickets at 8 Shillings New-York Money, is 1000 £. 
8 Per Cent, beine deducted from the Prizes. 



The three highest Prizes, each of them a Lot 
of Land, lying in the City of Perth-Amboy, 
joining to Market-Street near the Court- 
House; which would be very Convenient for 
a Merchant or Tradesman. 

The five next highest Prizes, are likewise 5 Lots of 
Land, lying in the County of Monmouth, in the Town of 
Shrewsbury, on Little Silver-Neck: All of them join- 
ing to each other, and joining to the South-River; where 
there is a very convenient Place for Landing. 

The Drawing of this Lottery, to begin on the first 
Day of March next, and to be drawn at Bilses-Island, 



l66 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l/SS 

under the Inspection of Joseph Throckmorton, Esq; 
and Mr. Josiah Halstead. 

Mr. John Williams and Mr. David Knott, who are 
appointed Managers of the said Lottery, and are to be 
under Oath for the faithful Management of the same; 
where, a good Title may be seen for the aforesaid Lots 
of Land. Public Notice will be given before the Draw- 
ing, when the Numbers and Prizes are to be put into 
the Wheels, that such Adventurers as think fit, may be 
present. The fortunate Numbers will be published in 
the New-York Mercury, and the Benefit thereof, 
paid by the Managers, immediately after the Drawing 
is finished. — The New York Alerciiry^ January 2, 1758. 

Trenton^ {in Neiv Jersey) 2\st Dee. 

This Day in obedience to his Majesty's Command, 
Letters Patent passed the Seal of this Province, consti- 
tuting and appointing, Willl\m Aynsley, Esq ; 
Chief Justice, in the Room of Robert Hunter Morris.^ 
Esq; and we hear that Mr. Aynsley intends to reside 
in Nezv Brunsiviek. 

Custom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Schooner 
Fyall, Wm. Langden from Salem. 

Ran away the 2d Instant {January) fiom Josep/t Burr 
of Burlington County, a Molatto Servant Man named 
Jack., about 30 Years of age, goes stooping in his Shoul- 
ders and is a well made fellow. Had on when he went 
away a new felt Hat, grey Coat with Pewter Buttons, 
and strong Shoes, and had sundry other cloaths with 
him. He has a soar on the right Side of his under Lip. 
Whoever takes up and secures said Servant so that his 



1758] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 1 67 

Master may have him again, shall have Three Pounds 
Reward, and reasonable Charges paid by 

Joseph Burr.' 

— Tlic Pennsylvania Journal^ No. 787, January 5, 
1758. 

Arrived at Antigua, Captain Foster from Salem. At 
St. Christophers, Lyell from Perth Amboy. 



All persons indebted to the estate of Elias Cotting, ' 
Esq; late of Cohansie Bridge, in Cumberland County, 
deceased, by Bond, Bill, Book Debt, Note of Hand, or 
otherwise are hereby desired to make speedy Payment 
to the "Subscribers: And those that have any Bonds or 
Bills against said Estate, are desired to bring them in 
now directly, or by the first Day of May next at far- 
thest, in order that they^ may be paid by the Subscrib- 
ers, as far as the said Estate will go; and if none are 
brought in within the said limited Time, it will be taken 
for granted that there are none to be brought in against 
said Estate, and then the Subscribers will proceed to 
dispose of the said Estate according to the last Will and 
Testament of said Elias Cotting, Esq; deceased, as far 
as it will go. 

Elizabeth Cotting, Executrix and Benjamin Mul- 
ford. Executor. 



1 About 1760 Joseph Burr, jun., of Northampton. Burlington County, 
erected a saw-mill and dam on the south branch of Ancocas creek, 
called Eyre's Mill creek. He petitioned the Legislature. May 31, 1765, 
not to permit his rights to said mill and dam to be interfered with. 

2 He was Surrogate from 1748 until his death, in 1757. 



l68 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l/S^ 

Trenton^ December i8, 1757. 
Run away last Night from Robert Rutherford/ of 
Trenton, in the County of Hunterdon, and Province of 
New Jersey, an Irish Servant Woman, named Barbarys 
Ager, of a middle Size, takes a great Deal of Snuff, and 
speaks pretty good English: Had on when she went 
away, a red and brown Manchester Cotton Gown, a 
Pair of half worn green Cloth Shoes, with Buckles in 
them, a half worn black quilted Petticoat, and a striped 
Linsey under Petticoat. Whoever takes up said Ser- 
vant Woman, and secures her, so that her Master may 
have her again, shall receive Forty Shillings Reward, 
and reasonable Charges, paid by me. 

Robert Rutherford. 
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 15 15, January 5, 



1 Robert Rutherford was of a family living in the North of Ireland. 
Having quarrelea Wiih an elder oroiher, the father took the latter s 
part, ana chastised Robert, who thereupon lan away from home, and 
shortly after enlisted in L,igonier s troop of Black Horse, a famous 
regiment m the British regular army. Subsequently he went to Eng- 
land, but he soon left that country and came to America, settling at 
Trenton, wheie he opened a tavern, at the northwest corner of Broad 
and Jf'ront siieets, which he called "The Ligonier or Black Horse, 
after his old regiment. He is first mentioned as of Trenton in March, 
li56. (See p. 15, ante.) Having married, he became the father of four 
daughters — Margaret, Sarah, Nancy and Frances Mary — who were all 
grown up in 177U, or thereabout. In or about that year there one day 
drove up to the tavern, in a coach and four, Colonel Fortescue, an 
English officer. He dined at the tavern, and after dinner had a con- 
versation in private with the youngest of the girls, Frances Mary. Less 
than two hours later she, notwithstanding her sisters' entreaties, quit 
the house in company with Colonel Fortescue. They went to Paris to- 
gether, where they lived several years, when he died, leaving her, it 
was supposed, a considerable surn of money. On his death she left 
Paris and went to England, where she married a well-to-do gentleman, 
named Shard. In Lgy she conceived a great desire to ascertain what 
had become of her father's family, and through her confidential solic- 
itor inquiries were made of the Rev. James F. Armstrong, a Presby- 
terian clergyman at Trenton. He advertised in the A'cic Juscy State 
Guzittc, of Trenton, July 9, 1799, asking for information as to what had 
become of Robert Rutherford and his three eldest daughters, named 
above, "who were, previous to the American Revolution, living at or 
in the neighborhood of Trenton, whether they are yet living . . . 
This information is most earnestly entreated by a gentleman of re- 
spectability and fortune in England." The inquiries were fruitless. 
The family had removed from Trenton soon after the disgrace brought 
upon them by the youngest daughter, and were supposed to have died. 
It is understood, however, that some of them returned to Trenton early 
in the present centurv, and asserted certain rights in the old tavern 
property. Mr. Shard died in 1S06, and in 1S19 his widow died, childless 
and intestate. Her property went to the Crown. In 1S46 it was claimed 
by a distant relative of Mrs. Shard, and in 1856 the matter was still 
pending in the English Court of Chancery. 



1758] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 1 69 

Mr. GaINE, 

THE following- Lines were wrote by a young- 
Lady' of the Province of New-Jersey, during 
the few Minutes Col. Schuyler staid at 
Prince -Town, the last Week, in his Way 
to Trenton, and presented him in the most agreeable 
Manner. As they discover so fruitful and uncommon a 
Genius in \h.€v!: fair Ant Jior,\ doubt not that their Com- 
munication to the Public, thro' the Channel of your 
Paper, will be acceptable to all, but more especially to 
your female Readers. 

Tu tlie Honourable Col. Peter Schuyler. 

DEAR to each Muse, and to thy Countrj' dear, 
Welcome once more to breathe thj' native Air: 
Not hiilf so clieering is the solar Ray, 
To the liarsh Rigour of a Winter's Day ; 
Nor half so grateful ftuming Breezes rise, 
When the hot Dog Star burns the Summer Skies; 
Cj;saRvES Shore with Acclamation rings, 
And, Welcome Schuyler, every Shepherd sings. 
See for lliy Brows, the Laurel is prepar'd, 
And justly doeni'd, a Patriot, Ihy Reward; 
Ev'n future Ages shall enroll thy Name. 
In sacred Annals of immortal Fame. 

— 77ic JVc'7i' York Mercury^ Jamtary 9, 1758. 

Custom-House, Philadelphia. Cleared. Schooner 
Fyall. William Langdell to Salem. — Tlic Pciuisy/vauia 
Journal, No. 788, Jannary 12, 1758. 



1 Doubtless Annis Boudinot, b. July 1, 1736: married Richard Stock- 
ton. She had a fluent and graceful pen. and was a favorite daughter 
of the Muses. Much of her verse found its way into print, and was 
widely copied. 



I/O NKW jKRSl'V I'OIONIAI, IXH'I' MKN IS. { ^ S^ 

Lisi' of 1.1:1 I'KKS /\'i/iiu)iinii- ill the l\^st-Ot}u'i\ in Phil- 
adelphia. 

Jorominh l>!\kor, Saloni. Saimiol MitVlin, Joi\>*tns. 

Cioorgo Hnss, West .)ersi\v, Hugh M'i'Hiui, West .lersey. 

Dftuiol Cooper, Gloueester Co. Pivb. Ni.xon, K. New-Jersey. 

Henjiiiuin Davis, W. Jersey. John Porter, W. New Jersey. 

•Vlnier Poiitey, tiloucest. Co. Margery Hogers, New Jersey. 

Thomas l>onnell, Cumb. I'o. Archibald Silver, Saleiu Co. 

Flavell Kwing, W. Jersey. John Sparks, do 

Wni. Hauiiltoii, l^askin-ridge, Abrah. Sohettwell, W. Jer. 

Thomas Jones, SakMii. John Shepherd, Siirewsbnry. 

Myer Levy, Salem. Henry Siloock, K. Jersey. 

David TiOgan, Kast Jersey. Mary Siding, New-Jer.sey. 

Ilngh Torance, Cnmb. Co. 

John Wright, Kast Jersey. 



New Jersew Gloneester Count)\ yamiary 7, 175S. 

W'llKRK.VS l'lli.7abeth Che:c the Wife of John Cheu\ of 
the Cole La/uli/ii^\ in the 'J\>:c/ishi/> and County of Glou- 
eester^ in the Provinee of Ne2i' Jersey ^ hath eloped from 
her said Husband, and run him eonsiderably in Debt, and 
also taken front him the Deeds of his Lands, as also sundry 
Bonds, Pills, Audes and Books of Aeeount : JViese are 
therefore to forewarn all Persons from takinj^anyAssiji^n- 
ment from her, the said Elisabeth Chew, of any of the said 
Deeds, Bonds, Bills, Notes or Books of Aeeount, or to pay 
any of the Monies due or to become due thereon ; if they 
do, they may depend on being proceeded against for the 
same as the Law direets. And also all J\rsons are hereby 
forewarned, not to trust her, the said Elisabeth Chew, on 
his Aeeount, for he will pay no Debts of her eontraeting 
after the Date hereof. 

John Ciikw. 

FlVK Pc>UNns. Reward. 
Last Nii-ht broke out of I'limberland C'oinitv Goal. 



175H 



NKWSlVM'Kk KX'IkACTS. 171 



in West Jersey, one Jolni l\elly, near 5 Feet 10 inelies 
lii^li, spair hnilt, of a fair Complexion, and ahont 20 
Years of Age: Had on vvlien lie went away, an old lij^ht 
coloured Coat, dark luistian Jireeches, wears a Cap or 
VVi.^', and it is su])posed will cliani^e liis Clothes; he was 
Ixjrn in the aforesaid County, and it is supposed he will 
^•o towards Carolina. Whoever takes up said Kelly, 
and secures him in any Goal, so that the Subscriber may 
have him again, shall have the above I'Jeward; pairl by 

Maskell Ewing.' Sheriff. 

Dec. 29, 1757. 



1 The Ewiiif^ family of New Jersey i^ descended from Finlay lOwins, 
a Scotfh Presliyterlaii, who lefl Hi oUaiid, with his wife Jaiii-, during 
I he religious opi)iessions, and settled in Loiidoiiderry, lielaiid. l''or 
ills bravery at the battle of Jioyne Water, in KIDO, he was presented 
with a sw(jrd by King William 111. Ills son, 'I'liomas JOwlng, l)oi-n in 
Londonderry, came to America, in 171S, on account of the troul)les in 
Ireland, and settled at Greenwich, now In Cumberland County, N. J. 
lie there married, in 17a), a granddaughter of Thomas Maskell, of 
lOngland, wlio had married Hythia I'arsons, in (Connecticut, In IC'iK. 
('I'homas Maskell, 2d, theii- son, was one of the giantees, in April, 1717, 
of the site for llu; I'resbyterlan Church at Grec^nwleh.) Thomas lOw- 
ing's oldest child was Maskell Kwing-, l)(jrn In 1721; he married Mary 
I'aset, of EnKlish des<ent, in ]7-i;{. Sh(! i)roved herself a thorough 
liousekeei)ei', and a heljimeel in every sense of tht' word. Maskell at- 
tained to much prominence In his nelKhboihood, belriK appointiMl to 
various local olflces, and In ]7r)7 was api)oinled Sheriff of (Cumberland 
County, from whi< h he retii-ed In 17()0. Ho. was cf)mmissloned, March 
22, 17(;2, one of the Surrogates for West Jersey, holding that ofllc*' until 
177(i. He is said If) have been ('ounty (Jlerk also, and Judge of the (Jom- 
mon JMeas. li(^ died in ]79(;. lie had ten children, among them 

1. Maskell, 2d, 1)orn January 30, 17.^)8. lie was elected Clerk of the 
Assembly liefore he was twenty-one, and removed to Trenton for the 
greater convenience of att(mdlng to the duties of the office, which he 
retained for twenty yeais. Ih' was Recorder of 'rrenton for some 
time. In ISOIi he removed to I'hlladelphla, and In ]HU5 to Delaware 
County, I'enn., representing tlie latter county in the State Senate of 
Ptmns'ylvanla for six years. 11<^ died August 2f!, 182'). 

2. James, the youngest son. married Martha Boyd, whose father 
came from the North of Ireland In 1772 and settled In Brldgeton, where 
he died the yeai' after. James lOwing was a memljer of the famous 
"Tea i'arty"' which, on the night of Thursday, December 22, 1774, de- 
stroyed a <iuantity of tea which had b<'en landed at Greenwich, con- 
trary to the Articles of Association of the (Continental Congress. He 
was elected to the Assembly from Cumberland County In 1778. and 
liked the atmosphere of Trenton so well that he took up his residence 
there the next year, 1779. He was the author of an Ingenious "(Colum- 
bian Alphribet," an attempt at a reformed system of spelling, which 
h(^ exi)lained in a pamphlet published at Trenton In 1798. He was Mayor 
of Trenton, 1797-]80;i. He died Oriober 2;{, 182;!. His only sr)n. (Charles 
lowing, born in 1780, was Chief Justice of New .Jersey, 1824-1832, dylnj? 
In office.— //«n'« lliHt. I'liH. Church of 'I'niilim, 363; fJ' 111 aloi/i/ of Early 
H'lthrH of Trenton and I'Jwini/, by Rev. Ell F. Cooley, Trenton, 1883, 64; 
KJmcr'H C'limhcrland County; Elnur's Hivilnlnanciii, 326; N. J. Archims, IX., 
359; X., .'332. 



1/2 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1758 

To be Sold, or Lett, 

A New two Story House, 30 Feet by 25, four Rooms 
on a Floor, conipleath' finished, with a Cellar under the 
whole, has four Fire-places, with a good Kitchen, and 
Stable that will hold 16 Horses, and three Loads of Hay 
over Head, and a Quarter of an Acre of Land, situated 
in Kingsbury l)y Trenton near the ?\Iill, suitable for a 
Merchant or Tavern. Any Person inclining" to purchase 
or rent the same, may know the Terms, by applying to 
the Subscriber, living near Allan-town, in Monmouth 

County. 

Elisha Lawrence 
— The Pciinsyk'a Ilia Gi7:zetfi\ A^o. x'^xd^ January 12, 
i758. 

To be Lett, for a Term of Years. 
Four Farms in New Jersey, with the Negroes and 
Stock; two of the Farms lying in Middlesex County, 
one in Sussex, and the other in Morris. For Terms, 
enquire of John Lawrence, in Philadelphia. Any Person 
that has a Negro WeneJi to sell that is a good Cook.^ and 
can be recoinviended for her Honesty., may have a good 
Price for her. — The Pennsylvania Gazette., No. 1517, 
fannary 19, 1758. 

Notice is hereby Given to the Proprietors and Inhab- 
itants of East and West New-Jersey, that the commis- 
sioners appointed by law, to enquire into the claims the 
Lidians of New^-Jersey may have on any of the lands 
within the same; have appointed a meeting with the 
said Lidians at Croswicks. on monday the 20th of Feb- 
ruary next.^ All persons wdio have any Lidian deeds 
respecting the lands in said colony, are requested to get 
the same proxed and recorded, or to transmit them to 

iSee N. J. Archives, IX., 356, note. 



1758] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 1 73 

clerks of the council of proprietors at Amboy or Bur- 
lington that they may be made use of by the commis- 
sioners at the conference. 

By order of the Commissioners. 
Jan. 20th. 1758 Charles Read. 

— The Pcnnsvlvania [onriiaU No. 750, January 26, 
1758. 

PhiladelpJiia, January 19. We have Advice of a Sloop 
being- seen about six Miles to the Northward of Cape- 
May, having lost her Boltsprit and Rudder, supposed to 
be Captain Pine, of this Place, bound in here from St. 
Martins. 

To Be Sold 

BT Public Vendue, on Wednesday next, 
being the ist of February; the Tackle and 
Apparel, of the Prize Ship Favorite (lately 
Cast-away at Barnagat) now lying in Capt. 
Schermerhorne's Store on Canon's Wharff, where there 
will be exposed to sale as aforesaid. Anchors, Cables, 
Sails, standing and running Rigging, Blocks, Pump 
Geer, Compasses, Ten four Pounders, Musquets, Pis- 
tols, Cuttlasses, Powder, Cod-Fish, &c. &c. As also the 
Hull, Masts, Yards, &c. of said Ship, as they now are 
lying at Barnagat. 

TO be sold, Two good Plantations in Upper- 
Freehold, New-Jersey, adjoining the Grist- 
Mills, on Croswick's Creek, four Miles from 
Croswick's Meeting-House: One contains 
360 Acres, well-watered and timbered, about 200 Acres 
fit for the Plow, and 30 of choice Clover Meadow, a 
young Orchard of about 230 Apple Trees, with a large 
new Dwelling-House and Barn thereon: The other 
Farm contains about 200 Acres, most Part clear, 30 of 



174 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l/SS 

which are choice Meadow, lies encompassed by a Mill 
Pond, ^^•l^ich will save nnich Fencing", has a good new 
Dwelling-House and Barn thereon, and about 150 Ap- 
ple Trees of choice Fruit. Any Person inclining to pur- 
chase, may have a reasonable Time for Payment, and 
an indisputable Title will be given by applying to Sam- 
uel Rogers, in New-York, near the Exchange. Said 
Rogers sells wholesale or retail, Rum, Molasses, Sugar, 
Salt, Coffee, Chocolate, Peper, Allspice, &c. 

To Be Lett. 

B House and Plantation at Middle-Town 
Point, in the Province of New-Jersey, lying 
on the \\'est Side of the Main Road going 
to Freehold, and all other adjacent Parts of 
the Country; along which Road all the Produce of that 
Country, designed for York Market must pass, being- 
close to said House, which is built 36 Feet by 22. thir- 
teen Feet Post, two large Fire-Places, an Oven, a Cel- 
lar, and a Stone \\'ell, with about ro Acres of Land, in 
good new Fence, in three Divisions, good Part of which 
has been mowed, the other 48 Acres is good Wood 
Land, the farthest Part not above half a Mile Distance 
from the Landing, its bounded on one Side by ]\lr. 
Furman's Mill Pond, and very full of the best Springs 
in America, which will shortly yield it Beneficial as well 
as Pleasant to the Inhabiter. If not soon Lett the above 
will be sold, for which a good Warrant Deed will be 
given by the Subscriber living near the new Barracks, 
New-York. 

ROGEK MAt;RAIL 

N. B. All those living in the Jersies, that are indebted 
to said Magrah, in any sum under five Pounds, are de- 
sired to pay the same to William Hendrickson. Esci; 
who is impowered to receive the same; and those that 



1758] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. I75 

their Debts exceed the above Sum are desired to make 
speedy Payment to prevent Trouble from their humble 
Servant. — The A^cw Yoi'k Mercury^ January 30, 1758. 

All Persons indebted to the Estate of Daniel Coxe, 
Esq; late of Trenton, deceased, are hereby desired to 
make speedy Payment to the Subscribers: And those 
that have any Demands against the said Estate are de- 
sired to make them known, that they may be adjusted 
and paid off. To be sold by the Executors, two likely 
Negroes, a Man and Woman/ 

Abigail Coxe, Grace Coxe, William Pidgeon, 
acting Executors. 

/ 761 be Sold 
A Plantation in Amwell, in New Jersey, about 22 
Miles from Trenton, on the great Road leading to the 
several Iron Works in Hunterdon and Sussex Coun- 
ties, containing 185 Acres, whereon is a good House, 
Barn, two good Orchards, and a large Quantity of ex- 
ceeding good Meadow, more of which may be made, if 
wanted, with little Trouble, as there are several Springs 
and constant Runs, convenient for watering almost any 
Part of the Plantation. The whole is well cleared, and 
in good Fence, except about 40 or 50 Acres, reserved 
for Timber, among wdiich is a large Quantity of Chest- 
nut, justly esteemed the best Kind of Wood in that 
Part of the Country for Fencing. It is well situated 
both for the Philadelphia and New York Markets, be- 
ing nearly at an equal Distance from Trenton and New 
Brunswick, and has, by many Years Experience, been 
found very commodious for a Tavern, both on account 
of its convenient and pleasant Situation, and extraordi- 
nary Meadow and Pasturage. Any Person inclining to 



For sketch of Daniel Coxe, see N. J. Archives, IX., 225. 



176 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1758 

purchase may apply to j\Ir. Jonathan Furnian. at Pen- 
ington, or to Charles Pettit at Trenton, who will give 
an indisputable Title. — The Pciiusylvania Gazette^ No. 
1 5 19, February 2, 1758. 

Deserted from a recruiting party of the 22d regiment 
under the command of ensign Brereton, at Bruns- 
wick the 19th day of January. 1758. 
John Wooton Corporal in the said regiment, is of a 
dark complexion, broad well made, t^2 years of age, five 
feet eight inches high, wares a silver laced hatt,,a regi- 
mental coat, with a white shoulder knott, a spotted 
flannel waistcoat and scarlet breeches. Whosoever ap- 
prehend the said John ^^^ooton, shall upon application 
to the commanding officer of the said regiment at 
Schannectidy, or ensign Bereton, at Philadelphia, re- 
ceive the sum of twenty shillings reward besides what 
is allowed by act of parliament. — Tlic Pcmisylvania Jour- 
nal.^ No. 791, February 2, 1758. 

New- York, January 30. 
[Yesterday] arrived at Sandy-Hook, the ship New- 
Grace, Capt. Ker. from Bristol; and Snow Lord Russel. 
Captain Hathon. from Belfast. 

Just Published, by 

Robert Easburn, 

A Naratixe of his late captivity &c. * And to be sold in 
Philadelphia by David Hall. W'dliam Bradford, James 



1 A Faithful | Narrative, 1 of | The many Dangers and Sufferings, as 
well as I wonderful Deliverances of Robert East | burn during his Cap- 
tivity among the Indians: Together with some Remarks j upon the 
Country of Canada, and the | Religion and Policy of its Inhaoitants; 
the I whole intermixed with devout Reflections, j By Robert East- 
burn, i Published at the earnest Request of many ! Friends for the 
benefit of the Author. | W^ith a recommendatory Preface by the [ 
Rev. Gilbert Tennent. | [Six lines.] | Philadelphia \ printed by William 
Dunlap. I'i5?. ' Svo. Pp. 46. "This is one of the rarest of Indian cap- 
tivities. "" — Fi.hl. It has been reprinted several times. 



1758] 



m: w s 1 ' A 1 ' !•: R 1-: x t k a c t s . 177 



Cliattin, and l)y the author at his house. At Trenton 
l)v Alexander Chambers.' At Prince Town by Elias 
Boudinot. At New Brunswick by John Lile. — The 
Pciiiisyivania JournaL No. 792, February 9. 1758. 

^ The Neiv American Macjazixe, lately advertised 
in this Paper, to be published at Woodbridge in Nciv 
Jersey^ is l)egun, and one iov January. 1758, is published. 
.-\ very few, not engaged, may be subscribed for at Mr. 
Dnnlap's, at the Post-Offiee. 

N. B. Those who subscribed with D. Hall for the 
abo\e [Magazine, are desired to call at said Mr. Dioilaf s 
for their Copies. Subscri])tions are still taken in for 
that Alagazine by said HalL but. as the}' come out, will 
be delivered by Mr. Dunlap. 

NewATjrk, February 13. 

One of our Pilots came up Yesterda\- from Sandv- 
Hook, and brought a Letter from ]\lr. Moone. Prize- 

1 John Chambers came from Antrim (famous for its round tower, 
one of the finest specimens of those ancient and mysterious structures), 
in the Nortli of Ireland, about 1730, and settled in Trenton, where he 
died September 19. 1747, aged 70 years. He had two sons— David and 
Alexander — and five daughters. Alexander was born in Ireland in 1716. 
He lived at the corner of State and AVillow streets, where his father 
had built a mud house, which he replaced by one of brick, and carried 
on the trade of turning-, and making spinning-wheels and chairs. He 
was one of the managers of a lottery in 175.3, for the purpose of raising 
funds to build a schoolhouse, to be "SO feet long, 20 feet wide and one 
story high, and built on the South-east corner of the [Presbyterian] 
Meeting-house yard" in Trenton. He was elected a director of this 
school in 1765. It was the forerunner of the Trenton Academy, founded 
in 17S1. He was one of the trustees named In the charter of the Pres- 
byterian Church of Trenton, Sept. S, 1756, and continued in that office 
until his death. September 16, 179S, and the records show that he at- 
tended every meeting during the whole forty-two years. He was 
treasurer of the Board of Trustees, 17CC-1796. and President from May 
5. 1783. until his death. In the Trenton city charter of November 13. 
1792. Alexander Chambers was named as one of the first two Alder- 
men of the city. He married Rose Crage. who was born 1720 at 
liallintober ("town of the wells"), near Monaghan. Ireland: she died 
in Trenton. Nov. 23. 17S0. Their children were: 1. John, born March 
:;, 1741: married Elizabeth Story, of Cranbury: he died in Trenton, Nov. 
13. 1S13. 2. David, a Colonel in the Revolution: married Ruth, daugh- 
ter of Daniel Clark: he died in 1S42. aged 94: she died in 1S13. aged .5S. 
having had nine children. 3. James. 4. Alexander, was one of the 
guides at the battle of Trenton: he was a prominent merchant in 
Trenton manv vears: he died in 1S24. 5. Rose. 6. Margaret. 7. Eliza- 
beth. 8. Mary.— //f/H's Hint. P,(h. Cliurrh of Trenton. 121. 158: Coolrifa 
Oftiralo'j!/: X. J. .irchive.9, XIX.. 245; Irish Oazetteer. 

12 



178 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1758 

Master of a large French Ship, which arrived there the 
Friday Morning before. ... He mentions that the 
Ship was taken the 25th of December last, in Latitude 
36, Longitude 44, by the Privateer Ship Oliver Crom- 
well, Capt. Nicoll of this Port. — The Pennsylvania Ga- 
zette, No. 1522, February 23, 1758. 

TO be Sold. A Plantation, in the County of 
Monmouth, and Province of East-New-Jer- 
sey, containing 220 Acres, well watered and 
timbered, about 14 Acres cleared and in 
Fence, the Remainder good Wood-Land, and lies near 
a Landing; there is also 8 Acres of salt Meadow ad- 
joining to it, near Middletown-Point. There is on the 
said Plantation, a new Dwelling-House, large Barn, 
and good new Dock, very convenient for boating. Who- 
ever inclines to purchase the same may apply to Hen- 
DRICK Hendrickson, now living on the Premises, who 
will agree for the same on reasonable Terms, and give 
a good Title. 

To be Sold. 

ON Monday the tirst Day of May next, a 
Plantation containing Two Hundred Acres 
of Land, situate in South-Amboy, in East- 
New-Jersey, at the Round-abouts; with 
good Housing, Orchard, and thirty Acres of good 
Meadow; and about forty Acres of cleer Land, all in 
good Fence, well water'd and timber'd ; together with 
an extraordinary fine Fishery, and other Conveniences 
too tedious to mention: The Title is indisputable. The 
Vendue to begin at 10 o'Clock of the said Day, on the 
Premises, where due Attendance will be given by me, 
Thomas Buckelew, Executor. 

— Tlie Nezv York Mercury, February 27, 1758. 



1758] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 



179 



New-York, February 20. 

[Thursday last] Capt. Nicholl's Prize, (as mentioned 
in our last) came up from Sandy-Hook: She is called, 
La Reine Esther, Monsieur Grenou. Commander; was 
taken the 22d of December last, on her Voyage for 
Cape-Francois from Cape-Breton, having left the last 
mentioned Place, eleven Days before. Only two of the 
eight that died on board this Ship, were English, the 
other six being Frenchmen. — The Pennsylvania Journal^ 
No. 795, March 2, 1758. 

To be Sold, 

By publick Vendue, the Sale to begin on the 21st of 
March instant, and to continue from Day to Day until 
the whole is sold, by the Su1)scribers, Trustees on Behalf 
of the Creditors of Robert Smith, that part of the Es- 
tate of the said Robert, lying in the City of Burlington, 
\iz, a Brick Dwelling house and Appurtenances, now in 
the Tenure of Edward Cathrell. Also one other Brick 
Dwelling-house adjoining on the West Side of the above 
mentioned. Likewise another Brick Dwelling house 
divided into Two Tenements, now in the Tenure of 
William Elton, and William Masters; all of which are 
conveniently and pleasantly situated, fronting the River 
Delaware, and have each a Lot extending back to Pearl- 
street. Also a Brick Bake-house, and Storehouses, now 
in the Tenure of said Masters, conveniently built and 
situated on said River, Also a large Building, situated 
likewise on said River, built for a Horse mill, and may 
be converted either into a Bakehouse or Brewhouse. 
Likewise a small House and Lot, now in the Tenure of 
Thomas Wall. Also a Lot of Ground, extending from 
Pearl-street to the River-lot, large enough for a Gar- 
den, for which it is now used. Likewise a lot of Land, 



l8o NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1758 

adjoining the Point Lot, extending from Broad-street 
to Pearl-street, containing three Acres, two Roods and 
nineteen Perches, on which is a young bearing Orchard 
of the l)est Frnit. Together with a small Water Lot, 
and sundr}' Household Goods. The Purchasers to have 
six Months Credit, giving Security. Plans of the Lots 
may be seen at the Houses of the Subscribers, Edward 
Penington, James Wharton. William Smith, and Sea- 
men Rodman. — TJic Pouisyhania Gazette^ No. 1523, 
March 2, 1758. 

To Be Sold 

By way of Public Vendue, the 24th Day 
of March, Instant. 

SGood Plantation, lying on the North-W'est 
Side of Mattawan Creek, at Middletown 
Point, in the County of Monmouth, belong- 
ing to the Estate of Arthur Brown, deceased, 
containing about 230 Acres, about 8 or 10 Acres of good 
Salt and some fresh Meadow; a good House, Barn, and 
young Orchard, a considerable Quantity of clear Land, 
and plenty of good Timber, and a convenient Landing 
for transporting Cord Wood to New- York. John An- 
derson and Peter Bowne, Executors. — The Nctv York 
Merciiry\ March 6, 1758. 

The New American Magazine, for the Month 
of February, 1758, hy Sylvamis Aincricanus^ is now pub- 
lished, and ready to l)e delivered to the Subscribers. 

Magna est Veritas^ ct prcvalcbit. 

As the whole Impression for the Months oi Jaiuiary 
and February are all disposed of to the Subscribers and 
there were not enough for that Purpose, the Proprie- 
tors intend to enlarge the Number for the Month of 



1758] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 181 

March, for the Use of Subscribers only, (no single Nnm- 
bers being to be sold) and if the new Subscriptions shall 
be sufficient barely to defray the Expence of Printing, 
and the Subscribers desire it, the Magazines ior January 
and February shall be reprinted, to compleat their Setts; 
or otherwise the Histories only, to make them perfect, 
at the Price of Tivo-pcncc each Half-sheet. Subscrip- 
tions for the said Magazine still continue to be taken in 
at the usual Places; and by Parker and Weyinaii in Neiv 
York ; by W. Dunlap^ and D. Hall in Philadelphia ; and 
by James Parker in ]Voo(ll>ridge, where Letters to the 
Author are also taken in. 

All Persons indebted to Robert Smith of the Countv 
of Burlington, either by Bond, Bill or Book Debt, are 
hereby desired (to prevent further Trouble) to make 
speedy Payment to the Subscribers, who are empow- 
ered to receive the same in Trust for the Use of the 
Creditors of the said Robert Smith. 

Edivard Peniugtou, James W^iarton. William Smith and 
Sea 1110)1 Rod ma n . 

To be sold by publick Vendue, on the Premises, b}- 
the said Trustees, the Sale to begin on the third Day of 
April next, and to continue from Day to Day until the 
whole is sold; The Farm and Plantation whereon the 
said Robert Smith now dwells, containing 600 Acres, 
or thereabouts, about One Third whereof is cleared, and 
within good Fence, a considerable Part of it is good 
Meadow and Pasture Land, and the Land uncleared is 
well timbered. The said Place has the Conveniency of 
an Outlet, by means whereof a great Number of young 
Cattle and Hogs may be kept at a small Expence. There 
is on the Premises a good Dwelling-house, a large, con- 
venient Kitchen, Barn, Storehouse and Smoke-house. 



l82 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1758 

It is pleasantly situated on one of the Branches of Ran- 
cocus-creek, about seven Miles from Mount-holly, and 
Half a Mile from a Village called Hampton Hanover, 
where is a Grist-mill that never wants Water, commonly 
/ called the New Mill. There will be likewise sold on the 
Premises, a large Stock of Cattle, Hogs, Sheep, Horses, 
&c. with sundry Utensils of Husbandry, and House hold 
Goods. Also one fourth Part of the Grist-mill above- 
mentioned, and one fourth Part of a Saw mill adjoining 
the same, together with one fourth Part of a Cedar 
Swamp thereto belonging: Likewise sundry Lots of 
Land in the said Village of Hampton Hanover. The 
Purchasers to have six Months Credit, giving Security. 
— The Pennsylvania Gazette^ No. 1524, MareJi 9, 1758. 

Three Pound Reward 
To any Person who shall deliver to Mr. Alexander 
Ltinan Merchant of Philadelphia, or Mr. HngJi Wallaee 
Merchant in Neii.^ York^ a large Portmanto, which con- 
tains a suit of Mens Cloths, several Shirts, Stockings 
&c. and a bundle of Papers: It was delivered at Phil- 
adelphia to JoJin Farguson Master of the Burlington 
Stage-Boat in ^/rZ/last, with a Direction on it, to Mr. 
Gilbert Barkly the Care of the above Mr. Wallaee at N'eiv 
York. — The Pennsvlvania Jonrnal^ A\k 796, March 9, 
, 1758. 

Neiu- York, March 13. Francis Bernard,' Esq; Coun- 
sellor at Law, is appointed Governor and Captain Gen- 
eral of New-Jersev. — The Neiv-York Mercury, March 13, 

1758. 

Philadelphia, March 10, 1758. 

To be Sold, 

In Upper Freehold, near Allentown, in Monmouth 

1 For a sketch of Governor Bernard, see N. J. Archives, IX., 21. 



1758] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 1 83 

County, in New Jersey, Four Plantations of good Land 
and good Meadow belonging to each Plantation, three 
of which Plantations have Houses, Barns and Orchards 
on them. Those inclined to purchase all, or any of 
them, may apply to Robert Lawrence, on the Premises, 
and agree for a very reasonable Price. 

Robert Lawrence. 
— The Pennsylvania Gazette^ No. 1525, JMarch 16, 
1758. 

New-York, March 20. 

Sunday the 12th Instant, three Ships arrived here 
with Highlanders, from Cork, And Next Day two more 
with Highlanders also, and a Store Ship, came into 
Port. They sailed from Cork about three Months ago, 
under Convoy of His Majesty's Ship the Hampshire, 
of 50 Guns, Captain Narbury. The Hampshire struck 
twice on the Middle-Ground, before she got into Sandy- 
Hook, and was in great Danger. 

[Saturday last] his Majesty's Ship the Squirrel, Cap- 
tain Willock, fell down to Sandy-Hook, in order to 
proceed for Halifax, with a Store Ship under her Con- 
voy. — TJie Pejinsvk'ania Journal, A^o. 798, Mareli 23, 
1758. 

All persons indebted to the Estate of Isaac Stephens, 
late of Gloucester County, in West New-Jersey, de- 
ceased, or to the Estate of Robert Doyle, of the said 
County, and Province, deceased, either by Bond, Bill or 
Book Debt, are desired to make speedy Payment: And 
those who have any Demands against either of said Es- 
tates, are desired to bring in their Accounts to James 
Stephens in Chestnut-street, Philadelphia, that they 
may be discharged by 

Robert and James Stephens, Executors. 



184 NEW JERSEY COl.OXIAL DOCUMENTS. [1758 

To be sold l)v pul)lick \'eiKliie. at the House of 
Thomas Shinns in Mouiitholly. on Monday, the tirst 
Day of May. by the Subscribers (Trustees for that Pur- 
pose appointed l)y the Owners of Mountholly Iron- 
works) the said Iron Works situate on the navigable 
Part of Ancocus Creek, consisting of one Finery, m 
which are three Fire-places, with Water-Wheels. Bel- 
lows, and Utensils to each of the same. Also one new 
Chasery, with the Utensils thereunto belonging, all in 
good Order. ' Likewise two Dwelling-houses, a Smith's 
Shop, Stables and Barracks, and aliout 60 Acres of 
Land, which may be mostly made into Meadow; And 
se\"eral good Dwelling-houses with about 300 Acres of 
Land. Also a Piece of Meadow Ground, about two 
Miles from the said \\'orks, containing about Ji Acres 
in good (irass: a lot of Cjround in the Town, on which 
there is a large Store, and a gootl WharlT; and a Right 
to a Quantity of Iron Ore. lying in Barker's Creek, near 
the said Works. The Conditions may be seen at anv 
time l)efore the Sale at Mr. Peter Bard's in Philadelphia, 
D. Denormandie's in Bristol, or at the Houses of the 
said Trustees, Henry Paxson. Joseph Hollingshead. 

Deserted from a Recruiting Party belonging to the 
44th Regiment of Foot, on the J5th Instant, James 
Dickenson, about five Feet ten Inches high, of a re- 
markable florid Complexion, and clean made: wore a 
Sailor's Dress, and assumes the Dialect and Behaxiour 
of a Quaker. Whoever brings the said Deserter to the 
publick Goal of this City, or to the Head Quarters of 
the Regiment at Brunswick in the Jerseys, shall receive 
Four Pounds Reward: As there is Reason to suspect 
he will be harboured in this Place, Four Pounds Re- 



1 For notices of the Mount Hollv iron works, see N. J. Archives. XI. 
r,44; XII., 667; XIX., 210. 



1758] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 1 85 

ward to any Person that will give Information of those 
that secrete him. 

John Hall. 
To be Sold 

A Plantation, situate on Newtown-creek, in Glou- 
cester County, four Miles from Cooper's Ferry, con- 
taining 400 Acres, with three Dwelling-houses, two 
good Orchards, one of which bears, forty Acres of 
Meadow, that has been mowed, and it is supposed there 
is about 300 x\cres of Wood and Timber Land. There 
is a good Landing to the Place to transport Wood or 
Timber to Philadelphia, being but seven Miles from 
thence. Any person inclining to purchase may apply to 

James Graisburv. 
Or there is a good Place to be lett. 

— The Ponisvlvaiiia (uncii/e, Xo. 1527, March 30, 

■758. 

On Wednesda>- the 22d. Tnst. died at Nassau-Hall, 
an eminent Servant of God, the Rev. and pious Mr. 
Jonathan Edwards, President of the College of New^- 
Jersey; a Gentleman of distinguished Abilities, of an 
heavenly Temper of Mind; a most rational, generous, 
catholick and exemplary Christian, admired bv all that 
knew him, for his uncommon Candour and dissinter- 
ested Benevolence: A Pattern of Tem])erance, Pru- 
dence, Meekness, Patience and Charity; always steady, 
calm and serene, a very judicious and instructive Preach- 
er, and a most excellent Divine: And as he lived chear- 
fully, resigned in all things to the will of Heaven, so he 
died, or rather as the Scripture emphatically expresses 
it, with respect to good men, he fell a sleej) in Jesus, 
without the least Appearance of Pain.' — The Pciuisylva- 
}iia Journal^ No. 799, Mareh 30, 1758. 



ipiiljlislu'd alsii ill tlie New York Mercury. April 3, 1758. 



l86 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1758 

TO be sold by Patrick Riley, at Rariton 
Landing, a Negro Man, 38 years old, brought 
up on a Farm, and is a very ingenious Fellow: 
Also a good Wench, ^t, years old, who is a 
tolerable Cook, with a Child. The Purchaser, on giving 
good Security, may have a reasonable Time to pay the 
Money. 

By Order of the Honourable 

William Aynsley, Esquire, 

Chief-Justice of the Province of New-Jersey: 

Notice Is Hereby Given, That the Circuit- 
Courts, in the Western Division of said 
Province, are appointed to be held, for the 
Counties of Cumberland and Cape-May, on 
Friday the Twenty-first Day of April next, at Cohan- 
sey-Bridge: For the County of Salem, on Tuesday the 
Twenty-fifth Day of April next, at Salem. For the 
County of Hunterdon, on the first Tuesday in May next, 
at Trenton: And, for the County of Gloucester, on the 
third Tuesday in May next, at Gloucester. 

Perth- Amboy. JOIIN SmyTH, 

Mar. 25, 1758. Clk. of the Circuits. 

— T/ie Nc7c York Mercury^ April i, i/S^- 

We hear that the Province of New-Jersey, have agreed 
to raise One Thousand Men for the present Year, and 
give Twelve Pounds Bounty. 

Custom-House Philadelphia Entered in since March 
the 22d. Sloop Abigail, Peter Groves from Salem. — The 
Peiuisylvaiiia Journal^ No. 800, Aprils, 1758. 



1758] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 1 87 

Trenton, April 3. 1758. 

On Wednesday, the Nineteenth of this instant April, 
will be set up at public Vendue, a certain Tract of Land, 
in the Great Swamp in Amwell, in the County of Hun- 
terdon, containing about 200 Acres, whereon is a large 
Quantity of Timber, mostly white Oak and Poplar, with 
a convenient Stream for a Saw mill. Great Part of it 
may be made into good Meadow, being naturally a good 
Soil, and watered by several constant Springs. The 
Vendue to be held at the Boar's Head Tavern, near the 
Premises. Any Person inclining to view the above 
Tract, may apply to George Reading, Esquire. 

And on \\'ednesday, the Third of May next, will be 
offered to Sale, by public Vendue, at the Market-house 
in Trenton, two good Stone Houses, with a Garden, 
Well, and other Conveniences to each; one of which 
now letts for Eight Pounds, Ten Shillings, and the 
other, having a Cooper's Shop on the Lot, for Twelve 
Pounds per Annum. 

Also three Lots, on the West side of King-street, in 
Trenton (No. 2, 3, and 6 in the Plan) containing each 
45 Feet in Front, and 140 Feet back. And Lot No. 7, 
in the same Plan, with a Lot of back Land annexed, 
both containing one Acre, a Quarter and 2^] Perches of 
good Upland Meadow Ground. The Purchaser or Pur- 
chasers may have one Year for Payment, giving secur- 
ity, with Interest. Any Person inclining to purchase 
by private Bargain all, or any Part of the abovemen- 
tioned Premises, may apply to the Subscriber, at his 
House, in Trenton, or to Moore Furman, Esq; of the 
same Place. 

Andrew Reed 

— TJic Pennsylvania Gazette^ No. 1528, April 6, 
1758. 



1 88 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1758 

New- York. April 10. 

IT having- pleased God to receive by Death 
the Reverend Jonathan Edwards, M. A. 
President of the College of New-Jersey, on 
the 22(\ ult. within a few Days after his En- 
trance upon that Office; and his short Abode in these 
Parts, having prevented his being generally known, it 
w'ill doubtless be agreeable to many of your Readers, to 
receive some further Information concerning him. 

He was the only Son of the Revd. Mr. Edwards of 
Windsor, in Connecticut, who, with his Wife, the 
Mother of the Deceased, were living in a ver}- ad\-anced 
Age, al)out two Months ago. In PerscMi, he was tall 
and slender: When a Youth at Yale College, he ap- 
])eared healthy, but not robust: There was something 
delicate in his Constitution: Had a piercing Eye, the 
l^roper Index of the Mind; was naturally grave and 
thoughtful: In Conversation, modest and much re- 
served; uncommonly studious, without the least Ap- 
pearance of Levity. He very early indicated an extra- 
ordinar}' Cienius; was remarkable for Clearness and Dis- 
tinction of Thought. Solidity of Judgment, and the 
Strength an.d Force of his rational Powers. He com- 
menced Batchclor of Arts at the Age of Nineteen, and 
was then esteemed one of the best Scholars in his Class. 
He continued at College for some Time after he had 
taken his first Degree; was an acute subtil Disputant. 
He seemed to be a Logician and a Metaphysician by 
Nature; but greatlv improved by Art and Study. He 
had imbibed the Sentiments of the great Mr. Lock; 
these grew up in him as in their native Soil. The Gaieties 
of Imagination were not his Ornament; nothing florid 
appears in his Compositions. His Talents were of a 
superior kind. 



1758J NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 1 89 

He commenced Master of Arts, and served the Col- 
lege for some Time as a Tutor. He soon entered into 
the Ministry, and was settled with his Grand-Father, 
the famous Mr. Stoddard at Northampton. 

As a Preacher, he was well known; neither quick nor 
slow of Speech: His Language was pure. l)ut not orna- 
mented. He regarded Thoughts more than Words; 
Precision of Sentiment and Clearness of Diction, formed 
the principle Character of his Style: In middle Life he 
appeared emaciated (I had almost said mortified) by 
intense Study and hard Labour; hence his Voice was 
a little too low for a large Assembly, but much helped 
by a proper Emphasis, just Cadence, and great Distinct- 
ness in Pronunciation. 

He knew to arrange his Ideas in an exact Method; 
and the Exuberance of his Genius, enabled him to ex- 
haust every Subject that he took under Consideration. 

He always attempted in his publick Addresses, first 
to enlighten the Understanding, and convince the Judg- 
ment of his Hearers; and then to persuade the Will, 
engage the Afl^ections, and excite the active Powers of 
the Soul. And in this Way his Ministrations were at- 
tended with remarkable Success. 

He was a Divine of the first Rate, and well versed in 
Didactic^ J\doci/iic^ Expcriniciital and practical Theol- 
ogy. He had diligently employed the latter Part of 
his Life, in defending the great Doctrines of Christian- 
ity, against the Errors of the Times, and for such a Work 
he was abundantly cjualified. 

His Writings will perpetuate his Memory, and have 
procured him the Eulogium, not only of British, but 
also of eminent foreign Divines. Several Professors of 
Divinity in the Dutch L'^niversities. verv lately sent him 



190 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1758 

their Thanks, for the Assistance he had given them, say- 
ing he had carried his Enquiry into some nncontro- 
verted Points, hn"ther than any Author they had ever 
known. No Man seemed to be better acquainted with 
the divine Life, or undertook ReHgion, and felt its 
Power more, than he. His internal Sense of the Inter- 
course which subsists between God and the Soul, being- 
brought by him to the severe Trial of Reason and Rev- 
elation, sfi-^arded him both in Sentiment and Conduct, 
from the least Ticture of Enthusiasm. 

He was a bright Star in the Orb of the Church, and 
in the strictest Sense, a most rational Divine. So great 
was his real Worth, that he conferred on the College 
more Honour than he could receive from it. The Great- 
ness of the Loss which it hath sustained by his Death, 
cannot be estimated. 

When he perceived the Symptoms of his Distemper 
to be mortal, he was a little perplexed about the Mean- 
ing of divine Providence, in taking him from his Re- 
treat at Stockbridge, and in translating him to the 
Presidentship of the College, and removing him so soon 
from thence; but at length he saw the Wisdom and 
Goodness of God in such an Event, and yielded to the 
Will of Heaven, with the most placid Submission. 

When we see a good Man in the full Exercise of his 
rational Faculties, conquering Death, while dying, and 
by the Efficacy of a divine Eaith, triumphing over that 
last Enemy, we behold a glorious Evidence of the Truth 
of Christianity, its Excellency and Importance. We 
are convinced that true Religion has a sovereign Power 
to relieve Man in the Time of his greatest Exigence 
and Distress. 'Tis hoped that some good Hand will at- 
tend his Character at large. 



1758] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. I9I 

Great Edwards dead! liow doleful is the Sound '! 
How vast the Stroke! how piercing is the Wound ? 
Heaven now impatient of our nuin'rous Crimes, 
Scourges the bold Rebellion of the Times: 
The fatal Messenger commission'd first, 
To bring the learn'd and pious Burr to Dust, 
Scarce gave us Leave to dry our weeping Eyes, 
And bid the Dawn of glimm'ring Hopes arise, 
When lo! with dreadful Aim and pointed Dart, 
The Arrow flies, and pierces Edwards' Heart. 
0! painful Stroke! distressing Hand of Death! 
No vulgar Mortal then resign'd his Breath, 
Nor can the Muse in deepest Numbers tell, 
"How Lion trembled, when this Pillar fell. 
"Sure Natures self, with all his ample Store, 
"Can furnish such a Pomp for Death no more. 

— TJie New York Mercury, April \o, 1758. 



Lancaster. April i, 1758. 
Charles Morse, Attorney at Law, intending to re- 
move to New Brunswick, in East New Jersey/ in about 
six Weeks, desires all his Clients to come and take up 
their Bonds, Bills, Notes, Accounts. Deeds and other 
Writings in his Hands, and to pay the Fees due to him 
for prosecuting Actions thereon. And all other Per- 
sons, who are indebted to him for Fees, by Bonds, Bills, 
Notes or otherwise, are required to make Payment with- 
in one Month from the Date hereof, otherwise they may 
expect to be sued. And any Persons having any De- 
mands on him, are desired to bring the same in, that 
they may be settled and paid. 

Taken out of the Stable of Job Lippincott, in Spring- 
field Township, Burlington County, a grey Mare, with 
a short bob Tail, about 13 Hands one Inch high, six 
Years old; also a hunting Saddle, with a snufT coloured 
Broadcloth fringed Housing. It is supposed that one 



iHe was admitted to the New Jersey Bar, August 10, 1758. 



192 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l/SS 

Christoi)her Wetherill did take said Mare and Saddle 
and was seen at Martin Ashlnn-n's Ferry in the City of 
Philadelphia, on Monday the third Instant, he had on 
a Snuff coloured Broadcloth Coat and Jacket, and black 
Leather Breecehes, work'd with white on the Knees, 
he is about hvc Feet seven Inches hioh, fresh coloured, 
with brown Hair, his fore P'inger on the Left Hand has 
l.)een cut off. Whoever takes up and secvu'es said \\^eth- 
erill, in any of His Majesty's (loals, shall have Forty 
Shillings Reward, and iMjrty Shillings for the ?\Iare. 
paid by 

Job Lippinct)tt 

— The Pciiiisv/'i'aiiia GarjcUr, Xo. 1529, April 13, 

1758- 

Philadelphia, April 18, 1758. 
All Persons indebted to the Estate of Samuel Barnes, 
late of Fairheld Township, Cumberland Cotmty and 
Province of A\'est-Xew-Jersey. deceased, are desired to 
make speedy Payment : And those that have any De- 
mands against said Estate, are desired to bring in the 
same that the}' may be settled by 

Abraham Barnes, Executor. 

— The Pcinisyivaiiia Ga.zcttc^ No. 1530, April 20. 

New York, April 24. 

Wednesday last arri\ed at the Flook, his Majesty \- 
ship Winchelsea, Ca])t. Hayle, in three W^eekes from 
South Carolina, and brought under her Convoy, the 
Lyon, Ruby, Tamerlane. Duke William, Brittania and 
Success ^fransport Ships ha\'ing' on ])oard Colonel Bo- 
. quet, and his Part of the first I)attalion of Ro^al Amer- 
icans. 

Saturday last arrived at Sandy Hook, his Majesty's 
Ships the Devonshire, of 64 Guns, Capt. Ciordon; the 



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Hind, Capt. Bond, of 20 Guns; and the Hnnter, of 16 
Guns, Capt. Lafory. from England, with 35 Sail of Ves- 
sels under their Convoy. 

Trenton, in New-Jersey. April 18. 1758. 
Whereas there is a Proclamation issued out by the 
Honourable John Reading, Esq; President of His Maj- 
esty's Council, and Commander in Chief of Xew-Jersey. 
for the Raising a Regiment of One Thousand Men, pay- 
ing them a Bounty of Twelve Pounds, to have one 
Coat, a pair of Cloth Breeches, a white Shirt, a check 
Ditto, two Pair of Shoes, two Pair of Stockings, one 
Pair of Ticken Breeches, a Hat. Blanket. Canteen and 
Hatchet, and to serve till the 15th Day of November, 
and receive One Pound Thirteen Shillings and Sixpence 
a ]\Ionth. All those that are free and willing to serve 
His ]\Iajesty King George in the above Regiment, by 
repairing to Trenton at the Sign of the Wheatsheaf. or 
to the House of John Cummings, where William Doug- 
lass is beating up to raise a Company, shall on their 
Enlistment, receive a Dollar to drink His Majesty's 
Health, enter into present Pay. and have good Quarters 
provided for them by 

^^^illiam Douglass. 

— The Pcniisylva)iia Gazette, No. 1531. April 27. 
1758- 

Gloueester April x^th, 1758. 

Notice is hereby gi\en to the several creditors of 
Henry Roe, deceased, and AbraJiam Roe, to appear at 
the house of William Hugg^ in the town of Gloucester, 



1 William Hugg was a great-grandson of John Hugg. who came from 
the parish of Castle Ellis, in the County of Wexford. Ireland. He was 
a Friend, and refusing to pay a tax to repair the church at Rosanellis. 
Queen's County, in 1669, was imprisoned. In 1683 he bought 500 acres of 
land of Robert Zane. on Little Timber creek, near the Delaware. His 
liouse is supposed to have been on the site of Fort Nassau, constructed 
by the Dutch m 1623.— C7('»!e«<'s FUat Settlers of Newton Township. 284. 



194 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1758 

on the 3i.st day of A/ay next, at ten o'Clock in the morn- 
ing, with their several bonds, notes and acconnts against 
the said Henry Roc deceased, and Abrahaui Roc, in order 
that the Trnstees may be enabled to make a destribn- 
tion amongst the said creditors of all the estate of them 
the said Henry Roe deceased and Abraham Roe, which 
has come to their hands for that purpose. 

/\ S. All those who have l)ronght actions against 
the said Roc, are desired to bring an account of cost of 
each action. 

Egbert Friend Price) ^ 

T-, TT ( i rustees. 

Edward Hollinshead ) 

All Persons having Subscribed for the Books of the 
Original Constitution of A'czu-yersey, may have them by 
applying (within three Months after date hereof) to 
Sai/nicI Si/iit/i.^ Esq; in Biirliiigtoii, Joseph Yard' and 
William Mott,'^ Escp's ; in Trenton, The Honourable 



1 Samuel Smith, of Burlington, was the author of the History of New- 
Jersey, published in 1765, 

a For a sketch of Joseph Yard, see N. J. Archives, XIX, Quite a full 
account of the Yard famil.v is given in Cooley's "Genealogy of Early 
Settlers in Trenton and Ewing," 

» William Mott was a descendant of Adam Mott, of Essex, England, 
who married, at New Amsterdam, July 2S, 1647, Jane Hulet, of Buck- 
ingham, England, He was in New Amsterdam as early as 1644, and 
received a grant of twenty-five acres of land on Mespath Kill (New- 
town Creek, Long Island), April 23, 1646, from the Dutch Government 
of New Netherland. On March 17, 1657, he was chosen one of the 
townsmen of Hempstead, L, I, His wife, Jane Hulet, died, after bear- 
ing eight sons, the youngest of whom was Gershom, Adam married, 
2d, Elizabeth Richbell, daughter of John Richbell. of Mamaroneck. 
She bore him five children, one of whom was baptized Adam, although 
his father's eldest son, Adam, was still living. In his will, proved in 
1689, Adam Mott speaks of his eldest son Adam, and his youngest son 
Adam. 

Gershom Mott, the youngest son of Adam Mott and Jane Hulet, was 
born about 1663. In early manhood he removed to Monmouth County, 
N. J., where he is mentioned in the records in 16S5. He was Sheriff of 
the county, 1697-8, and a member of the Assembly, 1708-16, He married, 
in 1695, Catherine Bowne. daughter of Captain John Bowne, His will. 
dated Feb. 15, 1730, was proved March 30, 1733. In it he describes himself 
as "Gershom Mott, Gentleman, of Middletown, Monmouth County." 
His second child was William, born November 9. 1699. He was ele-ted 
to the Assembly m 1743, and when the Governor repeatedlv dissolved 
that body, in hopes of securing one more favorable to himself. William 
Mott was re-elected each time— in 1744. 1745, 1746, 1749 and 1751— sitting 
in that body until its dissolution in June, 1754, He is mentioned in the 
newspapers of the day as one of those who would receive subscrintions 
for Nevill's Laws. Vol. I., and for Learning and Spicer's compilation 
of the Grants and Concessions, etc. He married Margaret Harts- 
horne, daughter of William Hartshorne (born January 22, 1679). His 



1758] 



NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 1 95 



Robert Lawrence,^ Esq ; James Holvus" and John Taylor ^^ 
Esq; and Mr. TJiovias Eattoii,"^ in Moiiuiouth County; 
Robert Ogden, Esq ; in Elizabeth Town, and Mr. 

will is dated Middletown, May 14, 1742. His oldest son was John, born 
January 18. 17.34: married Eleanor Johnston, June 17, 17S4. He sel■^'ed in 
the French and Indian War, and in the Revolution, attaining the 
rank of Captain. He was the grandfather of General Gershom Mott, 
of New Jersey, who commanded a Brigade of Jerseymen in the War 
of the Rebellion. — For the genealogical data above, the writer is in- 
debted to a well written article by Miss Kate A. Mott, in the N. Y. 
Genealogical and Biographical Record, XXV., 49-56. See also N. J. 
Hist. Soc. Proc, V., 25-26; N. J. Archives, II., 363: III., 212; IV., 126; 
VI., 202; VIII., Part II., 151; XII., 690; XVI.. passim. 

• For a notice of Robert Lawrence, see N. J. Archives, XIX., 390. 

2 For a notice of James Holmes, see Ibid. 

'•'■A sketch of John Taylor is given on page 152, ante. 

-1 Thomas Eaton was doubtless a grandson of Thomas Eaton, 1st. 
who came to America from Goodhurst. Kent, England, and landed in 
Rhode Island, where he married a widow. Jerusha Wing. About 1670 
he located in Monmouth County. N. J., where he built a grist mill on 
one of the headwaters of South Shrewsbury, in the present village 
of Eatontown, four miles west of Long Branch. He died October 26, 
1688, leaving his mill property to his widow in trust for their unborn 
child. John Eaton, his son, was born March 26. 1689. He married 
Joanna, daughter of Eliakim Wardell. who lived at the present Mon- 
mouth Beach. He was elected to the Assembly in 1727, and was re- 
elected in 1730. 1738, 1740, 1743, 1744. 1745, 1746. 1749, serving continuously 
for twenty years. He sold the mill property April 26, 1716. to Gabriel 
Stelle. He died October 25, 1750. In his will, dated Dec. 2, 1745, proved 
May 11, 1750. he gives to his son Thomas £600 in money, also his "big 
Bible big Dicksonary Nelsons Justice and my Sord and Pistils." To 
his son Joseph his "small gun, small Dicksonary Church history and 
Conductter generall [Conductor Generalis] and ten shillings in money." 
—E. J. WiUa. E, 485. His widow made her will May 25, 1769; it was 
proved January 15. 1110.— Ih., K. 163. His children were: 

1. Thomas, who lived on the paternal acres. In 1749 he was a mer- 
chant in New York. He was baptized in the Old Tennent Church, 
Monmouth County, in Old Shrewsbury, on profession of faith, August 
20, 1749. In 1754 he advertised for sale a lot of thirteen and a quarter 
acres, about a ciuarter of a mile from the centre of the township of 
Shrewsbury. A Thomas Eaton, perhaps his son, was living at Bliza- 
bethtown, where his first wife died, and several of his children, 
1774-1795. 

2. Joseph, a physician, who died April 5, 1761. in his 44th year. 

3. Valeria, married Dr. Joseph Le Conte, of Middletown Point. She 
and her husband joined the Old Tennent Church, May 4, 1744. He 
subscribed £10, March 16. 1749-50, towards the erection of the present 
meeting-house. He died January 29. 1768. in his 66th year, and is buried 
in the. Presbyterian cemetery, near Matawan. His widow died in 1788. 
and is buried at Orange, where she had made her home for several 
years with her daughter Margaretta, the second wife of the Rev. 
Jedidiah Chapman, pastor of the Presbyterian Church at that place. 

4. Sarah, married ■ — - — Tole. 

5. Lydia. 

6. Joanna, married, October 15. 1750, the Rev. Elihu Snencer. a Pres- 
byterian clergyman, who was temporarily supplying Shrewsbury and 
Middletown. She died at Trenton. November 1. 1791. aged 63 years. He 
died at Trenton also. December 27. 1784, in his 64th year. 

7. Elizabeth. She and her sister Joanna, both being "Young women 
grown," were "baptized on profession of their own Faith," August 5. 
1750, in the Old Tennent Church. 

'8. Margaret, married Berrien. — Hltt. Monmouth Cotinti/, 876: N. J. 

Hisit. iioc. Proc. V., 36; A'. J. Arcliivr^, XIX., 437: Ilair.'t Prrs. Church of 
Trrnlon. 288; W/cA-os'.s Medical Men of N. J., 242, 310; Wick'-s'.'i Hi.^tor)/ of 
the Oranges. 198; Hist, of Old Tennent Church. Freehold, 1897, 122: Inscrip- 
tions in First Prcs. Church Yard, Elizabeth, 106. 



196 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL. DOCUMENTS. [1758 

Williaui Bradford^ in Philadelphia ; Paying for each 
book Thirty Eight S/iilliiigs and Six-pence, Proc. 
including the subscription Money advanced, which is the 
Price we have been allowed by the Public for One Hun- 
dred and Severity Volumes: And as a Number yet re- 
main on hand, not Subscribed for, any Person may be 
supplyed therewith by applying to Mr. William Bradford 
and paying for the same as above by the' 17th Day of 
////)' next, after which we shall not further extend the 
Sale. 

The said Book contains the Original Constitution 
of East and West Jersey. . . . The scN'eral Grants for 
the Soil and Government. . . . The Concessions and 
Constitutions by which they were Settled. . . . The 
Elisabeth Tozvn Title. . . . The Monmouth Patent. 
. . . The Laws pass'd during the Proprietary Govern- 
ments. . . . The Proceedings previous to the Sur- 
render thereof. . . . The Instrument of Surrender. 
. . . Queen. Ann's Formal acceptance of the same. 
. . . A Blank Commission for a Governor. . . . 
And Lord Cornbury's Instructions. . . . And is nec- 
essary for those who have Occasion to know the Powers 
of the Nezv Jersey Government, or the Liberties of the 
People ; or to deduce the Title of Lands from their Orig- 
inal foundation, or preserve them against Resurvey after 
Seven Years peaceable Possession. . . . And those 
concerned in Location of Proprietary rights, may see 
how far their proceedings are warranted by the said 
Laws, which prescribe several regulations for taking 
up, leasing and selling Lands. . . . But its Utility 
will be better understood from the contents thereof, 
than from this l)rief Description, which however may be 
inferred from the Legislature's having ordered the sev- 
eral Materials that Compose it to be collected from the 
Original Instruments, or authentic registers in England 



1758] 



NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 1 97 



and such Parts oiAinci'ica where they were to be found, 
and Printed for the Benefit of the Public; and finally 
are the first Volume of the Neiv-Jcrscy Laws/ 
April 17th, Jacob Spicer, 

1758. Aaron Leaming. 

— TJic Pennsylvania Journal, No. 803, April 27, 
1758. 

Perth- Aviboy, February 27. 

We have advice from the county of Gloucester in this 
province, that a few weeks ago one Andrew Lashly, a 
flat-man, who plied between Mantua-creek in the said 
county, and Philadelphia, was found in his flat in the 
said creek, in a miserable condition, having a large 
l)ruise on his head, several marks of violance upon other 
parts of his body, the rim of his belly very much 
scorched, and his back bone about the kidnies burnt to 
a cinder, notwithstanding which he lived some days; 
and at intervals, often spoke, and said he would tell who 
did the mischief; but his senses never continued so long 
at one time, as to name the persons, the manner how, 
or the place where it was done. Several persons have 
been taken up on suspicion, tho' no discovery hath as 
yet been made who committed this horrid villainy; but 

iThe title of this invaluable work relating to the first yovernmeius 
of i\ew Jersey, is as follows, duly lined oli: THi. I GRANTS CON- 
CESSIONS, I AND I Original CONSTlTLiTlONS | Of the PKoVLNCii of I 
NEW-JERSEY \ THE ACTS | Passed during the Proprietary Govern- 
ments, and other ma- | terial Transactions before the Surrender there- 
of to I Queen ANNE. 1 | The Instrument of Surrender, and Her for- 
mal Acceptance [ thereof. j Lord Coknbuky's Commission and In- 
structions Lonse- I quent thereon. ! Collected by some Gentlemen em- 
ployed by the Geneeal assembly I And Afterwards I Published by 
Virtue of an ACT of the LEGISLATURE of the said Province | With 
proper Tables alphabetically digested, containing the principal Matters 
in I the Book. | By Aaron Lkajiing and Jaiiob Spicee. | PHILA- 
DELPHIA : I Printed by W. BRADFORD, Printer to the King's 
Most Excellent | Majesty for the Province of Ndv-Ja-fsru. I 8vo. Pp. 
(4), 763. There is nothing on the title page nor in the 'book itself to 
mdicate when it appieared, and the date has been conjectured to be 
anywhere between 1750 and 1775. The above advertisement sets all 
doubt at rest, and shows conclusively that the volume was issued in 
1758. An interesting account of this compilation is given by Francis 
Bazley Lee, in 14 N. J. Law Journal, 137. 



198 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1758 

the strictest enquiry is still making to find them out, 
that they may be brought to justice. 

A few days ago one Bourns, a private soldier belong- 
ing to the 44th regiment, was shot at Elizabeth-town 
for desertion. It seems he had been an old offender; 
and saw three soldiers shot for the like crime at Albany; 
and at the same time he himself received 500 lashes; 
notwithstanding which he soon deserted again. 

Last week a corporal belonging to the 22d regiment, 
was found hanging upon a tree in the woods near New- 
Brunswick: He was much esteemed by his ofTficers for 
his good behavior: No other reason can be assigned 
for his committing murder upon himself than gaming: 
It seems he had lost about five pounds at cards, which 
affected him very much; and he was observed to be mel- 
ancholy the evening he disappeared. — Drnnkoiiicss and 
ginning arc tJic tico principal springs tJiat give motion to all 
the disorders connnitted by the soldiers. And I ivonld 
have all retailers of spirituons liquors seriously to consider 
what an absurdity as ivell as iniguity it is ^ first to admin- 
ister to them such pernicious potions as must certainly 
deprive them of their reason, and then complain of the 
outrages they commit in its absence. These retailers do an 
injury to the publick, by turning loose such madmen of 
their 07vn making, to terrify and insult his majesty s 
peaceable subjects : They do an injury to their officers, by 
making them uneasy upon hearing these complaints, and 
putting them to the disagreeable necessity of punishing the 
offenders; and they do an iifury to the poor fcllozvs them- 
selves,, by not 07ily bringing them to the halberds,, but often 
to an untimely end ; and may therefore be justly esteemed 
accessaries before the fact. 

On thursday evening last, a boat belonging to Mid- 
dletown, overset and sunk a little below Prince's-bay, 
with four men in her, who got upon a part of her quar-- 



1758] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. I99 

ter-deck which continued al)ove water; but they must 
have inevitably perished with cold in that severe season, 
had not a boat belonging to this city, fortunately com- 
ing by, took them all off when almost spent, and 
l^rought them into the harbour. — The Nciv American 
J/,r?^(7^///r [Wood bridge, N. ].\ for February^ 1758- 

To the Author of the New American Magazine. 
Mr. Americanus, 

I went a few days ago to pay a visit to an old gentle- 
man whom I very much respect. Among other talk, 
we fell into discourse upon the benefits arising from 

trade, &c. — "Mr. , said he, when I was formerly in 

trade. I took delight in studying matters of commerce; 
and in every light I always found them of supreme ad- 
vantage to a country. As I was born in N'ew-Jersey^ I 
directed my researches with a more immediate eye to 
that province. It has often grieved me much to see a 
colony abounding in fine ports and excellent harbours, 
as well as for the most part with fertile lands, lie dead 
without any shipping almost, and sunk in inglorious 
poverty; while the inhabitants suffer New-York and 
Philadelphia to run away with their markets, and main- 
tain always a large balance against them, which must of 
necessity keep them low and indigent, in comparison of 
the other trading colonies." 

"Wherever this is the case, public spirit is wanting, 
the laudable endeavours for support of private families 
greatly crampt, and irregular and illegal methods of liv- 
ing are too frecjuently sanctify'd by necessity. New- 
Jersey has not near half the number of people, settling 
the present quantity of inhabitants at 60,000, which it 
is computed she could maintain in good circumstances, 
upon a moderate North American trade only; tho' 



200 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. \l7S^ 

some think otherwise, and tho' some of her land is bar- 
ren, in the ivcstcrn division especially. The numbers she 
might support in affluence by a free curopcan traffic are 
immense. Population always follows trade, and trade 
ever excites a spirit of agriculture and good husbandry. 
It is remarkable, that the ancient kings of Persia had 
so many millions of subjects, only by means of that arti- 
cle in the religion of the Magi, that the most pleasing 
action to God which man could do, was to get a child, 
to manure a field, and to plant a tree; and we may add 
a fourth axiom, to load a ship. It is a settled point, that 
the species multiplies where matrimony is encouraged, 
and matrimony is encouraged, wherever there is a suffi- 
ciency for the children without- lessening the substance 
of the parents; and this sufficiency is the sure conse- 
quence of a large foreign trade. It is thought too com- 
monly, that an abundance of people do but oppress the 
state, and that the fewer they are, the better they get 
their bread: our tradesmen mostly think so, and bishop 
Cumberland was of that opinion; and it is granted to 
be true enough, where trade and all the superfluities of 
life do not increase in proportion with the people; but 
it can be proved to a demonstration, that the people 
are indeed the riches of any country, but not without 
they are industrious; for as every idle man is a draw- 
back on the public wealth, so industry is the mistress 
of convenience, and source of plenty; and every body 
knows plenty is strength. Have we not seen petty 
states, Holland, for instance, and Wniicc, who have lit- 
tle produce of their own, by being the factors of the 
world, arrive at prodigious opulence and power. It is 
said too, that the cultivation of the superfluities of life 
cannot fail to introduce voluptuousness and corruption, 
by which the manners of the people will be abased, and 



1758] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 20I 

the state sapped to destruction. 'Thou fanciest/ says 
an admired author,* whose words I recohect exactly, 
'that the arts make people effeminate, and thereby oc- 
'casion the fall of empires; thou mentionest the ruin 
'of that of the ancient Pcrsicvis, which was the effect of 
'their luxury; but this instance is far from being con- 
'clusive, since the Greeks, who subdued them, cultivated 
'the arts with infinitely more diligence than they did.' 
"The ports of Burlington and Aviboy are extremely 
well situate, and both formerly had some trade; the 
growth of Philadelphia has well nigh deprived the for- 
mer of its citizens and its shipping; and Neiv - York the 
latter: the people, in a general way, in both these our 
capitals, are actually become poorer, everything con- 
sidered, than formerly; business has languished, and 
the remaining inhabitants have imbibed too much the 
spirit of indolence; and in consecjuence thereof, are but 
able to raise the necessary supplies for the publick, and 
support their families reputably. You know beef and 
pork are our staple; the latter has got a name abroad, 
and we might long continue to supply the West -Indies 
with both in our own bottoms, if some feeble attempts, 
that are now and then made, met with proper encour- 
agement from the body of the people, and from the leg- 
islature; but we are obliged to send it all, a trifle ex- 
cepted, to Philadelphia and Nezv-York, to be shipp'd; 
by which the exporters have, among many other incon- 
veniences, to pay the charges of carriage to those places, 
which sometimes are high, when their own ports are at 
their doors, and the care of shipping them would be 
under their eye. Perhaps there would not be a better 
way to open the sluices of trade here than to lay, for a 
short limited time, a heavy duty upon everything (the 

*Montesquiou's Persian Letters. 



202 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l/SS 

common dailv provisions for the market excepted) ex- 
ported from hence to the i)rovinces of Nciv- York anci 
Pennsylvania^ and to advance a bonnty upon all mer- 
chandise of native growth, shipped directly from any 
port in this province, to other i^laces of this continent, 
the U\-st Indies, and Europe : Or, if this should be 
thought too great a stroke, another scheme I would like 
better, if it were practicable; and the province has upon 
some occasion shewn, that she has a spirit: .V num1)er 
of the most wealthy farmers and others in each district, 
might associate themselves, and come under obligation, 
to vend their produce to certain merchants in the well- 
situate places for shipping, and to take off all their re- 
turns at market-price, who should be under like obli- 
gation to purchase all they brought at the same market- 
price. Such merchants would soon be found from 
among ourselves, and from other places, upon the least 
prospect of success. 'Tis to be hoped, a scheme of this 
nature would in a measure hinder our shop-keepers and 
petty-chapmen from purchasing abroad, and thereby 
prevent great part of our money going out of the prov- 
ince; as our merchants could aft'ord their imports as 
cheap or cheaper than others. If a spirit were once 
raised, and people saw there was money to be got by 
it, nothing further is necessary; and Nezv-Jersey would 
in time vie with her neighboiu^s in power, wealth, and 
all the good arts of life." / am &c. 

Philo-Patrlv. 

— The Nezi' American Magazine [Woodbridge, 
N. ].\ for MareJi, 1758. 

To be Let for a term of years, a plantation situated 
on Timber Creek, about one mile from Gloucester, con- 
taining about two hundred and thirty acres, whereof 
about thirtv acres are cleared and in fence, and about 



1758] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 203 

thirty acres of meadow may be made, with Httle ex- 
pence, part being already grubb'd ; There is a good two 
story fram'd house thereon, with an orchard in which 
is a variety of apple, peach and cherry-trees, the same 
may be entered immediately, for terms apply to the sub- 
scriber, on Carpenter's wharf in Philadelphia. 

Thomas Wharton. 
• — The Poiiisylvania Jounial^ No. 804, May 4. 1758. 

May I, 1758. 
Notice is hereby given, that the Petitioners of Man- 
ington, in the County of Salem, and Province of West- 
Jersey, have Leave to bring in the Bill they pray for, the 
first Monday of the next Sitting of the House of As- 
sembly of said Province, at Burlington, for the Bank- 
ing out the Tide, ofT a certain Piece of Marsh on Man- 
ington and Salem Creek; and if any Person have any 
Objections to make they are desired to ofTer them. — TJic 
Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1532, May a,. 1758- 

DESERTED from Captain Moore's Company, 
belonging to one of the New-York Provin- 
cial Regiments, the following Persons, viz. 
John Belcher, M3orn in New-Jersey, 22 
Years of Age, of a brown Complexion, and 5 Feet 10 
Inches high. 

Whoever takes up and secures any of the above De- 
serters, and will convey them safe to New- York, shall, 
besides having all reasonable Charges paid, receive 
Twenty Shillings Reward for each, paid by, 

Gerard G. Beekman. 

— The Neiv York Mereiiry, May 8, 1758. 



1 Probably of a Belcher family located at the southern erd of the 
present Greenwood Lake, where a brook flowing- northerly into the 
Lake was a century and a half ago known as "Belcher's Creek." 



204 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1758 

Deserted from the Forces of tJic lower Counties in 
Delmoare, and from Captain Rieliard Wells^ s Company^ 
Richard Crant^ a Labourer, born at Sqnan in the West 
Jerseys, aged tZLUiity four Years ^ about five Feet, six 
Inches high, fair complexion ; broivn Hair, ivcll set ; had 
on, a blue Coat, ^^^"K ^^^'^''^^^d, with broad zuhite Metal 
Buttons; is supposed to have stolen a Canoe from Little 
Creek-Hundred, in Kent County, on I^elan'are, and sus- 
pected to have gone to Morrises River, ^ in West Jersey. 
Whoever secures said Deserter, and gives Notice thereof to 
Captain Wells, at Dover, shall receive Livo Pistoles Re- 
ward, over and above the Allowance made by Act of 
Parliament . 

Richard Wells. 

Dover, May 5, 1758. 

All Persons that have any Demands against John 
Burrough, of Gloucester-County, Senior, are desired to 
bring in their Accounts, that they may be adjusted: 
And also, all Persons that have any Demands against 
the Estate of Samuel and Hannah Par, deceased, are 
desired not to apply to the Subscriber, one of the Ex- 
ecutors to the aforesaid Estate of Samuel Par; for, as 
he never had any of that Estate in his Hands, he will 
not pay any Legacies or Debts. 

A'lay 6 1758. John Burrough, Senior. 

— The Pennsylvania Gazette. No. 1533, J\Lay 11, 

1758. 

London. 

Whitehall, Ja}i. 28. His Majesty in Council was this 
Day pleased to appoint .... Francis Bernard, 
Esq; to be Captain-General and Governor in Chief of 
his Majesty's Province of New-Jersey, in the room of 
Jonathan Belcher, Esq; deceased. 



1 Maurice River. 



1758] newspaper extracts. 205 

New- York, May 8. 

The 17th Regiment of foot, commanded by Colonel 
Forbes; and the 22(1. commanded by Colonel Whit- 
more, that embarked here about ten Days since, sailed 
from Sandy-Hook on Wednesday last, with a fair Wind, 
for Halifax: The whole Fleet consisting- of 45 Sail, 
were convoyed by Commodore Durell, in his Majesty's 
Ship the Dianna, of 36 Guns; the Devonshire, Capt. 
Gorden, of 64, the Ludlow Castle Captain Clarke, of 
40; Hind, Capt. Bond; and Winchelsea, Capt. Hale, 
of 20 each. Gramont, Capt. Stott, of 18, Hunter Sloop, 
Captain Le Fory; and Tyloc Armed Ship, Captain 
Price, of 16 Guns each. — T/n^ Pennsylvania Jinirnal^ No. 
805, May I I, 1758. . 

TO be sold at publick Vendue, in the City of 
New-Brunswick, on Tuesday the 6th of June, 
all the Shop Goods and Household Furni- 
ture, together with two good Waggons, late 
1-)elonging to Mr. AA'illiam Symonds, of the said City. 
The Sale to be continued till the whole is sold. Some 
Time will be given the Purchasers for the Payment. 
TJic Neiv York Mercury, May 15. 1758. 

Philadelphia 

A)i Act for granting to His Majesty a Duty of Ton- 
nage upon Ships and J^esse/s ; and also certain Duties upon 
IJ'i/w, Rum, Brandy^ and other Spirits^ and a Duty upon 
Sugar, for supporting and maintaining the Provincial Ship 
of War^ for protecting the Trade of the Province, and 
other Purposes for His Majesty'' s Service. 

Whereas notwithstanding the large Sums of Money 
already expended by this Province in purchasing, equip- 



206 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1758 

ping and fitting out a Ship of War for protecting the 
Trade thereof, and for annoying His Majesty's Enemies 
upon the Coast; yet forasmuch as the SuppHes here- 
tofore granted to his Majesty are wholly expended, and 
it is absolutely necessary that a further Sum of Money, 
be raised for fitting out and maintaining the said Ship 
of \Ya.v. to protect the Trade of this Province, and 
annoy the Enemy's Privateers, that may infest our Coast 
in Search of Provisions, or for other Purposes during 
the ensuing Year; we have freely and voluntarily re- 
solved to give and grant to His Alajesty. for the Uses 
and Purposes aforesaid, a Duty of Tonnage, and other 
Rates and Duties herein after mentioned; and do pray 
that it may be enacted, and be it enacted by the Hon- 
ourable WiLLL\M Denny, Esq; Lieutenant Governor 
under the Honourable Thomas Penn and Richard 
Penn, Esquires, true and absolute Proprietaries of the 
Province of Pouisyh'aiiia, and Counties of Xci^'-CastU\ 
Kent and Sussex upon Delaware, by and with the Advice 
and Consent of the Representatives of the Freemen of 
said Province, in (ieneral Assembly met, and by the 
Authorit}' of the same. That from and after the Pul)- 
lication of this Act, to the Thirty-first Day of DeeeDiber, 
One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty, there shall 
be laid, raised, collected and paid, a Duty of Tonnage 
upon all vShips, Sloops, and other A'essels, coming into, 
or going out of this Province (Shallops and other small 
\'essels, trachng within the River and Bay oi Delaware^ 
and along the Coast, as far as Sandy-Hook to the East- 
ward, and as far as Iiidiaii River to the Southward only 
excepted) that is to say, for every Ton of the Burthen 
or Contents of any of the said Ships or Vessels, the Sum 
of One Shilling diwd Six-penee per Ton. to be accounted, 
taken and paid, according to the Measure of e\ ery such 
Ship or Vessel. Etc, etc, etc. 



1 758] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 20/ 

Philadelphia, May 15, 1758. 
Deserted from inptaiii Joseph Ellis' s CoiiipaJiy, in the 
Neiv-Jersey Regiiiteitt, on the loth of April last, a eertain 
Williaiii Allen, about 5 Feet 7 Iiiehes high, of a dark 
Complexion, broken Hair, has a Hair Mole on one of his 
Cheeks, and is a I Test Country Man: Had on, Zi'hen he 
went aiL'ay, a light eoloured Coat, and Buekskin Breeches. 
Likezcise deserted from the said Companj., on the wth 
Instant., a eertain John Hanna, an Irishman, about 5 Feet 
5 Inehes high, of a broion Complexion, hcis bushy Hair, 
large Nose and thiek Lips and had on the Jersey Regi- 
mentals. IVhoei'er takes up the said Deserters, or either 
of them and seejires tliem, so that they may be had to Join 
the said Company by the ^Oth Instant, shall have Six 
Pounds Reward for eaeh, and reasonable Charges paid by 
me 

JosEiTi Ellis. Captain. 

Mount Holly, May 5, 1758. 
All Persons indebted to the Estate of George ]]fndsor. 
late of Mount-Holly, Innholder, deeeased, are desired to 
pay their respeetive Debts by the first Day of July next, 
otlierioise they ivill be froeeeded against as the Law direets : 
And those who have any Demands against said Estate to 
bring in their Aceouiits, that they may be adjusted by me. 
Daniel Jones, Junior, Administrator. 
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, Xo. 1534, May 18, 
1758- 

Nezv York, May 22. Extract of a Letter from London, 
dated March 3, 1758. 

"My last was by Captain Power, in a Store-Ship, 
bound to New-York, having- Mr. Bernard, Governor of 
New- Jersey, on board." — The New York Mercury, May 
22, 1758. 



208 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l/SS 

To be sold by Dr. John Budu,' /;/ Salcm^ a tract of 
Marsh, at the mouth of Stone Creek, in the eounty of 
Cuntberlajid, containing bctioccn 5 and 600 acres. Also a 
tract of land in Gloucester county., near Michael Fisher'' s 
Esq ; containing near 500 acres. Likeiuise several small 
tracts of Land, late the property of John Budd, of MOR- 
RIS County, deceased. Any person inclining to purchase 
any of the above tracts, on paying one third of the money 
doion, may have ttoo or three years to pay the remainder, 
on giving good security. Indisputable titles loill be given 

by 

John Budu. 

— The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1535, May 25, 
1758- 

Custom-Hoiise, Philadelphia, Cleared. Schooner 
Resolution, Benjamin Stade to Piscataway. — TJie Penn- 
sylvania Journal, No. S07, J/c/j' 25, 1758. 

TO lie sold at pnblick Vendue, on Thursday 
tlie first of June, at 12 o'Clock, at Coenties's- 
Market, the Boat Unity, William Thompson, 
late Master, being one of the Amboy Stage- 
Boats, with all her Tackle and xApparel, as she now lies 
on the West Side of Coenties's-Slip. 



1 Thomas Budd, Rector of Mar tosh parish. Somersetshire, England, 
became a miinister among Friends about 1657. His son, Thomas, one 
of the West Jersey Proprietors, came to Burlington in 166S. where he 
remained several years, when he returned to England for his family. 
He came to America ag:ain in 1678. with his brothers William, John and 
James, and their families. The will of Thomas Budd, dated Sept. 9, 
1697, names children: John, Thomas. Mary and Rose. The son, John, 
removed to the present Morris County, where his father had located 
extensive tracts of land. In his will, dated Sept. 6, 1749, proved 1754, 
he names children: John. Thomas. William. Berne, Susan and Cath- 
arine. Of these, John, Thomas and Berne were all prominent physi- 
cians. Dr. John Budd settled in Salem County, as appears by the 
above advertisement. Some time after 1771 he removed to Charleston. 
S. C, where he died in 1791. During the Revolution he served as Sur- 
geon of a South Carolina Regiment of Artillery. — TFicfcps's Medical Men 
of New Jersey. 171-17S. 



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To be Sold, 
A Plantation, 
Of about 200 Acres of Land, lying on the West Side 
of Hackinsack River, being Part of the Farm formerly 
belonging to Peter Fauconier,' deceased, in Bergen 
County, (New-Jersey) whereon is a large Brick House, 
of about 56 Feet front, with two Rooms on a Floor, a 

1 Peter Faueonier was a great favorite with young Lord Cornbury, 
and when the latter was commissioned Governor of New York and 
New Jersey, in 1702, he at once arranged with Faueonier to supply 
the troops with clothing. He came to America in the household of 
the newly appointed Governor, in 1702, and on that account was Im- 
mediately made a freeman of the city of New York, by the corpora- 
tion, June 27. 1702. He is therein designated "Gentleman." The cloth- 
ing contract had been transferred to one J. Champante, but Faueonier 
was appointed one of the commissioners to examine the clothing sup- 
plied by Champante. It is not surprising to find that his opinion was 
unfavorable. T'his led Champante to write to the Lords of Trade, 
March 22, 1702-3, in self-defence, and in criticism of Lord Cornbury and 
Faueonier, the latter being characterized as "a Frenchman and a 
bankrupt here tho' now thought by his Lordship to be the properest 
manager of Her Majesty's revenue there." Lord Cornbury did indeed 
regard him as "an excellent accountant." and accordingly selected 
him, in 1704, to audit Lord Bellomont's accounts as Governor. In 1705 
he recommended him for Collector and Receiver General of New York. 
"He is one of the best accomptants that ever I knew, he is a Man of 
very great application to and diligent in business. And I have by ex- 
perience found him a very honest Man, he has been Naval OfHcer ever 
since I came into this Province, which he has executed with the ut- 
most diligence, and has taken pains to acquaint himself very well with 
the Laws of Trade." Faueonier once rejected a bribe of £50 offered to 
influence his action as Naval Officer. He was regarded as the "Chief 
Manager of affairs" in New York, in 1707, by his and the Governor's 
enemies. There was some trouble between him and the Assembly 
over £500 which had been paid him for the erection of a fort on the 
Indian frontiers, but he boldly challenged an inquiry into his accounts, 
and produced vouchers showing that he had disbursed £2,000 on this 
account. Being Receiver General of New Jersey also, the Assembly 
demanded his accounts, in 1709. which he promptly presented, from 
December. 1704. to December, 170S: but he firmly declined to produce 
his vouchers, on the plea that they were under the control of the 
•jovernor. Gov. Robert Hunter did not have the same confidence in 
his accounts that Cornbury had expressed.— He was largely interested 
in real estate speculations, and it was charged that he was a patentee 
in "all the grants for lands that are good and valuable." He was 
concerned in extensive tracts in ITlster. Albany and Kings Counties. 
His familiarity with land patents, and his experience as a collector of 
revenue, led him to recommend in 1709 the survey of the line between 
New York and New Jersey. In that year he bought of William Davis 
u tract of 2,424 acres of land on the east of Hackensack River. Peter 
Sonmans having secured the Indian deed for the Ramapo tract. Nov. 
18. 1709. took out a patent therefor, which on Dec. 10. 1709. he conveyed 
to Peter Faueonier. Lucas Kierstead, Andrew Fresneau. Ellas Boudinot 
find others. On April 25. 1710, they caused the tract to be sur\^eyed, for 
■)2.500 acres, beginning at the "Big Rock," four or five miles northwest 
of Paterson. and embracing most of the northwestern portion of the 
liresent Bergen County. It is probable that Faueonier settled on the 
"Ramapo Patent,' as it was called, within a few years after the date 
of this deed, and in the neighborhood of Paramus. To encourage the 
establishment of a church there he made a written offer. Dee. 26. 1730. 
to give a site for a Reformed Dutch Church. When the peonle decided 
to build they voted that "Peter Faueonier shall have seats for himself 
and wife for a continual possession for themselves and their heirs." 
His e'lrliest religious affiliations were naturally with the French 
Church, in New York. Madelaine Faueonier, his wife, was a witness 
at a baptism there, Nov. 21, 1703. He had tw^o children (perhaps more): 
.Madelaine and Theodorus. 

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2IO NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1758 

large Garret and Cellar under the whole House, also a 
new Barn; there is on said Plantation, a ilne bearing- 
Orchard containing 200 Apple Trees of the best Fruit, 
a fine parcel of Pairs, Plumbs, &c. The Land is extraor- 
dinary for Pasture (it having a suf^ciency of Meadow) 
or Grain, and very well timbered and watered, about 
half a quarter of a Mile from a Grist ]\lill, and about two 
Miles from a publick Landing, whose Boats of seven or 
eight Cords frequently come up for Wqod and other 
Produce. .Vnd also, another Lot of Land, lying by or 
near the Old Bridge, opposite to the Half-moon Tav- 
ern, containing two Acres of Up-Land and three Acres 
of Meadow, whereon is a new Stone House 42 Feet 
front, two Rooms and a large Cellar, about 40 bearing 
Apple Trees; the Situation is very convenient for a 
Tradesman, Shop or Tavern: Any Person inclining to 
purchase either of the said Places, by applying to Theo- 
dore Valleau/ may hear of the Conditions of Sale, who 
W'ill agree on reasonable Terms and give a good Title 
for the same. — The Nciv York Mercury^ May 29, 1758. 

To the AutJior of the New Americ^vn MAGAZINE. 

B11 r ling ton , May 25, 1758. 
Mr. AmERICANUS, 
Being at Burlington yesterday, I was a spectator of one 



iP. Valleau was a witness at the marriage, in the French Church in 
New York, September 29, 1689, of Susanne Valleau to Aman Bonin. He 
married Madelaine Fautonier, daughter of Peter Faueonier. They 
had children: 1. Peter Theodorus, born April 28, 1716, baptized in the 
Reformed Dutch Church at Hackensack; 2. Magdelaine, born August 
21, 1718, baptized in the French Church in New York: 3. Susanne, born 
October 14. 172U, baptized in the French Churc h, "daughter of Pierre 
Valleau and of Mdlle Magdelaine his wife." Magdelaine Valleau gave 
a deed, April 1.3, 1750, to the Paramus Church, for forty-five acres for 
a burying-ground. part of the consideration being "three places or 
seats in the Paramus church that is to say one womans place and two 
mens plates." This burying-ground is known as the "Valleau Ceme- 
tery," and is still admirably kept, after a lapse of a century and a 
half. Theodorus Valleau doubtless lived at Paramus. He married 
Elizabeth Anthony, and had children (baptized at Schraalenburgh or 
Hackensack): 1. Jan, bap. July 2, 1738; 2. Andries, bap. April 20. 1740: 
3. Steven Cummins, b. September 22, 1742; 4. Samuel, bap. December 
15, 1745; 5. Jacobus, bap. January 3. 1748; 6. Mary tie, bap. August 20. 
1749; 7. Magdelene, b, August 12, 1750; 8. Theodorus. bap. January 19. 
1751. 



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of the most extraordinary storms of hail and rain as 
perhaps has been seen in America ; at least some very old 
men said they had never seen one like it. It began to 
gather in the north, about one o'clock, and continued 
l)rewing", as I remember, until al)Out two, now and then 
threatening with a rumbling thunder. I took notice of 
the storm as it was gathering, and it appeared to me. as 
if reverse winds were contending which should rule it. — 
After several hea\}' ruml)ling thunders, a north and by 
east wind took place, and drove (if it's proper so to say) 
with fury. At first there came a little rain that was 
soon after follow ed by some large stones of hail, which, 
with the rain, encreased for the space of 8 or lo min- 
utes; when appeared to me a most amazing prospect 
— It seemed as if the whole l)ody of the clouds were fall- 
ing, half rain and half hail: The street appeared as an- 
other Dciazuarc, full of floating ice, and the air seem'd 
a cataract. — I tho't in the midst of it, of Noah's flood, 
and my ideas made the storm its near resemblance. 
The thickest of it continued about 15 or 20 minutes 
more, and then abated gradually. — After it was over the 
ground looked as if there fell a snow, and in some places 
the hail had drifted 6 inches thick, some of which re- 
mained on the ground imtil night, notwithstanding it 
continued warm after the storm. The wind was for the 
most part at N. by E. and the rain and hail went in a 
\ein of about one mile and a half in breadth, but for 
some part of the time, seemed to come from every point 
of the compass. — As soon as the gust was over. ] took 
a walk to see how the fields. &c. had fared, and found 
a scene of desolation; the rye. flax, and oats, were cut 
to pieces; the peas, beans, and garden truck, where the 
storm fell thickest, intirely ruined; the trees appeared 
as if the caterpillars had l)een stripping them of their 



212 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1758 

verdure; cherries, apples, peaches, and leaves, almost 
covered the ground in places; in short, it afforded a 
prospect of a most astonishing sudden change, and I 
could not but reflect on what dependent mortals we 
are, how easily He. whose servants the elements are. 
and who rules all things, could withold or deprive us 
of the things we daily want, or promise ourselves the 
enjoyment of; and how naturally and justly ingratitude 
(judging as a man) might bring chastisements of this 
kind on us. 

] \^iirs, &c. 

L. H. 

Cape May, April 28, 1758. 
Patrick Steward, a Scotchman, Practitioner of Phys- 
ick and Surgery, late of Somerset, in Maryland, who left 
there four Sons and three Daughters, on the 27th of 
March last died mtestate at my House, in Cape-May. 
New Jersey, leaving in my Hands some few Assets to 
be administered: Those having legal Right to the Ad- 
ministration thereon, are desired to take the same upon 
them in three Alonths after Date, and discharge my Bill 
of Funeral Expences &c, or I shall otherwise be obliged 
to administer, to reimburse myself according to Law. 

William Smith. 

Forty Shillings Reward 

Run away on the 15th Day of ^Jay. Instant, from 
Adam Leberger, of Pilesgrove in Salem County, in the 
Western Division of the Province of New-Jersey; a Ger- 
man Servant Man, named George Leonard Geist. of a 
middle Size, about twenty Years of Age, full faced, and 
has yellow Hair: Had on when he went away, a Home- 
spun light brown Jacket, lined with striped Lincey. a 
Pair of pretty good Buckskin Breeches, blackish Stock- 



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ings, a Felt Hat, and pretty good Shoes. Whoever ap- 
prehends the said Servant Man, and secures him in any 
Goal, so that his Master may have him again shall have 
Fortv Shillings Reward, and reasonable Charges, paid 
by 

Adam Leberger. 

Wanted, 

A Person that imdcrstands the Tanning and Currying 
Business well. A proper Person for that Business, and 
who can be well recommended may hear of good En- 
couragement, by applying to Francis Quick, at King- 
wood, in West New Jersey. 

To be Sold, 

The House and Lot of Land wherein Enoch Ander- 
son/ Deceased, lately lived; as also several other Lots 
of Land, situate in Trenton, in the County of Hunter- 
don, belonging to the Estate of the said Enoch Ander- 
son. The Titles to the same are indisputable. Any 
Person or Persons inclina])le to purchase the same, or 
any Part thereof, by applying" to John Anderson, in 
Maidenhead, or to Abraham Cottnam, in Trenton afore- 
said, may be informed of the Conditions, &c. 

— TJic Pennsylvania Gazette^ No. 1536, Juiie i, 
175^- 



1 Enoch Andris was one of the grantees named in a deed from Jere- 
miah Basse, March 18, l()9S-9, for one hundred acres of land for a meet- 
ing-house, schoolhouse and burying-ground in Maidenhead and vicin- 
ity. By deed dated March 9, 1709, Alexander Loekart conveyed to 
Enoch Anderson two acres of land for a meeting-house, being the site 
of the Presbyterian Church at Ewing. He conveyed, April 10, 1727, the 
site for the Presbyterian Church in Trenton, which was for some years 
called "Anderson's meeting house." Enoch Anderson, jun., was Dep- 
uty Sheriff at Trenton in 1732. In 1748 Enoch Anderson advertised for 
sale several tracts of land in and near Trenton. It was understood in 
1750 that Gov. Belcher intended to appoint Enoch Anderson (probably 
'the younger) to be Sheriff of Hunterdon County, whereat there went 
up a vigorous protest, it being even asserted that it would be contrary 
to the Governor's instructions — perhaps because of his Presbyterian- 
ism. Enoch Anderson, evidently the younger, died at Trenton, April 
1.5. 1756, aged o9 vears.—HnU's Iliftt. Prcs. Church; N. J. Archii'rs, VII., 
546; XL, 293; XII., 461. 



2 14 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [175B 

We hear from Amboy, that on Tuesday last Col. John 
Johnston ' with One Thousand Jersey Soldiers under his 
Command sailed from that Place for Albany. The Reg- 
iment was quite compleat, and went off in Health and 
good Spirits. 

By the Honourable John Readinc,' Esq; President 
of his Majesty's Council, and Conunander in Chief of 
the Colony of New-Jersey &c. 

A Proclamation, 

As a firm and steady reliance on the l)lessing and 
protection of divine providence, it is at all times the 
duty of every human being, and as the same ought to 
be sought after by fervent prayer and application to the 
God of mercies, I have thought fit to appoint, and do 
hereby appoint Friday the ninth clay of June next, to 
be observed in this government as a day of fasting and 
publick prayer; entreating the Inhabitants thereof, 
with the utmost Humiliation to prostrate themselves 
before the throne of heaven, and supplicate the favour 
of God, to grant the blessing of health to his IMajesty's 
forces employed for the general defence of America, that 
a harmony and becoming affection may subsist among 
them, and that he would of his infinite goodness, go 
forth with them on the day of battle, that he would be 
pleased to protect the frontier inhabitants from the rav- 
ages and cruelty of the enemy, and that the success of 
this campaign may enable our gracious sovereign to se- 
cure to his subjects a firm, a lasting and honourable 
peace. 



1 For an extended sketch of Col. John Johnston, see "Members of the 
New Jersey Assembly. 1754. Biographical Sketches. By W'illiam Nel- 
son, 1S95," p. 8. A brief notice of him is given in N. J. Archives. XIX., 
389. 

2 For a sketch of John Reading, see N. J. Archives. IX.. 5. 



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NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 215 



Given under my hand and seal at arms at Bur- 
lington, the Twenty fourth day of May in the 
thirty first year of his Majesty's reign Anno 
Domini 1758. 

John Reading. 
By his honours command CHARLES Read/ Secretary. 

— The Pciiiisyivajiia Jour iiaL Xo. 808,. /////r I, 1758. 

Pri}tcc-Toiuii, {in Ah'iu-Jcrsn') May 23. Saturday last, 
after a painful Illness, departed this Life, John Stock- 
ton/ Esq; of this Place, in the 57th year of his Age. As 
his Life has been so generally useful, his Death appar- 
ently diffuses an universal Sorrow. For about twenty- 
five years past, he has, with great .Vcce])lance, executed 
the Office of a Magistrate, and about half the Time, 
that of a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas: His 
Judiciousness, Moderation, and Integrity, in his various 
Decisions as a Magistrate, rendered him peculiarly dear 
to the Place and Country in which he lived; wdiere his 
Merit acquired him a great Lifluence. As his Situation 
in Life made it unnecessar}- for him to regard lucrative 
Motives, in the Discharge of his public Offices, so his 
unaffected and steady Piety to God, and universal ben- 



1 Biographical notes on Cliarles Read are given in N. J. Archives, 
IX., 151; X., 426. A still fuller sketch of him is given in "Members of 
the New Jersey Assembly, 1754," cited above, pp. 14-17. 

2 John Stockton was the fourth son of Richard Stockton, the first 
settler of that family at Princeton, and received by his father's will 
five hundred acres of land, "part of his dwelling plantation." known 
as "Morven." He was appointed a Judge of the Somerset County 
Common Pleas, March 28. 1749, and was probably reappointed in 1754. 
He was a warm friend of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton 
University), and is understood to have been largely instrumental in 
securing- the removal of the College from Newark to Princeton. While 
it was still at Newark, he was appointed one of the committee to re- 
ceive subscriptions in its behalf, in January, 1748-9. In 1754 he had for 
sale tickets in the Connecticut lottery for the benefit of the College. 
When the corner stone of Nassau Hall was laid, at Princeton, in Sep- 
tember, 1754, he was one of the gentlemen who officiated at that im- 
portant function. He was a Trustee of the College, 1748-58. He had 
three sons: 1. Richard, the Sig^ner of the Declaration of Independence: 
2. Samuel Witham, who was entrusted with many important official 
positions: 3. Philip, a well-known clergyman. From the newspaper 
obituary given aljove, it will be observed that the date of John S'tock- 
ton's death, given on page 125, ante, as "toward the end of 1757," is 
erroneous. 



2l6 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1758 

evolence to Mankind made him indefatigable in his 
Endeavours to compose Differences, promote Peace 
and Harmony, suppress Immorality, and encourage Vir- 
tue and true Religion. In the social Duties of Life, he 
distinguished himself as a tender Husband, an affection- 
ate Father, a kind Master, and a faithful Friend: His 
last Sickness he supported with great Patience and 
Composure, and received the Evidences of his approach- 
ing Dissolution, with that Magnanimity which true Re- 
ligion inspires. It pleased God to give him strong Con- 
fidence in the Truth of the Gospel, and the IMerits of 
his Lord and Saviour; and when he found his "F/cs/i and 
his Heart to fail, '^ he doubted not, and has left his Ac- 
cjuaintances not the least Room to doubt, but that ^'God 
zoas the Strength of his Heart and his Portion for rrvv. '' 
— 77ie Nezv York Mereury, fune 5, 1758. 

New-York, fnne 5. 

His Majesty's Ship Ludlow Castle arrived Yesterday 
at Sandy Hook in eight Days from Halifax, with Money 
on board for the Forces. By whom we learn that Gen- 
eral Amhurst was arrived in the Dublin Man of War, 
and that the whole Fleet under Admiral Boscauen were 
sail'd on the intended Expedition. 

Custom-House, Philadelphia, Cleared. Sloop Abi- 
gail, Peter Groves to Salem. Sloop Orange, David 
Hatch to Salem. — TJie Pennsylvania fonrnaL Xo. 809, 
June 8, 1758. 

New-York, May 29. 

Extraet of a Letter from Capt. Jonathan Hampton, 
dated the Head-Onarters, on t/ie Frontiers of Neiu Jersey^ 
May 17. 

"Yesterday I was at Nominack Fort at Minisink, 
when I examined the Wife of Nicholas Cole, and her 



1758] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 2 1/ 

Son Jacob, about ten years old, who said, tliat the Day 
before, about Two o'clock in the Afternoon, thirteen 
Indians rushed into the House, her Husband being from 
Home, when they immediately pinioned the old Lady, 
and tomahawked her Son-in-law, 18 years old, laying a 
sleep on the Bed, dragged her out of Doors, where lay 
her eldest Daughter, aged 13. a Boy aged 8, and her 
youngest Daughter, aged 4 Years. They were all 
scalped, and the poor helpless old Woman saw the in- 
fernal Fiends run their Spears into her gasping and dy- 
ing Infant. They afterwards rifled the House, then car- 
ried her and her son Jacob off. At a small Distance from 
her House, and near Minisink, in Sussex County, they 
came to where was a heap of Ashes, but no Fire, where 
she supposed they had been ever since Sunday, and 
where lay their Cloaths; for they were naked, except a 
Clout. Soon after they were joined by two Indians, 
with two German captives, whom they had taken that 
Day, and killed and scalped another in Anthony West- 
brook's Field, near Minisink aforesaid. Soon after this 
Cole himself came home, where he saw his four Children 
lay murdered, his W^ife and Son missing: Upon which 
he went to Nominack Fort, and got a few Soldiers, and 
went and buried his Children and the German. Our 
Soldiers that evening proposed to join some Neigh- 
bours, and cross Delaware at Day-Light, to Way-lay 
the Road to Wioming; and as four of them were going 
to one Chambers's, the Rendezvous, about two o'Clock 
at Night, they heard the Indians coming down the Hill 
into the main Road to cross Delaware, when one of the 
four firing upon them they immediately fled, giving a 
Yell. The W^oman they led with a string round her 
Neck, the Boy by the Hand, who both finding them- 
selves loose made their Escape along the Road, and hap- 



2l8 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1758 

pily met at James M'Carty's to which Place the four 
White Men also fled. The Woman says they could talk 
English and Dutch, and she is assured one is a White- 
man. Two Parties of the Soldiers are gone to Way-lay 
the Roads to Wioming and Cashecton, under Capt. 
Gardiner. 

"On the 15th a Man was wounded near Samuel De 
Peuy's, but likely to recover. He saw but two Indians. 

"As our Frontiers are hardly known abroad, please to 
insert the following Description. . . . Our first Fort, 
Reading, is 12 Miles above Easton; the 2d Fort at Col. 
Van Camp's, 18 Miles further; to Fort Walpack 6, to 
Head Quarters 6; to Nominack Fort 8, to Shipeconk 
Fort 4; to Cole's Fort 8, these on Delaware River. 
Then to Fort Gardiner, below the great Mountain 12. 
a very high Mountain on each side Delaware River all 
this Distance." 

Since receiving the foregoing Letter, we have been 
assured that the Indians, after they fled and made ths 
Yell, thinking they were pursued, took and killed the 
two Germans, and after scalping them, cut off one of 
their Pleads, and hxt it on his Breast, the two Bodies 
being found. 

We also are assured. That on Thursday last the 
Daughter of the Widow Walling, living near Fort Gard- 
ner, between Goshen and Minisink, going out to pick 
up Chips for the Fire, was shot at by three Indians, and 
her Shrieks alarming the House, her Brother looked out 
at the Garret Window, when seeing the Fellows dis- 
patching and scalping his Sister, he fired at them, and 
is certain to have wounded one of them. The old Wo- 
man and her other Daughter during this made their 
Escape, and the Son likewise got off clear. — The Penn- 
sylvania Gazette^ No. X'^^^'j ^ Jidic '^^ i/SS- 



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Pertli-Auiboy, May 22. This day the Xew-Jersey regi- 
ment, under the command of col. John Johnston, con- 
sisting of one thousand men, of^cers included, em- 
barked here for Albany, in order to join the forces there: 
The regiment was complete, and consisted of as jolly 
likely young fellows as were ever seen in these parts: 
they made a very handsome appearance, being genteely 
cloathed from head to foot. And both officers and sol- 
diers went off with the highest spirits, cheerfulness, and 
resolution: And we doubt not they will behave with 
such courage and braver}- as will do honour to their 
country. — The Neiv American Magazine, for May^ 1758- 

New York, June 5. 

A few Days ago the Xew-Jersey Forces, of between 
II and 1200. of the likeliest well set Men for the Pur- 
pose, as has perhaps turned out on any Campaign, 
passed b}- this Place for Albany. They were under Col. 
Johnston, and all in high Spirits: their Uniform blue, 
faced with red, grey Stockings, and Buckskin Breeches. 

Xezc-York, June 12. The Beginning of last Week, 
four People were killed by the Enemy, at Cole"s-Fort, 
on the Frontiers of Xew-Jersey, and by the great num- 
ber of Beds discovered in the Woods thereabouts, 'tis 
imagined there are not less than an Hundred Indians 
on the East Side of the River. 

About two Weeks ago, the X'ew Jersey Provincial 
Regiment, consisting of 1200 ^len. under the Command 
of Colonel Johnston, passed by this City in their Way 

up to Albany. They are accounted a Parcel of robust, 
sturdv Men. — The Xeiv York Mercurw June 12, 1758, 



220 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. ]l758 

Extract of a Letter froui l/uioji Iron Works in 
New-Jersey^ June lO. 

"I have just received a Letter from Colonel Van- 
campen, from which I ha\'e collected the following x\c- 
count. Five Men sent from the Block-House on a night 
Scout along the Ri\er, were way layed as they were re- 
turning home yesterday morning, by nine Indians, about 
three Quarters of a Mile from Lieutenant Westbrooks. 
The Men discovering the Indians in Ambush taking 
aim, made so quick a Fire that the Guns of both Parties 
went off at once: The two Westbrooks were killed on 
the Spot; Gilbert V^angordon wounded in his Arm, who 
with his Son and Jacob Helin, retreated while the Indi- 
ans were dragging away two of their wounded. Another 
scouting Party being out the same Time, and hearing 
the Firing, made what Speed they could towards the 
Place, and found the two Westbrooks scalped. This 
Action happened Thursday morning last. 

On the loth of June a Robbery was committed at 
the house of James SHEinviN, in Gloucester County, 
in the township of Greenwich, about midnight, of sun- 
dry sorts of goods viz. Sundry pieces of Irish linnens, 
cambricks, lawns, and callicoes, sundry pieces of silks, 
three patterns for jackets, one of an olive colour, two 
hair Shapes, one green and one red a variety of sewing- 
silks and ribbons, sundry pieces of linnen and silk hand- 
kerchiefs, an assortment of other goods too tedious to 
mention, and aliout twenty pounds in cash. Whoever 
takes up the said robber or robbers and goods, shall 
have twenty pounds reard: If any part or parcel of the 
said goods are found, so that the owner may have sat- 



1758] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 22 1 

isfaction, shall have five pounds reward, and reasonable 
charges paid by 

James Sherwin. 
— TJic Pennsylvania Journal, No. 8\o, /nne 15, 
1758. 

Burlington, June 10, 1758. 
Thomas Robinson, Staymaker in Burlington, herebv 
hereby acquaints the Publick, that he makes, as form- 
erly all Sorts of Stays in the best Manner and at reason- 
able Rates; where may be had of him all Kinds of Stay 
Goods and Trimmings. Those who are pleased to fa- 
vour him with their Custom, may depend on being well 
used by their humble Servant, 

Thomas Robinson. 

N. B. The said Robinson is removed from the House 
he lately lived in the next Door to Joseph Hollingshead. 
Esquire. 

Whereas Nathaniel Scott of Charles-Town in South 
Carolina, advertised, some Years ago, in the Pennsyl- 
vania Gazette, the Decease of Jonathan Scott, near 
Edenderry in Kings County, in Ireland: by whose De- 
cease there is a certain Annuity reverting to his Son 
Henry Scott who has lived in Pennsylvania, and the 
Jerseys upwards of 20 Years past ; and as no Account 
has been received whether the said Henry Scott be dead 
or alive, this serves once more to advertise him, that on 
his applying personally to the above mentioned Nathan- 
iel Scott in Charles Town, or by having it legally attest- 
ed by those who knew him when in Ireland, that he is 
now living, and confirmed before proper Magistrates so 
that it may be approved of in Ireland, he shall have 
Twenty Guineas now in hand, and during his natural 



222 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l/S^ 

Life, Twenty Guineas per Annum, provided he comes in 
within three months from the advertising hereof. And 
that this Information may come the sooner to the 
Knowledge of the said Henry Scott, the said Nathan- 
iel Scott promises a Reward of Ten Guineas to any one 
who first shall signify the Contents of this Advertise- 
ment to said Henry Scott, and have it properly attested 
as above. The last Place of his Residence, by some Ac- 
counts received, was in Burlington, in West-Jersey, be- 
ing then acquainted with Messieurs Conyngham and 
Gardner. 

Thirtv-Five Pounds Reward. 

Deserted from Capt. Charles Garraway's Company, 
of the first Battalion in the Pennsylvania Regiment, 
loiiathau Hill, born in the Jerseys, six Feet high, Jolm 
Miller, l)orn in New England, five Feet seven Inches 
high, Bai'tcmius Pack, Country born, five Feet ten 
Inches high. Saviucl Pynicr five Feet eight Inches high. 
And Joseph AF MaJioii six Feet high. Whoever takes 
up said Deserters, and brings them to the Head Quar- 
ters at Carlisle, shall have Twenty Pounds for Hill and 
Miller, or Ten Pounds for either of them, and Five 
Pounds for each of the other three, paid by 

Charles Garrawav. 

N. B. They all had their Regimentals, green faced 
with red. and /////and Miller had new rifles. — The 

Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1538,./////^- 15, 1758. 

New-York, June 19. Monday Evening last arrived oft' 
Sandy-Hook from England, his Majesty's Ship the Van- 
guard, Robert Swan. Esq; Commander, of 70 Guns, hav- 
ing under Convoy, the following Vessels, viz. The Ter- 
rible, Terror, Fair-American, New-Phillis, Province and 
Jane, and William and Mary, Store-Ships. 



1758] np:wspaper p:xtracts. 223 



The Honourable Francis Bernard, Governor i 



m 



Chief of the Province of Ne\v-]ersev, came Passeng-ei 



fe' 



in the Terrible, and landed at Amboy on Tuesday Even- 
ine: last. 



To his Excellency Francis Bernard, Esq; Captain 
General and Governor in Chief in and over his iMajesty's 
Province of Nova-Caesarae, or New-Jersey, and Terri- 
tories thereon depending- in America, and Vice Admiral 
in the same, &c. 

The humble Address of the Mayor, Recorder. Alder- 
men and Common Council of the City of Perth-Amboy, 
in Common Council asseml^led. 

May it please your Excellency. 

THE Mayor, Recorder. Aldermen and Com- 
mon Council of the City of Perth-Amboy, 
with great Pleasure embrace this early Op- 
portunity of congratulating your Excel- 
lency upon your safe Arrival to your Government of 
New-Jersey in general, and to this City of Perth-Amboy 
in particular. 

Among innumerable Instances of his Majesty's pa- 
ternal Care and Protection of his loyal Subjects in these 
remote Parts of his Dominions, the Appointment of 
your Excellency to this Government, we esteem as a 
Principal, more especially when the Distraction of the 
Times, occasioned by the unjust Encroachments and 
Invasions of his Majesty's Colonies in America, by a 
faithless enterprizing Enemy, requires a Person of Wis- 
dom, Loyalty, and Resolution; Virtues we have the 
greatest Reason to believe, enter in your Excellency. 

We cannot. Sir, at present, conceive a more agree- 
able Method of expressing our Gratitude to our most 
gracious Sovereign, for all these Favours, than by as- 



224 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l/S^ 

SLiring your Excellency, that we will use our utmost 
Endeavours to render your Administration happy and 
easy. 

Samuel Nevil, Mayor. 
June 14, 1758. 

His Excellency's Answer. 
Gentlemen. 

IAm extremely oblig'd to you for this kind 
Address: These earnest Expressions of your 
Duty to his Majesty, give me the greatest 
Satisfaction, as the favourable Sentiments 
you have conceiv'd of me, do me the highest Honour. 

I shall endeavor to deserve your good Opinion of me, 
by executing the great Trust his Majesty has reposed 
in me, in such a Manner as may be most conducive to 
the Good and Welfare of this Province, the Prosperity 
of wdiich I shall have as much at heart as any one in it. 

I heartily thank you for your Assurances of support- 
ing his ^Majesty's government under my Administra- 
tion, and shall embrace every Opportunity that will 
shew my Regard for the City of Perth Amboy. 

Francis Bernard. 
— The New York Mereiiry, June 19, 1758. 

Capt. Wright from Barnegat acquaints us. That on 
Tuesday last, as he was coming out of that Place, he 
saw a black Sloop laying to in the Offing, which soon 
after gave him Chace, and continued it for two Hours, 
when, running into a neighbouring Cove or Harbour, 
the Sculker thought jfit to run off, and lay to a second 
Time : By these and other of her Motions, Capt. Wright 
is sure she was an Enemy, especially as she might, if a 
Friend, have gone either into Delaware, or come into 
the Hook with the Wind as it was; or, otherwise, if 
outward bound, to have proceeded on her Voyage. 



1758] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 22 5 

New- York, June 19. 

A Letter received from Eusopiis, dated last Wednes- 
day, says. "I just now learn that ten Men went out 
from Waasing to Minisink, on a Scout, and were to re- 
turn Yesterday, but did not; that it gave some Uneasi- 
ness to the rest of the People that lay at Waasing, who 
thereupon went out towards Minisink to see where they 
staid, and coming there, found seven of them killed and 
scalped, three of them v/ounded, and a Woman and four 
Children taken Prisoner; ... it was thought that 
the Woman was also killed, but there is no Certainty of 
that: . . . They were all Livers about this Place." 

From Amboy, we are to'd, that two Expresses ar- 
rived there on Thursday last from their Frontiers, with 
repeated Accounts of the Depredations of the Enemy: 
That one House in particular, in which were 17 Per- 
sons, was beset a few Days ago by a large Party of Indi- 
ans, when a constant Firing was heard for some Time, 
and it was thought the poor People were either mas- 
sacred or taken and carried off Prisoners as nothing was 
heard of them. And. that a Man and Boy travelling on 
the Road with their Muskets, were fired at by some In- 
dians in Ambush, which killed the Man outright, but the 
Boy escaped, having first actually killed one of the In- 
dians. 

Perth Ai/iboy, Jiiitc 17. On Tuesday last arrived here 
his Excellency Francis Bernard, Esq; Governor of 
the Province of New Jersey, with his Lady and Family, 
all in good Health; and Yesterday his Excellency, at- 
tended by his Majesty's Council, and the Mayor. Re- 
corder, Aldermen, and Common-council Men of this 
City, proceeded to the Town-hall, and published his 
Commission; after which he received the Compliments 
of a great Number of Persons of Distinction, and the 

15 



226 NEW JERSEY COI.ONLVL DOCUMENTS. [l/SS 

Evening concluded with Illuminations, and other Dem- 
onstrations of Joy, suitable to the happy Occasion. 

Philadelphia. April i8. 1758. 
All Persons indebted to the Estate of Samuel Barnes, 
late of Fairfield Township. Cumberland County, and 
Province of West New-Jersey, deceased, are desired to 
make speedy Payment: And those that have an\- De- 
mands against said Estate, are desired to bring in the 
same, that they may be settled by 

Ar.RAHAM Barnes, Executor. 

— The Ponisvlvaiiia Gazette^ Xo. 1539, June 22, 

1758- 

Custom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Schooner 
Adventure, Jacob Allen from Salem. 

Philadelphia. June 21. 1758. 
Run-away last night from the Subscriber, living in 
Gloucester County, New-Jersey; a Servant man. named 
William Garnet, aged about Forty, }'ellow thin hair, a 
Hump on his right shoulder. Had on Avhen he went 
away, a new ozenbrigs shirt and trowsers, old kersey 
jacket. He had liv'd in Pennsylvania a considerable 
time; and listed in the New-Jersey regiment in April 
last. Whosoever takes up the said Servant, and secures 
him. so that his master may have him again, shall have 
Thirty Shillings as a reward, and reasonable charges 
paid by 

Kendai. Cole. 

— llie Pennsylvania Journal, Xo. 811, June 22, 

J 758. 

To His Excellency Francis Bernard, Esq; Captain 
General and Governor in Chief, in and over His Ma'- 




1 758] NEWSPATER EXTRACTS. 22/ 

esty's Province of New-Jersey, and Territories thereon 
depending in America, Chancellor, and Vice Admiral in 
the same. 

The Humble Address of the Mayor, Recorder, Alder- 
men and Common Council of the Free Town and Bor- 
ough of Elizabeth. 

May it please your Excellency. 

E the Mayor, Recorder, Alder- 
men, and Common Council of 
the Free Town and Borough of 
Elizabeth, beg Leave, with the 
sincerest Joy, to present your 
Excellency our Congratulations 
on your safe and happy Arrival 
in New-Jersey, with your Lady 
and Family. 

Tho' we claim not the Honour of a personal Ac- 
quaintance with your Excellency, yet the King's Ap- 
pointment of you. to the supreme Command of this 
Province, when the Honour of his Imperial Crown, the 
Glory of the British Arms, and the interior Harmony 
of the respective Provinces in North-America, so much 
depend upon the Resolution, Wisdom, and Prudence of 
his Governors, is an illustrious Proof of your Excel- 
lency's superior ]\Ierit, and distinguished Ouahtica- 
tions. 

Nor can we doubt that Justice and Equity will be dis- 
pensed and due Weight given to the Law, by a Gentle- 
man whom Fame has marked out in our Alinds, for his 
singular Abilities in its Profession; and we flatter our- 
selves that Controversies which have peculiarly affected 
private Property, and frequently disturbed the publick 
ivepose, may be happily terminated by the Wisdom of 
your Excellency's Decisions. Having the Honour. Sir, 



228 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1758 

to be Members of a Body Corporate, in a Town the most 
antient and extensive in the Province of New-Jersey, we 
were emnlous of paying your Excellency our immediate 
and dutiful Complements, upon the tirst Notice we re- 
ceived of your Accession to the Government. It would 
have given us. Sir, a singular Pleasure, had it suited your 
Convenience, to have landed in the Borough of Eliza- 
beth, that we might have had the satisfaction of express- 
ing our Respects in a Manner more agreeable to our- 
selves. 

As the Inhabitants of this Borough, over which we 
preside, can justly boast their Attachment to his Maj- 
esty's sacred Person and Government, and have shewn 
their Promptitude on all Occasions, to exert themselves 
in Defence and Support of the same. And as this Board 
hath been honour'd with the Countenance of several of 
your Excellency's Predecessors, particularly of our late 
amiable Governor, permit us. Sir, to solicit a share of 
your Favour and Protection, and to expect the Preser- 
vation of our just Rights and Privileges granted by 
Charter. 

Your Excellency may depend upon our sincere En- 
deavours, so far as our Influence may reach, to render 
your Situation in New-Jersey so easy and agreeable to 
yourself, as the Circumstances of the Province will per- 
mit. 

That your Excellency may long enjoy the Smiles of 
your Royal Master, the Love of a People made Happy 
under your Administration, and the Approbation of the 
King of Kings, is the fervent Prayer of every Member of 
this Board. 

Sigind by Order, 

Rol)ert Ogden, Recorder. 

Amboy, 16th June, 1578. 



1758] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 229 

To which His Excellency was pleased to return the 
following Answer. 

Gentlemen. 

IAm much obliged to you for this Testimony 
of your Duty to the King, and your favour- 
able Thoughts of me, His Servant. I shall 
endeavour to shew myself, in some Degree, 
worthy of the great Confidence His Majesty has reposed 
in me, and the good Opinion you have conceived of 
me, by pursuing the best Means I can, to defend this 
Province by the Powers of War: to cultivate by the Arts 
of Peace, and to maintain the Rights of Its Inhabitants 
by an equal Administration of Justice. And I shall be 
glad of any Occasion that will shew my Regard for the 
antient Town and Borough of Elizabeth. 

Francis Bernard. 

— TJic Nci^' York Mercury, June 2(i^ ly^^. 

Philadelphia, June 29. 
From the Jerseys there is Advice, that a Man and Boy, 
travelling some publick Road, were attacked by the Sav- 
ages, when the Man was killed, and the boy shot a noted 
Indian, named Armstrong, and afterwards escaped. 

Notice is hereby giveu, That the Petitioners of Wood- 
bury Creek, in the County of Gloucester, and Province of 
West Xeiv Jersey, have Leave to bring in the Bill they 
pray for the first Monday of the next Sitting of the House 
of Assembly of said Province, at Burlington^ for clearing 
out of said Creek above the Dam, f^r keeping the Freshets 
from overfloiving the Meadows above said Dam, and for 
the mai)itaining the said Dam and Waterzvorks. If any 



230 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1758 

Persons Jiavc any Objections to make they are desired to 
offer them. 

June 5, 1758. 
— The Pennsylvania Gazette^ No. 1540, June 29, 

1758- 

PrinceTOWN (/;/ Xe^v'-Jerse)) June 23. 

Yesterday his Excellency Francis Bernard, Esq ; 
Governor of this Province, attended by a Number of 
Gentlemen, of this, and the Neighbouring Towns, passed 
thro' here in his way to Burlington: His Excellency 
while he stayed in Town, was pleased to accept an Invi- 
tation from the Trustees of the College, to view the 
Building and Curiosities: The President attended by 
the Tutors, in the most respectful ^Manner received his 
Excellency at the outward Door, and conducted him 
immediately into the Hall, to a Seat prepared for him. 
The Students being all seated in order, arose and ad- 
dressed his Excellency in a short handsome Latin Ora- 
tion, delivered by Mr. Philip LivlNCSTON, one of 
the Senior Class: To which his Excellency, after rising 
up, returned a very Elequent and polite Extem])ore An- 
swer in Latin. 

The Trustees of the College then presented his Excel- 
lency with the following Address. 

To His Excellency Francis Bernard, Esq; Captain 
General and Governor in chief in and over his Maj- 
estv's Province of New-Jersey, and Territories there- 
on depending in America, Chancellor, and Vice Ad- 
miral of the same. 

We his Majesty's most dutiful and most Loyal Sub- 
jects, the Trustees of the College of New-Jersey, with 
the greatest Respect, beg leave to Congratulate your 
Excellencv, on your Appointment and Accession to the 
Government of this Province. 



1758] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 23 1 

And we cannot but esteem it another Instance of the 
Royal Favour, that his Majesty, always careful and sol- 
licitous of the Prosperity of this his faithful Subjects, has 
been pleased to assign the chief Seat of this Govern- 
ment, to a Gentleman whose Character gives up such 
high Expectations of his Abilities, and kind J3ispositions 
to promote the most valuable Interests of the People 
committed to his Charge. 

The Reputation of your Excellency has, in your nati\e 
Country, acquired in the Learned Profession, to which 
you were bred, affords us more abundant reason of As- 
surance, that your Excellency is not onlv thoroughly 
accpiainted with the interesting Connection of the State 
and the Commonwealth of Letters; but that as you will 
be engaged in the advancement of the one, you will also 
be the Patron of the other; and particularly that the 
Infant, tho' flourishing College of New-Jersey, founded 
and patronized by your Excellency's worthy Predeces- 
sor, will be abundantly favoured by, and grow up to 
maturity under your gentle Influences and kind Protec- 
tion. 

We have the Honour to inform your Excellency, that 
by your Appointment to the Government of this Col- 
ony, you are also a Member at our Board, and President 
of the Trustees; that as your Excellency's appearance 
in that Character at our annual or occasional meetings 
will evidently do Honour to this Institution, founded on 
so Catholic a plan, for the Advancement of the common 
Interests of Religion and Learning; we doubt not, that 
whenever the more Important aft'airs of your Govern- 
ment will admit, we shall be favoured with your Excel- 
lency's Presence, wise Councils and faithful Determina- 
tions. 

We most earnestlv desire, as divine Providence hath 



232 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1758 

preserved your Excellency from the Dangers of the 
Seas, and safely initiated you in your high OfTfice, that 
indulgent Heaven would make your future Administra- 
tion comfortable to yourself and abundantly salutary to 
this People. 

S/i;y/(-t/ by Order, 

l>Jichar(l Stockton, Clk. 

To which His Excellency was pleased to return the fol- 
lowing Answer. 

Gentlemen, 

I am much obliged to you for this kind Address: I 
shall think it among the Chief of my Duties to protect 
and encourage all Institutions, calculated for promoting 
religious Conversation and useful Learning. I must 
recomend to you, that to the Persons to whom you shall 
commit the Education of the Youth of this College; you 
would give in Charge, that they instill into them, a loyal 
AiYection for his Majesty's Person, and Family, and du- 
tiful Submission to his Government. I shall allways be 
ready to attend your public Meetings, and to do all 
things in my power, to prosper this useful Undertak- 
ing/ 

Frances Bernard. 

Custovi Hoiisc^ Philadelphia. Entered In. Sehooiier 
Swallow^ John Bowles from Salem. On f wards. Sehooner 
Adi'e)itnre, Jaeob A Her for Salem. 

Whereas I the Subscriber, did on or about the begin- 
ning of the year 175 1, give a bond and judgment to Sam- 
uel Stockton, of Prince Town East Jersey, conditioned 
for the pavment of f 22,, Pennsylvania currency one 
month after date, wdiich was paid 1)efore due, as appears 

1 Published also in the New York Mercury, July 3. 175S. 



1758] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 233 

by the records of the court of common pleas, holden at 
Philadelphia, and as the said Samuel Stockton never 
gave me up my obligation but since fraudulently en- 
deavoured to make me pay it again, by assigning it to 
James White of this city Tobacconist, who accordingly 
took out execution, and put it into the hands of the 
shiriff for execution, but found his mistake before it was 
executed, I therefore injustice to myself, and to prevent 
innocent people from being imposed on, caution all man- 
ner of people from taking any assignment thereof as they 
will answer the consequence, and I hereby require the 
said Stockton to transmit me the bond immediately, or 
1 shall proceed against him in such a manner as the law 
directs. 

Given under my hand at Philadel|)hia, the 27th of 
June, 1758. 

Giles John Griffin. 

— The l\'iiiisvlvaiiia Journal^ No. 812, June 29, 
1758- 

From Burlington his excellency set out early on the 
24th [of June] for Philadelphia, to have a conference 
with general Forbes and governor Denny concerning 
the invasion of the Indians. The next morning early 
his excellency returned to Bristol, where he was attend- 
ed by several gentlemen of both province. From thence 
he dispatched two Indians with a message to the Mini- 
sink, living on the Susquehanna, and another to the 
Wioming Indians, desiring that some of them would 
attend the message to the Minisinks. In the evening 
his excellency went to Trenton, and the next day. l)eing 
the 26th, returned to Perth-Amboy, in good health, 
having traveled above 140 miles in very hot weather. 
On the 30th of June the clergy of the church of Eng- 



234 ^'l^^^' JERSEY COLDXIAI. DOCUMENTS. [1758 

hiiicl, iiicuinbents in this pro\"ince. waited upon the gov- 
ernor with an address. 

His excellency our governor (upon the unavoidable 
necessity of the members attending their harvest) hath 
been pleased to postpone the sitting of the general as- 
sembly of this province to Tuestlay the J5lh of Julv. 
when they are sunnnoned to meet at Burlington. — The 
Nciv AuicriciTDi ]Maga:zini\ [Woodbridge, N. J.], for 
June, 1758. 

Xeiv-York, July 3. By Letters from Fort-Edward we 
learn. That about 12 Days ago, arrived there from Ticon- 
deroga, 21 Frenchmen, under Colour of a Flag of Truce, 
in order to ret[uire the return of Colonel Peter Schuy- 
ler to Canada, agreeable to his Parole, ^lonsieur Mont- 
calm having rejected the Proposals that were offered 
with Regard to his Exchange. 

We hear C(~>lonel Schuyler sets out this Day or To- 
morrow for Albany. 

Lately published, and to be sold 1\\ 11. G.viXE. At 
his Printing-Office, at the Bible and Crown, in Hanover- 
Square, (Price IS. or 8s. a Dozen) 

Dn.ic.KxcK In The Work Of God, And, Atrivrr\- 

DuRiNc; Ln-K: 

A 

SERM(iN 

Occasioned by the much-lamented De.\TH 

Ov the Reverend 

Mr. A.AROX Burr, A. M. 

President of the Coi.lec.e of 

New- Jersey 

Who died September 24, 1757, In the 43d year of his 

Ao-e. Delivered in N.\ss.\U-H.ael, at a fleeting of the 



1758] NEWSrAPI-:k EXTRACTS. 235 

Trustkhs of the Cni.i.KOK Dec. 13. 1757; and i)nljlislied 
l)y tlieir Desire. 

By Caleb Smith. A. M. 

— The .Vc7i' York Mercury, July 3, T758. 

Pertii-A.mhov, June 23. 

Wednesday last his Excellency our Governor set out 
from this City attended by most of the principal Inhabi- 
tants in order to go to Burlington, by Way of Brunswick 
and Trenton: . . . At his Arrival at New-Brunswick, 
he was received by the .Mayor and Corporation of that 
Borough; and the following Address presented to him, 
\iz. 

To His lixccllcncy Fraxcts BERNARD, /f5<7 / Captain 
General^ and Governor in Chief in and over His Majesty'' s 
Province of Nova desarca^ or Xeic Jersey, and Territories 
depending thereon in America, and lice Admiral in the 
same &c. 

The humble Address of the Corporation of New 
lirunswick. 

May it please your JLrcellencv 

\\\' the Mayor, Recorder, Alder- 
men, and Common Council, of the City of New-Bruns- 
wick, beg- Leave, heartily to congratulate your Excel- 
lency, upon your safe Arrival into this Government: 
And. at the same Time to acknowledge the just Sense of 
His Majesty's unwearied Care for the Protection of this, 
as well as His other American Colonies, though at so 
great a Distance from His Royal Person. We esteem it 
an Instance of His Majesty's Goodness to this Province, 
in appointing a Person of your Excellency's Abilities, 
to the Government thereof. 

And, we assure you. Sir, we will contribute every 



236 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1758 

Thino- in our Power, towards rendering- your Excel- 
lency's Administration, easy and agreeable. 

New Brunswick Ja. Hude. Mayor. 

June 21, 1758 

His Excellency's Answer. 
Gentlemen, 

I heartily thank you for this Instance of your 
Duty to His Majesty, and your Approbation of my being 
appointed His Servant. 1 shall use my utmost Endeav- 
ours to deserve the good Opinion you ha\-e entertained 
of me, by pursuing the 1)est Means I can. to render my 
Service most acceptable to the Province, and more es- 
peciall}- to the City of Brunswick. 

Francis Bernard. 

Burlington, June 24. 

On Thursday Evening last arrived here from Amboy. 
by the Way of Trenton, his Excellency Francis Bernard, 
Esq; our new Governor. His Excellency was received 
at this antient Seat of Government with great Demon- 
strations of Joy. and having received the Compliments 
of Numbers of Gentlemen of Distinction, the Evening- 
was concluded with Bonfires. Illuminations, ringing of 
Bells, &c. On Friday Morning the Corporation of this 
City waited on his Excellency with the following Ad- 
dress. 

To Jiis Excclh'ucy FRANCIS BERNARD, Esq; Captain 
General and Governor in Chief in and over the Provi)iee 
of Nczu Jersey, and Territories thereon depending- in 
America^ CJianeellor and J'iee Admiral in the same, &e. 
The humble Address of the Corporation of the City of 
Burlington. 



175^] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 237 

ATaj' it please your Excellency, 

We the Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen and Common- 
alty of the City of Burlington, pleased with this Oppor- 
tunity of congratulating your Excellency, eml)race it to 
acknowledge our Gratitude to His Majesty for the Ap- 
pointment of a Gentleman to preside over us, from 
whose Knowledge in the Law, Justice and Candour, we 
have the happy Prospect of having our religious and 
civil Privileges continued to us, during his Administra- 
tion, which we sincerely desire may be long and easy. 

We give your Excellency a hearty Welcome to this 
City, and should l)e glad the Situation and Conveniences 
may prove sufihcient to invite your Residence among 
us. 

James Kinsey/ Recorder. 

To which the Governor was pleased to return the 
following answer. 

Gentlemen, 

I am very much obliged to you for this Testi-- 
mony of your Loyalty to His Majesty, and your Appro- 
bation of His having appointed me to preside over this 
Province; my Duty, as well as my Inclination, will 
make me careful to ])reserve your religious and civil Lib- 
erties; wherever I shall find it necessary to reside for the 
present, I shall, by due Attendance at the two usual 
Seats of (Government, contrive to make the publick 
Business as convenient to the whole Province as well as 
can be; and I shall, with a particular Regard, be atten- 
tive to the Interests of this Corporation. 

Francis Bernard. 

1 James Kinsey was a member of the Assembly, 1772-74; a delegate to 
the Continental Congress, 1774-75; and Chief Justice of New Jersey, 
•1789-1S03. A sketch of him is given in Elmer's Reminiscences (N. J. Hist. 
Soc. Colls., Vn.), 275. For some account of his ancestry, see N. J. 
Archives, XII., 636-S, note. 



238 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1758 

After which the Rev. Mr. Campbell/ Rector of St. 
Mary's, in Behalf of the Vestry, presented the follow- 
ing xVddress. 

To Ins Excelhntcy Francis Bernard, Esq ; Captain 
General and Governor in C/iirf, over His Majesty's Pro- 
vince of Nezv Jersey^ &c. 

The Address of the Minister, Church Wardens and 
Vestry Men of St. Mary's Church, in Burlington. 
May it please your Exeellenev. 

We the Minister, Church \Vardens and Vestry Men, 
of St. Mary's Church, in Burlington, beg Leave to con- 
g'ratulate you on your safe Arrival among us, and Ac- 
cession to the Government of this Province; the tender 
and paternal Care His most sacred Majesty has been 
graciously pleased to extend to His Subjects on this 

1 The Rev. Colin Campbell was the tenth child of Colin Campbell, of 
'Earnhill, Scotland, where he was born, Nov. 15, 1707. As a boy he at- 
tended school at Aberdeen and Inverness. He was appointed by the 
Society for the I'ropagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts to the mis- 
sion at St. Mary's, Burlington, where he arrived May 10, 1738, and was 
well received by the congregation. Although at first very bitter against 
the Friends ("What is the effect of Quakerism now in Pennsylvania 
but a nursery of Jesuits," he wrote in 1742), he soon became reconciled 
to them, andin 1763 was able to report that he had lived among his peo- 
ple "these twenty live years in the greatest love harmony peace & 
quietness studying' my own business and continuing in the esteem of 
our Quaker Neighbours." Two years later he declared: "We of this 
Province live peaceably with one another; as I do myself and congre- 
gations with all Dissenters whatsoever." Writing December 26. 1765, 
he says: "J have little or nothing by way of support from my Congre- 
gation; and a large Family of 6 Young Children to maintain, cloath 
& educate." He eked out the stipend allowed him by the Venerable 
Society, by teaching. In 1744 he advertised that he "proposed to teach 
young Men the classick Authors." and offered to board two or three 
i)oys at his house. His ministrations during his twenty-eight years of 
service were attended by a large increase in the several congregations 
under his care, and he seems to have gained the esteem of the entire 
coinmunity. He died Satvirday, August 9, 1766. at Burlington, after a 
short illness, and was buried in St. Mary's Church, which he had 
served so long and faithfully. The Rev. Dr. William Smith, of Phila- 
delphia, who preached the funeral sermon, said of him: "He endeav- 
oured to be (what you will all allow he was) a Man of strict and severe 
Honesty; faithful in the Discharge of every Trust, and particularly 
of his most sacred Trust, a Minister of the Gospel of Jesus. He was 
a Lover of Peace, and rather willing to bear any tolerable Wrong than 
ruffle the Serenity of his own Temper." His widow survived so late as 
1796. They had nine children — four sons and five daughters. Mary 
Anne, one of the daughters, was born July 2, 1743. The oldest son, 
Colin, was a lawyer; he married, December 26, 1781, Abigail Mumford 
Seabury, daughter of the Rev. Samuel Seabury, in New York. He 
died July 10, 1796, leaving a widow, two daughters and a son. John 
Campbell married Mary (born October. 1739), daughter of George Eyre, 
of Burlington, and had three children. — llilVs Church at Burlington, 
passim; V. J. A rehires, XII., 229; A'. }'. Marriage Lirciiftcs. 



1758] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 239 

Continent, in protecting them from the ambitious At- 
tempts of His Enemies, justly demand of us the most 
grateful Acknowledgments, and the strongest Re- 
turns of Loyalty that a dutiful and affectionate People 
can make to the best of Princes and hope, from the ex- 
cellent Character we have received of you, your Admin- 
istration will be as happy for this Pro\'ince, as we, in our 
Stations, shall endeavour to make it easy and comfort- 
able to you. Religion is the chief Thing in our Esteem, 
and must have the first Place in our Address, as civil 
Affairs will succeed the better when religious are first 
secured, countenanced and protected; therefore, as 
Members of the established Church of England, we 
have great Reason to hope your Excellency's Protec- 
tion and good Offices will, on every Occasion, be kindly 
extended to us. 

S/^mf(/ by Order of the J 'cstry^ 
Abraham Hewlings, Church AVarden. 

Burlington 

June 23, 1758 

To which his Excellency was pleased to answer. 
Gentlemen, 

I heartily thank }ou for giving me these As- 
surances of your grateful Sense of the Duty you owe to 
His Majest}', and the favourable Sentiments you have 
entertained of me His Servant. T am sensil)le how much 
the Success of our civil Undertakings will depend upon 
the due Performance of our Religious Duties, I shall 
therefore use all Means in my Power to maintain the 
Cause of Religion in general, as I am, in an especial 
Manner, ordered by my Royal Master, to protect and 
support the Church of England in particular. 

Francis Bernard. 



240 NEW JKRSEV COEONMAL DOCUMENTS. [l/S^ 

After which his h'xccllcncy. atlciuled hy the Corpo- 
ration, the Officers of Government, and many other 
Persons of Eminence, proceeded lo the large Meeting- 
house in this City, where his Excellency's Commis- 
sions of Governor and \"ice-Admiral of New-Jersey were 
ojiened. llis Excellency then proceeded to the Honse 
of Mr. Shaw; where an excellent Dinner was provided 
hy the Corporation. His Excellency has had twelve 
Children, four of which, together with his Ladv, he 
l)rought o\er with liini; four remain in England, and 
four are tlead. 

Philadelphia. July 1. 1758. 
Whereas Elizabeth Burtonstand. alias Ashton, the 
Wife of Benjamin Ashton. of Gloucester County, in the 
Province of West New Jersey, \\'eaver, hath lately 
eloped from me her said Husband, withotit any ]\Ianner 
of Provocation: Now in order to prevent her the said 
Elizabeth contracting Debts in my Name. I give this 
publick Notice, that I will not pay any Debts whatso- 
ever, which she shall or may. after the Date hereof, con- 
tract. Given under my Hand, this first Day of July. 

1758. 

Benjamin Ashton. 

— The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1541, July 6, 

1758. 

New-York, July 3. 

A few Days since, a Elag of Truce ( tis said of 30 Men) 
came into Fort-Edward, from Canada, to demand the 
Return of the brave Col. Peter Schuyler, of New-Jersey, 
agreeable to engagement, no Alethods having yet been 
concerted for his Relief or Exchange, (or at least, if 
there has, b\- this it appears, it hath been without Ef- 



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feet) and the Colonel, we hear, setts out this Week for 
Albany, in Consequence thereof. It is reported, that 
the (jencral intends to use his utmost Endeavours to 
escort both the Colonel and the Truce, safe back to 
Canada: And that he will detain the Frenchmen for 
that Purpose, lest their too hasty Return, mii^ht occa- 
sion Mons. Vaudruille, to put himself to too great Trou- 
ble and Expence, in forming- of Ceremonies to receive 
so great an Escort. 

New -York, July 3. 

Extract of a Letter from Capt. Jonathan Hampton^ dated 

Cole'' s Fort, on the Frontiers of Nczv- Jersey, 

June 24///, 1758. 

"Serjeant \'antuyl, with 9 Soldiers, went in 



Pursuit of the Indians that murdered the 7 New-York 
Soldiers at \Vest-falls, the 13th Instant. About' 4 
o'clock in the .Vfternoon, they espied an Indian, when 
they were about 4 Miles in Pennsylvania; he standing 
towards a Saw-Mill on Delaware River, about five Miles 
above this Fort. The Serjeant then consulted his Men 
and concluded the Indians must be by the River; upon 
which they went, and soon saw 10 Indians on an Island 
on the Jersey Side, making a Raft. They then lay'd 
down their Packs and Hats, crawl'd up the river oppo- 
site the Island, expecting them over. In this Posture 
they lay all night. In the ^Morning, three Indians lay'd 
on their Guns and Packs to cross, but contrary to all 
Expectation, rowed the Raft up the River 200 Yards, 
our Men creeping up as they went up: About Sun-Rise 
they espied an Indian on their Side the River, coming 
toward them, ])ut he seeing them, walked back leisurely 
to his Gun, took it up, and gave the War Whoop, when 
14 more rose up; on which a sharp engagement ensued. 

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242 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l/SS 

Some of our Men fired on the Raft, when one Indian 
tumhled into the River. They immediately Tree'd on 
l)oth Sides, and five Rounds at least was exchanged. We 
had one Alan shot through the Leg. but killed three In- 
dians on the Land, besides one in the Water: And as 
the Engagement was by the River Side, they dragged 
them into the River. The Indians on the Island kept 
firing all the Time on our Right. l)ut at too great a Dis- 
tance to fear any Thing. The Indians afterwards fled, 
and left 4 good Guns. 4 Tomehawks, 3 Spears. 18 Pair 
of Magasons, 16 Pair of Indian Stockings, 5 Shirts. 12 
Blankets, 3 Hats, i laced Coat. 5 Silver Buckles. 10 
Belts. 3 Strings of Wampum. 5 Scalping Knives, 4 
Scalps just taken, with many Trifles more. 

"Yesterday one William \\\ir(l, was killed and Scalpt 
near the Head Quarters, and a Plouse was burnt on 
Pennsylvania Side, at the same Time. 

A List of the Killed in Jersey, sinee May 1757. 

May 2. Jacob Van Kamp. and Peter Brink, near the 

Head Quarters. Nov. 9. John Doty, and Otho 

M'Hurin. near the same Place. Nov. 10 Gideon 

Westbrook. near Brank's Fort. Nov. 11, John 

Pressler. Alay 15, 1758. Nicholas Cole's 4 Children. 

and 3 Germans. May 25. Mary Willing, near Fort- 
Gardiner. June 8, Cornelius Westbrook. and Abram 

W^estbrook. In this Surprize an Indian was killed. 

June 12. Bastian Contract and Mary Kirkindale: Here 
an Indian was likewise killed by a Boy. This Indian was 
named Armstrong, and lived in great friendship with 
the English People, somewhere near the Neighbour- 
hood ! On the Boy's setting out to run. after his 

Companion was killed by his Side, this Indian gave him 
Chase, and the Boy finding he could not well escape the 
Hatchet, resolutely turn'd and fac'd him; and having 



1758] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 243 

his Fire reservVl on the Indian's near Approach he let 
i\y, and killd him ontright. Some few Days after, he 
was found laid close under a Log, with his two Blan- 
kets, Tomahawk, Pipe and Tobacco Pouch by his Side; 
when those that found him, took off his Scalp, and 

brought it down to Amboy. June 13. At Urian 

W'estafall's Eight Alen. June 23 William Ward. 

"We ha\e now 200 Soldiers on our Frontiers, which 
keeps the Inhabitants from leaving their Habitations. 

"Three of our Jersey Men w^ent oyer the River to 
plow, near the Fort at Pecjuase, when a Party of Indi- 
ans fell upon them, and murdered and scalp't them. This 
was the 14th Instant." — T/u' Pemisylvania Journa/, No. 
813, July, 6 1758. 

His excellency governor Bernard, hath sent up or- 
ders to the officers upon the frontiers, to restrain the 
soldiers from leaving their cpiarters, and straggling into 
the woods to hunt and shoot, as the same is certainly a 
dangerous and pernicious practice; for on Friday last 
one William Ward was shot and scalped, as he was hunt- 
ing within half a mile of No. 3. in the county of Sussex; 
and the same day about noon, a house was burnt on the 
opposite side of the river: The Indians shouted and 
fired several guns wdiilst it was burning. 

A few days ago, a man and boy travelling along the 
public road in the said county of Sussex, were attack'd 
by the Indians: The man was shot dead; and the boy 
tied, and was pursued, but finding one of the Indians had 
the heels of him, he had presence of mind enough, as 
his last refuge, to turn and fire upon the Indian, and saw 
him drop: The other Indians still pursued, and the boy 
perceiving that his gun so retarded his flight, that he 
must be taken, broke it to pieces against a rock, that 
it might not fall into the enemys hands, and made his 



244 ^'KW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1758 

escape from them: He then alarmed the people, who 
immediately went out upon the scout with guns and 
dogs, and coming to the place where the bov shot the 
Indian, they found a great deal of blood, but not the 
body: They searched very diligently about the woods, 
when at last one of the dogs open'd, and going to see 
what was the matter, they found him barking at a 
great heap of brush, and turning it aside, they there 
found the Indian buried, with his cloaths and toma- 
hawk; upon which they scalped him, and brought away 
the things they found buried with him. On Thursday 
the 1 6th of June, Justice Decker of the county of Sus- 
sex, and one Herring, brought the said Indian's scalp 
and Tomahawk to this city of Perth-Amboy. This sav- 
age proves to be the notorious bloody villain, well 
known by the name of captain Armstrong, a noted 
ringleader of the Delawares, who, with 3 other Indians, 
was concerned with Benjamin Springer, (lately executed 
in Morris county) in the murder of Anthony Sw^artwout, 
his wife, and children. — TJic New Aincricaii Magazine 
[Woodbridge, N. ].'], for June, 1758- 

Custom-House, Philadelphia. Entred In. Schooner 
Resolution, Peter Shores from Piscataway. 

Cleared. Schooner Adventure. Jacob Allen to Sa- 
lem. 

Philadelphia. 3d July 1758. 

To Be Lett For A Term Of Years, 

A Plantation generally known by the name of the 
great island, lying and being within about half a mile of 
the boroug of Bristol, in the county of bucks, and ex- 
actly opposite to Burlington. The island itself contains 



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about two hundred acres of land, about one of which is 
l)ank madow and will be in the fall almost wholly in fine 
timothy, clover, and 1)lue grass very well cleared, the 
other hundred acres on the island is pretty levell upland, 
about fifty-five acres of which is cleared, and fitt for 
clover fields. 20 acres of which is already put into clover 
and the rest may easily be made by fothering on it, there 
is also about 40 acres more upland l)elonging- to the 
plantation, which lyes just at the end of the bank, which 
is now almost all cleared, and will be plowed this sum- 
mer, there is a very good farm house on it, w'ith a barn 
and stables, and a very neat milkhouse and granary, with 
a large garden and young orchard, x^ny person inclin- 
aljle to rent the aforesaid plantation, may know the 
terms by applying to William M'llvaine, merchant in 
Philadelphia, near the corner of walnut street in front 
street. 

Philadelphia, July 4th. 

— The Pciiiisylva)iia Journal^ No. 813, July 6, 
1758. 

Custom- J/ousc, Philadelphia^ liiitcrcd hi. Schooner 
Au/ia, Willia)ii Bar t let t, from Salem. Sloop Abigail., 
Peter Grover^ from Salem. — Phe Peiiusylvaiiia Journal., 
No. ^14., July 13, 1758. 

Mr. Bradford, 
Your inserting the folhnving Account in your Next., 

ivill oblige, 
A Friend of Yours. 
New Bru)isiviek., July loth^ 1 758. 

Thursday last in the Afternoon died here, of a sud- 
den Indisposition, supposed to be occasioned by the 



246 NEW JERSKV COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1758 

Intense heat, the iiononrable William Ayneslev,' 
Esq; late Chief-Justice of this Province. Ilis Lady had 
been arrived only a Month from England, when they 
were thus fatally Parted. 

An Eulogium of him to those that had the happiness 
of his Acquaintance, would be impertinent His vir- 
tues were too conspicuous to escape the Notice of the 
slightest Observer But a Character so well support- 
ed in the important Pose he filled, and in every branch 

of social Life, certainly claim a public Tribute His 

ready discernments of the Merits of a cause, the wise 
Regulations he was about to introduce in the Courts, 
over which he presided, his earnestness in Expediting, 
and his Justice in determining Suits, all which he shewed 
even in his short Administration, were too sufificient 
Testimonies of his Knowledge in the Law, and his 
capacity for Executing" the high Trust committed in 
him. 

As a Maji, he appeared to be a perfect lover of the 
human Race; Friendly, Affable, and good Natured; a 

1 Very Wttle is known of Chief Justice William Aynsley. William 
Smith, 'the historian of New York, who hesitated not to say what he 
thought, without always giving his authorities therefor, asserts: "New 
Jersey had been mortified by the arrival of one Ainsley, wh6 was 
raised to be chief justice from the low station of treasurer to a turn- 
pike in the north of Ireland" — which is improbable. — Hintoiy of Xiir 
York, 1S30, Vol. II., 347. He was said to have been recommended to the 
Earl of Halifax by Lord Ravensworth.— /?>., 34S, note. His appointment 
was ordered by the King in Council, Feb. 16, 1757. — V. J. Archh^es, IX., 
232; XVII.. 136; V. J. Hist. 80c. Coll., V., 338-9. He seems to have been 
very deliberate about coming to America to enter upon his new duties, 
for it was not until the March Term, 1758, that he took his seat on the 
bench of the Supreme Court. He went on Circuit in May. — V. J. Ar- 
chircn, IX., 214, 217, 232. On May 22, 1758, the Governor signed a warrant 
"To William Aynsley Esqr Chief Justice of the Province of New 
Jersey for Holding of Four Courts of Oyer & Terminer and General 
Goal Delivery in ithe following Counties Vizt In the County of Cum- 
berland on the 21st day of April Last In the County of Salem on the 
25th day of the same Month In the County of Hunterdon on the 2d 
Instant And fcur the County of Gloucester on the 16th day of this In- 
stant £40."— V. .7. Archivrs, XVII.. 172. His death at New Brunswick, 
on July '6, 1758, after so short a sojourn in New Jersey, was a shock to 
the community. Gov. Bernard wrote that his sudden demise "was 
occasioned by his drinking milk and water when he was Very hot on 
Wednesday last & he died the next day."— A". J. Archives. IX., 124. His 
widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Aynsley, was appointed administratrix of his 
estate, July 11, 1758.— 77. .7. Willf!. F, 531. On August 12, 1758. the Gov- 
ernor signed a warrant: "To Mrs. Elizabeth Aynsley Widow of the 
Honble William Aynsley Esqr late Chief Justice of this Province de- 
ceased for Services done by the late Chief Justice, £70.— A''. J. Archives, 
XVII., 199. 



1/58] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 24^ 

Temper universally Serene, and Unruffled, and a certain 
Complacency ever dwelling on his Countenance, shewed 
a Mind of ease, at the same Time that it secured the 

Affection of every Beholder. In his Family, he was 

loved, respected, and happy: Proofs of his amiable Con- 
duct there. In short his good sense and agreeable 

Conversation was such as rendered him the delight of 

all his Acquaintance. For he was not only Loved, 

but Esteemed. 

But in another point of View, he shone still with a 

brighter Lustre. Religion ever influenced his Mind; 

his Morals were unblamable; and Christ, his Doctrines, 
and Institutions, he was never ashamed to Confess before 

Men, such was his Life. His Death no doubt was 

Similar, and Crowned with the just Consecjuience. 

His w^orthy and much afflicted Relict, his Friends, and 
Ne^cl-Jersef, indeed, feel the loss, but he the Gain. 

Weep, mortals weep, tlie wortliy Aynesley's gone ! 

If human woes, and cares, affect alone. 
But if thoughts, superior far, take place. 

Let joj' and gladness smile in ev'rj' face. 

PlIILARETES. 

— The Peniisvlvania Journal, No. 815, .////)' 20, 
1758- 

[Halifax] Wednesday the 28th, Arrived his Maj- 
esty's Ship the Vanguard, of 70 Guns, from England, 
but last from off Sandy-Hook, with 2 Vessels under her 
Convoy; this is the 43d King's Ship on the present Ex- 
pedition. 

New-York, July 17. 

We just now hear a large Prize Ship entered the Hook 
on Saturday last; but we have had no Winds to bring 
her up since. 



248 NEW JERSEY COEONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1758 

To be Sold 
The Seat of Joseph Warreh/ Esq; late deceased, well 



1 Joseph Warrell was recommended, December 18. 1732, by Governor 
William Cosby, for a seat in the Council of New Jersey. "He was so 
well recommended to me by Lord Malpas. before I left England, that 
there is lit)tle more for me to say in his behalf that since my acquaint- 
ance with him his behaviour has in every particular confirmed the 
character given bv his Lordship, and one that I can answer for." — 
A". J. Archives, V., 324; .V. Y. Vol. Docs.. V.. 939-40. This appointment was 
not made, but he received the office of Attorney General of New Jer- 
sey, which was probablj' more to his liking, August 28, 1123.— Book 
AAA of Coiiniiis.'iioiis. The Lords of Trade again. Aug;. 28 and Sept. 5, 1735, 
recommended Warrell's appointment to the Council in place of James 
Alexander, he having been reported as "every way qualirted to serve 
His Majesty in that station." — A. J. .4r(7n'rr.v. V., 410; X. Y. Col. Docs., 
VI., 35-36. He was actually appointed, it seems, but apparently did not 
oare enough for the unremunerative honor to go to the expense of 
taking out the warrant, wthich elicited an expression of annoyance 
from the authorities a year later. — .A'. J. Archircs. XI., 441; V., 454. On 
December 17, 1733, the Council of New York wrote to the Duke of New- 
castle that Lewis Morris had sent to represent him, "Joseph Warrell, 
Esq.. a gentleman of the law and of very fair character." — r\^ Y. Cnl. 
Docs., v., 981. He and William Cosby, of Amboy, and a number of oth- 
ers, petitioned tlie New York authorities, July 13, 1734, for 20,000 acres of 
land in the Mohawk country, and on October 4, 1734, a tract of 22,000 
acres was surveyed to them, known as "Cosby's Manor," in Herkimer 
and Oneida Counties.— C«/. Y. Y. Land Papers, 210,- 212. 1003. No record has 
been found 'of his origin, nor of his admission to the New Jersey bar. 
but in 1737 he was residing at Trenton. — .\'. J. Archins. XL, 518. He was 
appointed. August 13. 1746, one of the quorum Justices of the Peace for 
Middlesex County. — Ih.. XIV., 464. In 1751 he was living at Bellville, 
near Trenton, and stated that he had lived there many years, and 
consequently could give a goo'd character of Samuel Tucker, his neigh- 
bor, having known him since Tucker was a boy. — fh.. VII.. 613. He 
asked leave to resign. July 5, 1754, in order "to make his declining part 
of life comfortable." "The long Fatigue of upwards of twenty Years 
Service without any just Imputation of Failure in my Duty under the 
Disadvantage of too small a Support from the Assembly (& no likely 
hood of its increase) will plead for the Reasonableness of my Request 
to Your Excellency for a Quietus at my age." — lb., VIII. . Part I., 293. 
As an officer of the Crown the Assembly was naturally averse to in- 
creasing his compensation, which stood at the not extravagant figure 
of £30 a year, payable quarterly. Besides, he prosecuted the pleas in 
the various counties, as far as practicable, for which he was paid the 
usual fees. His resignation was promptly accepted by Governor Bel- 
cher, and Courtlandt Skinner, w^hom he had recommended as his suc- 
cessor, was appointed ten days later. .Joseph AVarrell died in the sum- 
mer of 1758. Nevertheless, when George HI. ascended the throne, a 
warrant was ordered, by the King in Council, for continuing in office 
the appointees of the late King, including Joseph Warrell as Attorney 
General. This warrant was dated, appropriately enough. March 17 
(St. Patrick's day). 1761. The fact had been overlooked that Skinner 
was still in the office, w^hich he retained until the Revolution. Mr. 
Warrell's wife was of the Bradshaw family, in England. He left two 
children: 

1. Joseph, who was manager of a lottery for the Trenton English 
and Grammar School, in 1753; was licensed as an attorney. May 13. 
1758; was Clerk of the Circuits, 1765-8, and died at Trenton, March 6, 
1775. His tombstone, in the First Presbyterian churchyard, is thus 
inscribed: 

"In the Memory of Joseph Warrell, Esq., who departed this life 
March 6th, 1775; aged 56 years. This stone is erected, not from pomp, 
or pageantry, but from tVue affection. 

"For other thoughts employ the widowed wife; 
The best of husbands, loved in private life. 
Bids her with tears to raise this humble stone. 
That holds his ashes, and expects her own." 

2. A daughter, who married Abraham Cottnam, a magistrate of 
Trenton. She had sons: 1. Warrell Cottnam; 2. George Cottnam, 
licensed as an attorney. May, 1780. 



1/58] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 249 

known by the name of Bellville, about three Quarters 
of a Mile h-om Trenton, in New Jersey, pleasantly sit- 
uated near the River Delaware, and hath a fine Prospect 
of the same for some Miles; together with the excellent 
Gardens, Houses, Stables, Chaisehouses, &c, &c, and 
Orchards, consisting of the best and finest Sorts of 
Fruit, as well for the Use of the Table, as for making of 
Cyder, and is esteemed as good as any made in America. 
It is the most beautiful and neat Place within many 
Miles of the same, having every Thing thereunto apper- 
taining to render it commodious and agreeable for a 
Gentleman delighting in good Gardens, Meadows and 
Orchards. Any Person inclining to purchase, may be 
accjuainted with the Terms, by applying to Air. Andrew 
Reed, Merchant in Philadelphia, Mr. John Berrien, at 
Rockyhill, or to Joseph Warrell, Attorney at Law, at 
Bellville aforesaid, the Executors of the last A\'ill and 
Testament of the said Joseph Warrell, Esq; deceased, 
who will give an indispuable Title for the same. 

Also to be sold by the said Executors, a fine Planta- 
tion, of near 300 Acres of Land, within a Quarter of a 
Mile of the abovementioned Premises, in exceeding 
good Order, a great Quantity of Meadow, and large Or- 
chard thereon, extremely well watered, and lies upon the 
River Delaware, and a i:)ublick Road, and hath a patent 
belonging thereunto, for the keeping a Ferry across the 
said River. 

Andrew Reed, John Berrien, Joseph Warrell, 
/:.VL'('//t(>rs. 

July 17, 1758. 

Whereas there were several Petitions, out of the Coun- 
ty of Hunterdon, presented to the General Assembly of 
the Province of New Jersey, at their last sitting at Bur- 
lington, therein setting forth the great Inconvenience 
the Petitioners, and many other the Inhabitants of the 



250 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1758 

said County labour under, l)y reason of t'le Court l)eing 
held at Trenton, and praying either that the same may 
be removed to a Place more central, or that the County 
may be divided; it being. then ordered, that the Peti- 
tioners do give publick Notice in the News Papers, and 
otherwise, through the said County, that all Parties con- 
cerned, both for and against the Matters petitioned for, 
may, if they think proper, have a Hearing before the 
House of General Assembly, the second Wednesday, 
of their next Sitting; and whereas the said Assembly 
stands sunmioned to meet the 25th Instant at Burling- 
ton, these are to give all Persons concerned Notice 
thereof accordingly. 

Strayed away out of a Pasture, on Saturday the first 
Instant, a black Horse, about 14 Hands and an Half 
high, six Years old, branded on the near lUittock N H. 
the Hair scratched off in several Places above his Tail, 
and on the near Side of his Back, also in two Places on 
the near Side of his Neck, 1\\' a Stallion, has been trim- 
med al)out his Ears, but pretty much grown again, shod 
before, paces and trots, was bred near Princetown, and 
is supposed to be gone that Way. \\'hoever takes up 
said Horse, and brings him to the Sul)scriber in Phila- 
delphia shall have Fifteen Shillings Reward, if taken 
within 15 Miles of the City, if further, on this side Tren- 
ton, Twenty Shillings, and if beyond the River Dela- 
ware, Thirty Shillings, and reasonable Charges, paitl by 

Samuel Purviance. 
— TJic Pouisvlvauia Gazette, No. 1543, fiilv 20, 
1758- 

A List of Letters rei/iaining at the Post-Ojjiee in 

PItiladelpliia. 
James Boyd, Sadsl)ury; Charles Carson, Paxton; 



1/58] NKWSI'Al'KR EXTRACTS. 25 I 

Thomas Cunningham, Allen's Town; William Camp- 
hell. Haskin Ridge. Rohert Guthrie (2) Hopewell. 
Aaron IJarding, Salem Co.; Joseph Hain, and John 
Hacket, in Hunterdon Co.; Mary Hand, Cai)e May. 
John Imley, iJurlington. 

The Remainder of this List to be inserted in our next. 

New- York, July 24. 

Extract of a Letter from a Centleman at Lake 
George, dated July ii, i75(S. 

"On the 5th Instant, at Day-break, the Army em- 
barked on Lake-(jeorge, consisting of about 15000 
Men: .... The 8th, at Day-Light, Orders were 
given ft)r storming the French Lines before Ticonder- 
oga, and a Disposition was made accordingly, in the 
following Order. 

On the Left the Rangers; the Center the Battoe- 
Men; on the Right the Light Tnfantr}', to ])e at 200 
Yards Distance, and more, from the Breast Work, in a 
Line. In their Rear, were on the Left, the first Bat- 
talion of the New York Regiment; on their Right six 
l)Oston Regiments: These wcvg to support the Regu- 
lars, consisting of six Regiments (in case they should 
be forced to retire) and were to be followed ])y the Con- 
necticut and Jersey Troops, in the Rear of the Whole. 
Litervals were left between the Regiments of the cov- 
ering l*arties, to admit the Regulars, who were to at- 
tack the Breast-Work. The Rangers, by some Mistake, 
instead of taking Part to the Left, employed them- 
selves on firing on the Enemy to the Right, so that when 
the New York Regiment was going to take Post (where 
they ought according to the Disposition to have been) 
in the Rear, they were surprized by the Enemy about 
200 Yards from their l'>re:ist-Works, and drove back bv 



252 NEW JERSKV COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [iJS^ 

tlie Heat of our People into it. This Regiment had now 
the whole Fire of the Enemy for near an Hour. 

About one, the Attack was made by the Regulars, 
who were ordered on Pain of Death, not to Fire till they 
were within the Breast-Work; they advanced with most 
surprizing Resolution, tho' but few had gained the Posi 
before the Retreat was sounded. The French had for 
upwards of an hundred Yards beyond the Breast-Work, 
filled the Ground with large Logs, Stumps, Brush &c. 
which retarded the advancing of our People, and proved 
a prodigious Difificulty to them, as they were continu- 
ally falling clown, and destroying that Regularity in the 
Ranks, which would otherwise have been observed. The 
Enemy, who were entirely under Cover of a Breast-work 
six Feet thick, kept an incessant and heavy Plre upon 
us, from their Swivels and Small-arms, mowing down 
our brave Officers and Men by Hundreds. Major Proby 
was killed on the Top of the Trench, as were several 
other Officers. About Three o' Clock, just as the Regu- 
lars were retreating, our Regiment, and those on the 
Left, threw in a very heavy Fire, intending to retire like- 
wise very soon, and indeed some had already begun to 
retreat, which it is supposed the Enemy observed; they 
then hoisted English Colours and clubbed their Arms, 
shewed themselves on their Breast-work, and beckoned 
to us, on which the whole advanced briskly but coming 
within 15 or 20 Yards from the Enemy, they struck 
their Colours, and threw in upon us a most terrible and 
heavy Fire, such as we had not yet experienced, which 
killed Multitudes, and obliged us to retire to recover 
ourselves from the Disorder we were thrown in. Find- 
ing it impracticable to force the Trenches, the whole 
were ordered to retreat; about 5 o'Clock we retired to 
the strong Grounds, al)out the Mills. We were then 



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ordered to the advanced Post, where onr Battoes lay; 
and on the 9th at break of Day, the whole Army was 
ordered to reinil^ark and return to their Encampment 
this Side the Lake." .... 

The General returned his Thanks to the Regiments 
(or their gallant BehaAiour at the Trenches, and we 
ha\'e the Pleasure to find that man}- of the Regular Offi- 
cers in their Letters to their Friends here, speak of the 
Conduct of the Provincials with the highest Applause. 
— The Pciiiisyk'aiiia Gazette^ No. 1544, Jitly 27, 

Boston. 

The Advices from Albany a)id Lake George. From 

June 26, to July 7. 

The Flag of ^fruce lately sent to demand Col. Schuy- 
ler, Capt. Martin, and others, who had not returned 
agreeable to their Parole, not being sent back, caused a 
second Flag to arrive; but these were also suspected to 
have Designs greater than they pretended to; and tho' 
they denominated themselves Serjeants and Corporals, 
they are known to be no less than a Swiss Colonel, an 
Engineer, a Captain, and a Lieutenant whose Name is 
Wolfe; These Gentlemen having requested an Escorte 
of 150 Men. was answered by the General, that they 
should ha\-e 18000, and himself would march at the head 
of them, provided they could content themselves a 

Week or two. Accordingly General Abercrombie 

has marched with no less than the Number above-men- 
tioned; but rather might it be said, that the Fleet has 
sailed, as the whole went by Water, and set ofif on the 
5th Instant by Sun-rise; the Troops had their Tents 
struck made up, and with themselves, were on l)oard 
their Battoes in about a Quarter of an Hour, and in the 
greatest Order without any Confusion. They 



254 ^'EW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1758 

forin'd themselves in three Grand-Divisions, composed 
of the following- Regiments, viz. As an Advance-Guard 
went 300 Whaleboats. nine Men in each, commanded 
by Col. Gage on the Right, Major Rogers on the Left: 
The Van was of Battoes, 22 Men in each; on the Right, 
the Regiments of Babcock, Fitch, Wooster and John- 
son; on the Left. Johnson^ of X. Jersey, Prebble, Glasier 
and W'm. \\'illiams: The third Division, Doty, Ruggles. 
&c.. on the Right; on the Left, Lyman, Whiting and 
Bagley: .In the Centre, the first and fonrth Battalions 
of Royal Americans. Highlanders, with the rest of the 
floating" Castles with two Pieces of Cannon mounted on 
each of four-pounders; here also were the Flag of Truce 
with the French Gentr}- that came in with it; who w'ith 
tlieir usual Gasconade said on Eml.)arking 'They were 
glad to see so many brave Men, bur sorry they were not 
there to receive them ! In the Rear were the Artil- 
lery, Stores, &c. with the General, brought up by Lieut. 

Patridge. In this Order proceeded down the Lake, 

consisting of 300 Whaleboats as above and 1000 Bat- 
toes: -They covered the Lake from Side to Side, 

which is a ^U\e and a half over at the upper End; and in 
the narrower Places, they were obliged to form into 
Subdivisions to give themselves Room to row, they ex- 
tended from Front to Rear full seven Aliles; and by the 
Time the Rear had left the Shore three ]\Iiles. there was 
not any of the Lake to l)e discern'd except that Part 

that was left behind: Thus they sailed all in high 

Spirits, having five Days' Provisions ready dress'd, be- 
sides raw; and had Orders to land at the Advance- 
Guard of the French that Evening; which doubtless 
they did, as the Front of the Army were by Ten o'Clock 
15 Miles down the Lake, and the Place appointed for 



1 (_'<)1. John Juhnslon. of Perth Ambo>-. 



1758] NEWSPAl'ER EXTRACTS. 255 

Landing is but 35 Miles, which is within two Miles of 

Ticonderoga Col. Nichol's Regiment is not 

marched, but are station'd at Saratoga, Half-^Ioon, 

Fort Miller, Fort Edward, and Half-way-Brook. 

Col. Williams of Roxbnry is to march to German Flats 
the 8th; Major Arbuthnot with a Command of 400, 
marches this Day for Oneiado-Carrying- Place: Gen- 
eral Johnson arrived the 6th Inst, at Fort-Edward with 
abont 300 Indians, and is to proceed immediately to the 
Army: The New Hampshire Men arrived also at that 
Fort that Day; the same Time 30 of the Tnscararoes 
arrived at Albany, in their Way to join General Johnson, 
who it is expected will have 800 Indians with him. 

[Onr Intelligence, it is imagined, are mistaken in the 
Number of 18000 going over the Lake: The whole 
Amount were near 16000]. — The Pennsylvania Journal^ 
No. 816, July 27, 1758. 

Pcrth-Ajnboy, July 29. "Tis certain that at the late 
unfortunate Attack upon the Frejich Entrenchments 
near Ticonderoga^ Tho7Jias Shaw,^ Esq. Lieutenant Colo- 
nel of the New-Jersey Regiment, was killed; ten private 
Men of the said Regiment were also killed, and about 
forty-four wounded. 

Last week Dennis Dzvire, a Serjeant in Capt. Skinners 
Company, of the Nezv-Jersey Regiment, lately taken at 
Osivego.^ was committed to Newark Gaol, for commit- 
ting a Rape upon the body of Elizabeth the Wife oi John 
Morris.^ of the Borough of ElizabetJi. He fled from Jus- 
tice, but was pursued by a Warrant of Hue and Cry from 
Mr. Justice N'evill, was taken in Neiv- York, and deliver'd 
up to the SheritT of Essex., in which County the Fact was 
committed. — TJie Nezu Anieriean Magazine [Wood- 
bridge, N. ].\ for July^ 1758. 



1 See N. J. Aivhives, IX., 1S5, note. 



256 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1758 

ALL Persons indebted l)y Book, Bond, or Note, 
to Air. William Synionds, late of New-Bruns- 
wick, are desired within 3 Months from the 
B)ate hereof, to pay the same to Anthony 
White, Esq; or Air. William Donaldson, in New-Bruns- 
wick, whom Mr. David \'an Home, as Assignee to the 
said Mr. Symonds, has impowered to receive and give 
Acc|uittance for the same; and those who delay paying 
the same within that Time, must expect to be sued with- 
out further Notice. July 31 

A Single Person, with a Recommendation capa- 
l^le of teaching Children to read, write and 
cy])her, is wanted at Rariton-Landing. in the 
County of Middlesex, in New-Jersey, where 
he'll meet with suitable Encouragement.— 77/r Wrzc York 
Mercury, July 31, 1 758. 

To the Author of the Nci^ Auicricaii Maga::i)u\ 
Mr, SVLVANUS, 

A Penny saved is a Penny got . 

It is the unhappiness of this 

province to be situated between two other trading ones, 
viz. Neiv- York and Pennsylvania : New- York like a load- 
stone, attracts the produce of one half of the province 
to the eastward; and Philadelphia, like another, the 
produce of the other half to the westward. There hath 
been several efforts made by some publick spirited per- 
sons, in order to force a trade in each division; but the 
tender l)ranch, being too much shaded liy those trading- 
cities, has dwindled and died. 

To establish a flourishing sea trade, seems to me at- 
tended with many difficulties, and I am not now going 
to propose it: There is however ways and means left 



1758] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 257 

in our Power, whereby we may be much richer than we 
are, tho' perhaps not so rich as our neighbours, and as 
frugaUty was the subject on which I set out. I shall con- 
tine this paper chiefly on that head as one means pro- 
posed. — It is well known by numbers in this province, 
that the eastern division is greatly indebted to Nciv- 
York, and the western to PhiladelpJiia ; that we pay 
large sums of mone}' to the userers of both cities yearly; 
the reason is owning to the scarcity of money in the prov- 
ince, and that scarcity is occasioned in a great measure, 
by the importation of dry goods; for vast sums of money 
are carried to those cities yearly to purchase goods, a 
great part of which we might do very well without ; and 
if we did, so much of the money arising from the sale of 
our produce, would consequently center in the province; 
and we should be enabled to lend to those who are im- 
proving the country: This is not all, if we were richer, 
we should not be under the necessity of a speedy sale of 
our produce, and might frequently command the mar- 
kets of those two cities, their trade depending very 
nuich u])on the Jcrsics. 

1 am well assured, by the experience of substantial 
farmers, that where the lands suit sheep, scarce any- 
thing can be raised by them more profitable; the}' eat 
little ha}', and are both \vintered and summered cheap, 
and the profit arising from them, is more than can at 
first be imagined. If more of them were raised, and the 
wool manufactur'd aniong us, the advantage would 
speedily 1)e felt; which makes me wish it was somewa}' 
encouraged by the legislature; for notwithstanding the 
exportation of woollen is forbid, there would be a great 
consumption among ourseKes. 

I would also propose, that a linnen manufacture be 
encouraged; our lands are capable of producing the 

17 



258 NEW JERSEY COLONLVL DOCUMENTS. [1758 

best flax, and if the people of this province had not got 
into a pernicious custom of looking- to England and 
Ireland for their linnen, we might do much 1)etter. 1 
am very sensible the scarcity of hands and price of labour 
will much obstruct the manufacturing either linnen or 
woollen: and in order to propose a remedy in part, 
though very much a stranger to calculations, I will for 
once make a rough one; and suppose there are in the 
province of Neiu-Jcrscy^ 10,000 families, who might, I 
believe, on an a\erag"e. if they were so inclined, make 
to the value of 6 1. per year, of either linnen or woollen 
homespun; this only amounts to 60,000 1. out of which 
deducting" 10,000 1. for what I guess may be at present 
manufactured; there will remain 50,000 1. gain to the 
province, which in ten years will amount with its inter- 
est to about 700,000 1. no inconsiderable sum to save, 
and would help to add to the number of hands. And 1 
could wish to see the time when each farmer, and each, 
family within this province, would vie with each other, 
which should have upon their backs, and in their houses, 
the greatest cjuantity and the best homespun; it would 
be a noble emulation; it would be a serving themselves 
and serving their countr}-. It would open a mine of gold 
in the province, and in time we should be rich enough 
to force a trade. This would greatly help to pay our 
taxes, and free our lands from mortgages. And I am 
sure it must afford pleasure to a farmer (if he is a man 
of sense) to think as he walks about his business, that 
the clorths on his back, are the produce of his farm, the 
spinning of his wife, or perhaps his promising daughter; 
and surely it must be some satisfaction to a young 
woman, to carry about her something", which without 
flattering", can tell \\itli truth her industry, and ingen- 
nit\', and strongh" demonstrate her chastitv, and rec- 



1758] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 259 

ommend her ability to till with reputation the station of 
a wife. I know there are numbers of parents, who had 
rather see their daughters clad with their own home- 
spun industry, than trigged off in their paduasways, 
though the expence of the first should be the greatest: 
And there are some young men of the best reputation, 
who ha\e discerning enough to see, that a homes])un is 
more captivating than a Mantua. 

It certainly must be some satisfaction for a mother to 
tell her daughter, Siu/t niid sitc-fi thiiii^s arc my oi^ni 
spiiiiiiiii^ : t/iis set of CKrtains, this coverlid, these pair of 
sheets, and these napkins, I JiJiished before I ivas married ; 
this I began and finished afterzuards, and these are all my 
ou')i spinning'. 

Virtue and industry are near akin; she that is indus- 
trious proclaims to the world she is virtuous, and \"ir- 
tue is amial)le in the eyes of all her beholders; and to 
those who are oljservers of her dictates, there's an en- 
joyment inex])ressible, and she is in truth her own re- 
warder. 

When I was a young man, I used to think those girls 
I came across, who were neat]^' dressed in homespun, 
to be destined to make the ccjnjugal state hapi^y, and 
conceited them genteeler and handsomer than others; 
1)ut I suppose it was l)ecause they looked more innocent. 

I would now direct myself to the young men of our 
provmce, and let them know, the\- \vere not l)orn for 
themseh'es; there is a dut}' owing from them to ser\'e 
their country; the}' ought to scr\-e it in the l)est man- 
ner they are able, as indi\'iduals, b_\' ])romoting its 
groAvth, and encouraging the manufacturing its natu- 
ral products to the best adxantage. And 1 would rec- 
ommend to them, as one necessary step thereto, the 
prudent choice of a wife; I shall not descend into par- 



26o NKW JKKSEV COLONIAL DOCU.MLNTS. [l/SS 

ticular directions to tliein on this head, further than to 
put them in mind, that she that carries marks of indus- 
try upon lier hack, strongly recommends herseh'. 

It's quite Hkely I shah have more commenders of my 
scheme than putters in execution; for manv people are 
so weak as to be asham'd to wear homespun, while in 
fact it's a shame for farmers and others that can have it 
of their own making to wear much else: And to induce 
them to think so, I could wish the legislature would pass 
an act. to give a bounty on every yard of linnen or wool- 
len made in the province; a sum of money thus laid out 
would encourage industry, and as it would only change 
hands, advantage might arise from its circulation only. 

I am very sensible the executic^n of my scheme effec- 
tually will depend very much upon the young women 
of the province; in order therefore to emulate them, I 
propose half a dozen chairs (or something else of the 
houshold kind) to be given tcj each voung woman, that 
on the marriage day can make it appear, she can dress 
herself completely with her own spinning, her stays and 
head linnen excepted, and can tit out a bed with com- 
plete furniture of her own spinning likewise; The work- 
manship and wood of which chairs shall be answerable 
to the goodness of the homespun. It may be objected, 
that encouraging the manufacturing of woollen may 
meet with discouragement at home: But I apprehend, 
while its exportation is forbid, no injury can arise to 
them, rather an ach-antage, because it may the better 
enable us to pa}- them the large debt we contract every 
vear: And I am mistaken, if Great- Britain does not find 
it necessary in a few years, to allow us greater privileges 
than we at present enjoy, to put us in a capacity to pay 
them the better. Like o\\\^x Jcrscyincii, I am not much 
of a Merchant, but from what I can collect from others 



1758] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 26 1 

the debt New- York and Poinsylvania contract for them- 
selves and lis, encreases larg-ely every year, and the 
means of paying hath been decreasing in a greater pro- 
portion, so that its Hkely in time we may be frugal of 
necessity. Notwithstanding the subject of this essay 
may appear trifling to some, I apprehend it a matter 
that merits some notice; I can say at least what is of- 
fered, are the honest sentiments of 

B. C. Caesaria. 

P. S. It might not be amiss to have an inscription 
upon the chairs, something to this purpose. Given 
by the publick toN. M. as a reivard for he'- induslry. 
— The Neiv Ai/ierieaii Magarjiiie, for Jul]\ 1758. 

Remainder of the List of Letters begun in our last 
William JMurdock, Salem. To the Minister of the Sev- 
enth-Day Sabbath Meeting, at Cohansie; Daniel 
M'Lane, Allen's-Town; Daniel M'Muskey, Cumberland 

County; Robert Price, Haddonfield; Dr. Pasch- 

all, Salem; Lazarus Pine, Gloucester; Robert Patter- 
son, Pilesgrove. Elizabeth Richards (3) Allen-Town. 
John Sullivan, Aliens-Town. Caffery Taylor, New- 
Jersey. Thomas W'illard, Gloucester County; Capt. 
Matthew West, East New Jersev. 

Custom-House, Philadelphia. Cleared. Sloop Abi- 
gail, Peter Groves, to Salem. — The PeiiusylviDiia Ga- 
zette, No. 1545, August 3, 1758. 

New-Castle, ////)' 25///, 1758. 
Whereas a certain y^?/; Wolford, of Huuterdoii Coun- 
ty, in the Western Division of New-Jersey, upwards 
of two Years ago put a Bond into my Hands due to him 
from ow^ JonatJian Stout . in order to recover the Money; 



262 NEW jKRSKN' COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l/S'S 

and the same was shortly after recovered, and still re- 
main in my Hands: Notice is hereby Given, that 
the said Job Wolford^ if aliv^e, or Dead, his Executors or 
iVdministrators, or any Person or Persons hy him or 
them lawfully Authorized, may have the same Money, 
upon application to the Suhscriber, who practises the 
Law at Nczv Castle. 

Thomas M'Kean.^ 

— Tlic Pcniisvlvaiiia JoitruaL ^'0. Si 7, .liii'iisl 



/' --iiii^iiM J. 



1758- 



liflstoii, J Illy 3 I . W'e hear from Albany, That Col. 
Doty's, the NewA'ork. New-Jersey and Rhode-Island 
Regiments had r.Kirch'd from Lake (icorg-e for the Ger- 
man-Flats. 



1 Susan McCain (probably widow of William McKeanj, of New Lon- 
don, e:hester County, Penn., in her will, dated December 28, 1730, de- 
vised her lands to two sons — William McCain and Thomas McCam. 
^\ illiam, her oldest son, was born in Ireland in 1707. He kept a tavern 
in what i.s now known as Chatham, New London, until 1741, when he 
removed to Londongrove, an adjoining township, where he kept tav- 
ern, and in 1743 removed to Londonderry, Where he followed the same 
business. He married, 1st, Letitia Finney, who died in 1742; 2d, Anne 
Logan, widow of james Logan, who had preceded him as tavern keeper 
at Londonderry; she died in 1751. He died November 18, 1769. He left 
issue (among others) by his first wife: 

1. Robert, born July 13, 1732. He studied medicine, and Was mission- 
ary at New Brunswick for several years, and at Perth Amboy, from 
February, 1763, until his death, October 17. 1767. 

2. Thomas, born March 19, 1734, in New London. Penn. After receiv- 
ing a preparatorj-' education under the Rev. Francis Allison, D. D., he 
entered the office of a relative, David Finney, at Newcastle, Del., as 
a law student, and was admitted to the bar in 1754 (before he was 
twenty-one), so superior was his reputation as a student. In 1756 he 
was appointed prosecutor of the pleas in Sussex County, Del. He was 
admitted to the bar of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. April 17. 1758. 
He then went to England, and entered the Middle Temple. May 9, 1758. 
to pursue his law studies. June 20, 1765, he was licensed to practice in 
the New Jersey Courts. He was a member of the Legislature from 
Newcastle. 1762-1779; was a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress of 1765. 
and was elected to the Continental Congress in 1774. and served in that 
body several years, being one of the Signers of the Declaration of Inde- 
pendence, and President in 1781. He was Chief Justice of Pennsylva- 
nia. 1777-1799. In 1799 he was elected Governor of Pennsylvania, by the 
Republicans, and immediately began .a Wholesale system of removals 
of his politcal opponents from office. He was re-elected in 1802 and 1805. 
serving nine years of mo.st turbulent experience as Governor. He mar- 
ried. 1st, July 21, 1763. Mary Borden, oldest child of Col. Joseph Borden, 
of Bordentown, N. J.: she died March 12, 1773. in her 29th year. He 
married, 2d. September 3, 1774. Sarah Armitage. of Newcastle. He died 
June 24. 1817. His widow died May 6. 1820.— il/rTTra/i Grnmlomi. by Rob- 
erdeau Buchanan, Lancaster. Pa.. 1890; TAves of the Oovrriiorfi of Pcnn- 
si/lrnjim. hy William C. Armor. Philadelphia, 1873, 289, 307. 



1/5^] XKWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 263 

New- York, Aiiij;;!ist 7. Extract of a Letter from Al- 
bany, dated July 24, 1758. 

"A few Days ago, the worthy and brave Col. Peter 
S(Hin[T:R, set out from Fort Edward, escorted by a 
Party of Mighlanders, in order to retnrn to Canada, 
agreeable to his Parole. We hear he was received at 
Ticonderoga. with the greatest Courtesy, by Monsieur 
Montcalm, and all the Regular Officers there, that the 
General had wrote to Montreal in order to have him 
exchanged for some French Officers lately taken, but 
that the Colonel was to leave Ticonderoga the 27th, 
and from thence was to proceed to .Montreal. 

To be Sold, 

S Likely Negro Girl, aged about 17 Years; ca- 
pable of doing all sorts of Business, both oi 
City and Countr}-. Encjuire of James Haw- 
kens, who keeps the Way-Hawke^-Ferry- 
I louse at the North-River. — 77/^ Xr^c York Mercury, 
August 7, 1758. 

List of Letters at the Post-Office, in Tri'iiton. 

A. 
Mar}' Anderson, and Siisaiinali .Kdains, Trenton; William Applegate, 
Cramberry. 

B. 
Francis liaiifurd, and Dr. .Tohu Ballard, Hopewell; Xoali Bowen, Salem 
County; Tiniotliy Baker, Maidenhead; Sarah Burtis (2), Penington; Pre- 
serve Brown, Nottingham; John Brown, Crosswicks, Henry Bonnill, Falls 
Township; .Stephen Barton, Hopewell; Beniamin Boid, Trenton. 

D. 
.John Dnsinherry, Bethlehem ; John Dongherty, and James Dougherty, 
Hunterdon Connty ; I'^lizahetli Davis. Trenton; George Danser, Alleiitown. 

E. 
William I'lveii. 

F. 
Samuel Farnsworili, Bordentown; Samuel Flemming, Amwell; Andrew 
l-'orster, Hopewell. 



1 Weehawken. 



264 NEW JKRSE^• COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1758 

(1. 
Patience Garrison (3) Allent-own ; Tlionias Oinl^s, Bucks County: Louis 
Gordon, Esq; (2) Bordentown. 

11. 
William Hntcliison, Middlesex Count)- ; .lohn Hart, Hopewell; Joseph 
Hart, Esq; Hunterdon County ; Isaac Horner, near Trenton; Nancy How- 
ard, Bucks County: Solomon Hall, Cniuberlanil ('ounly, Ruth Hall, New- 
Jersey. 

J. 
.Joseph Jesert, Somerset County : ('apt. Josoph Jolmsou, Anuvell. 

K. 
Jonathan Knipe (2) William Ivirkpatrick. 

M. 
Michael M'Donald, Allentown; Mrs. Muso-rove, near Prince-Town; 
Zachariah M'Daniel ; John Maxwell, Hunterdon County ; Lieutenant 
M'Keane; Dr. Alexander Moore, Bordentown; Henry Mash, Allentown. 

P. 
I*;iilni Parr; John Purrell, King wood ; l<]dward Paiicoast, Bordentown; 
Thomas Prior, Yeardly's Kerry. 

R. 
Wdliam Rhea: Isaac Rogers, Allentown; .Tolin Reed, Maidenhead. 

S. 
Daniel South, Kingston; Lydia Story, Allentown; John Shepperd, 
Shrcwshiiry; Adam Smith, Trenton; Hezekiah Smith, PTopewell; Jolin 
Smith, juiMor, Maidenhead; R.achel Stout, fhmterdon County; Gilbert 
Smith, Bordentown. 

T. 
Henry Thomas and .lolin Taylor. Tionton; George Taylor, Derliam 

Ironworks. 

V. 
Lvdia Vaiidvko. 

W. 
Tliomas Wilson, Lsi|; Pennsylvania: Noah Wells near Trenton. 

— The Pouisylva Ilia (larjcttc, Xo. 1546, Aui^iisl 10, 
1758. 

RuN-awa}- on the 7th day of June last from the plan- 
tation of Charles Read, Esq; at the Breesey-ridge, in 
Rurlington county, an English servant man named Jos- 
eph Dealy, horn in BnckinghanLshire. is ai^ont 5 feet 6 
inches high, about 45 years of age, and has been a sol- 
dier, is a c[uiet still fellow when sober, but apt to get in 
li(|uor; and then very talkative. Ilad on when he went 



l/S'"^] XI'.WSl'Al'KR EXTRACTS. 265 

away a halftliick jacket with leather buttons, good ozna- 
l^rigs shirt, tow cloth trowsers, good shoes and brass 
])uckles in them. Whosoever takes np said servant, and 
secures him, in any goal in New-York, New-Jersey or 
Pennsyh'ania, and notice thereof given to me, within 
tw'enty days after his commitment, shall have Twenty 
Shillings reward, and all reasonable charges paid by 

Hugh Dunn, 

— The Pcnnsvlvaiiia JouruaL No. 819, August 17, 

1758. 

New-York, August 14. 

[Thursday last] came into Port, two Sloops and a 
Schooner, which were taken about six Weeks ago, by 
Captain Canton, in a Privateer Brig belonging to Ber- 
muda, bound from Hispaniola for St. Eustatia. They 
pretend to be Dutch Property, and are loaded with 
Sugar, Coffee and Indigo. The Privateer is yet at Sandy 
Hook. 

Stolen from the Subscril)er, of Amwell Tow'nship, in 
Hunterdon County, New-Jersey, on the Sexenth of this 
instant August, a dark ba}' horse branded on the near 
Shoulder L N, likewise on the buttock S; has one white 
Foot behind, a Star in his Forehead, about 13 Hands 
and a Half high, goes a travelling Pace, and is newly 
trimmed. Whoever secures the Thief and Horse, shall 
have Forty Shillings Reward, or the Horse only Thirty 
Shillings and reasonable Charges paid by 

Isaac Woolverton. 

— TJic Pennsylvania Gazette^ No. 1547, August 17, 

1758- 

Burlington, July 25. The General-Assembly of this 



266 



NEW JERSKV COLOMAL DOCUMENTS. 



[175'^ 



Province met here this Day, when his Excellency was 
pleased to make the following Speech in both Houses. 

Gcntlcmcii of the Coiiiici/, aiui (joiilciiicu of the Gcucral 
Asscinblv : 

AVING received His Majesty's 
Commands to serve him in this 
high Office, I reflect with great 
Pleasure, that I am to preside 
over a Province that has given 
repeated Proofs of its Loyalty to 
the King, and AfYection to His 
Person and Government; and 
liromise myself, that wdiilst I am 
endeavoring to follow the Example of my Great Master, 
by making the Welfare of His Subjects the sole Object 
of my Care, I shall receive from }'ou all the Assistance 
which a grateful People can give to the Government of 
the best of Kings. 

The Excellency of the English Constitution, consists 
in a due Ballance of its se\'eral Powers. For my Part, 1 
cannot more certainly recommend myself to my Royal 
Master, than by preserving the Rights and Privileges 
of his People; nor can \'ou more effectually ser\'e the 
People, than l)y supporting the Power and Authority of 
the Crown. 

Under such an Union, established in and directed by 
the known Laws of our Country, 1 hope we shall be able 
to support and defend this Province in the Time of 
Danger; and to cultivate and adorn it when it shall 
please God to grant us Peace. 

Upon my Arrival here, I found the Frontiers of the 
Province infested with Indians. As the President had 
before ordered some Detachments of Militia to reinforce 
the Frontier Guard, 1, with the A(hice of vou. Gentle- 



1758] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 267 

men of the Council, ordered a further Reinforcement, 
but with a very sparing Hand, being apprised of the In- 
conveniences it must be to the Country, to order Men 
from their Business at that Time of the Year. I have 
since reHeved those that were first ordered, by fresh De- 
tachments from other Regiments, that I might make 
this necessary Service as httle l)urthensome to Particu- 
lars, as possible. 

As soon as I had taken Care of this necessary Busi- 
ness, I went to Philadelphia, at the Desire of General 
Forbes, and the Lieutenant-Governor of that Province, 
to confer with them concerning the best Means of put- 
ting a Stop to these Irruptions, and preventing them for 
the Future. With their Advice, and the Approbation 
of all the Principal Persons of this Province, that I had 
an Opportunity of consulting, I sent a Message to the 
Minisink and Poinpton Indians. Which Message, to- 
gether with their Answer, shall l)e laid before you. 

Gentlemen of the iieneral Assenddy 

I recommend to you to provide for the Expences al- 
ready incurred in the several Businesses which I have 
Ijefore mentioned, and that in estimating the Compen- 
sation to be made to those of the Militia, who have 
served in the Ivoom of the established Forces, you will 
have Regard to the Time of Year in which they were 
obliged to march. But I am especially bound, most 
earnestly to desire, that you would effectually provide 
for the Defence of the Frontiers for the Future: Many 
of the Enemies you have to deal with, are not known; 
or, if known, at a great Distance from you; and if we 
can depend on those with whom we cultivate Peace, 
there will yet remain many whose Savage Natures no 
.'\cts of Friendship or Benevolence can civalize and re- 
claim: You must therefore, at all Events, and at all 



26S m;w jkrskv colomai. documkn'I's. [1758 

Times, consider your I'rontier to he in a State of War: 
And as it is the singular Happiness of this Province, that 
it is al)le to form an impassable Barrier against the com- 
mon Enemy; neglect not this Advantage, ])ut establish 
Peace and SeciuMty on your Borders; and you will, by 
the Increase of the Strength and Wealth of the Prov- 
ince, whicli will necessaril}' follow, be amply repaid for 
the Charge of defending of it. 

Gentlemen of t lie Conneil^ and (ienlleineii of tJie (ieiiertrl 
Assen//'/]'. 

1 come among you with a Heart entirely devoted to 
the Service of this Country; the Care of which must 
nt^w^ become my sole Business: And 1 trust, that my 
Assiduity and Integrity will most properly recommend 
me to your good Opinion. Until they are better known 
to you, than they can be at present, 1 must desire you 
to give me Credit for that Confidence, which will l)e 
necessary to enable me to exert myself to the best Pur- 
poses of your Service. And may the great God, on 
whom we must all depend for Success in our Undertak- 
ings, so direct our Councils, that they may be most con- 
ducive to the Supreme of all Laws, the Pui'.l.TCK 
Safety. 

pRA. Bernard. 

Jhuiington. July 25. 175S. 

On the 27th the Hotise of General-Assemblx' waited 
on his Excellencv with the following Address. 

To his Excellency Francis Bernard, Esq; Captain 
General and Governor in Chief in and over His Maj- 
esty's Province of Nova-Ccesarea, New Jersey, Chan- 
cellor, and \'ice-Admiral in the same, &c. 




1 758] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 269 

May it please your Excellencv, 

E Mis Majesty's dntifiil and loyal Subjects 
the Representatives of the Colony of New- 
Jersey, in General-Assembly convened, beg 
Leave to Congratulate your Excellency on 
}our safe Arrival with your Lady and Family: And, in 
the Name of the Inhal^itants of this Province, do give 
the Whole a hearty Welcome. 

Among many recent Proofs of parental Regard, 
wiiich the Provinces of North-America have received 
from His Majesty; the Appointment of your Excellency 
to be our Governor in this Time of common Difficulty, 
is a Part which very much pleases such amongst us, as 
liave had an Opportunity of your Acquaintance. 

W^ere your Excellency's personal -Qualifications un- 
known, and you a Stranger, yet your Appointment to 
that honourable Station, since the late glorious Revival 
of British \Visdom and Spirit, would have been an ef- 
fectual Recommendation to our Confidence, a Part 
wherem, we can very readily credit your Excellency: 
But at the same Time must beg a mutual Return, and 
hope for the Continuance of your favourable Senti- 
ments. 

As the little 1'ime you have spent amongst us, has 
given us an Opportunity to form rational Prepossessions 
in your Excellency's Favour, permit us to say. That as 
far as those may be allow'd the Test of Futurity, the 
united Calls of Gratitude and Duty, oblige us, on this 
Occasion, to every respectful Acknowledgement, that a 
free People can pay to a gracious Sovereign. As such, 
we shall take the several Matters recommended by your 
Excellency, into inmiediate Consideration, and do 



2/0 NEW JERSEY COEoXIAL DOCUMIiNTS. [1758 

therein as we shall apprehend may most conduce to that 
Supreme of all Laws, the Publick Safety, 

By Order of the House, 

Robert Lawrence, Speaker. 

Burlington, July J/, 1758. 

To which his Excellency was pleased to return the fol- 
lowing 

Answer. 
Gentlemen, 

[Heartily thank you for this kind and affection- 
ate Address; wdierein you give such earnest 
Expressions of your Duty and Gratitude to 
His jNIajesty, and your favourable Opinion of 
me His Servant. From these happy Auspices, I prom- 
ise myself, that such a firm and lasting Harmony will 
be established among us, that will be productive of the 
best Consequences to the Common Weal of this Prov- 
ince. 

Era. Bernard. 

RUN-away on the 13th of August, from Wil- 
liam Pertree Smith/ Esq: of Eliza1)eth-Town, 
in New-Jersey, a Negro jian, called Prince: 
Had on a Leather Cap, Linnen Waistcoat 
and Breeches, l^lue Stockings and a coarse thick pair of 
Shoes; speaks English and Dutch, has lived at Jamaica, 
in the \\>st-Indies, with Air. Simon Parsco. and in 
Dutchess-County, in New- York Colony, with Mr. Nix- 
on; has been seen lately in New-Y(M-k, and it is said h^ts 
])assed the King's Bridge, where lie showed a Pass, and 
pretended he belonged to a Butcher in Xe\v-\'ork, and 

1 William Peartite Smith was one of the most prominent citizens 
of Elizabethtovvn for manv years. 



1758] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS, 2/1 

was going into the Country to fetcli Cattle for his Mas- 
ter. Whoever secures him in any of his Majesty's Goals, 
so that his master may have him again, shall be well re- 
warded. 

To Be Run For, 

At Elizabeth-Town, in East-New-Jersey, on 
Tuesday the 30th of October next, 

BY any Horse, Mare or Gelding, (excepting 
those bred in Virginia or Maryland) carry- 
ing eight Stone, or 112 lb. weight; to run 
three Heats, two Miles each, unless the same 
Horse gains the first two Heats; in that Case he wins 
the Prize, if he saves his Distance the third Heat; and 
if three dififerent Horses gain each a Heat, the whole 
who have saved their Distance, to run till some one 
gains two Heats. The Purse or Plate Value Twenty 
Pounds. 

Each IJorse, &c. intending to Run, to enter before 
Noon on ^Monday (the Day preceding the Race) paying 
Twenty Shillings Entrance, which Entrance Money to 
be run for on Thursday following, by the loosing Hor- 
ses, &c. who saved their Distance. Not less than three 
Horses to run. 

N. B. Horses are entered by William Even. — The 
York Mercury^ August 21, 1758. 

Philadelphia, August 24, 1758. 
Deserted from a Reerniting Party of Captain Skeys 
Company, in Burlington^ on the SevcntJi Instatit. William 
Robertson, born in Old England, a Labourer ; five Feet^ 
seven Inehes high^ of a broivn Complexion, grey Eyes, 
slender made, and is a great Talker. He zcorked some 
lime ai^o at Trenton ; about 30 Years of Age. And 



2/2 NP]W JERSEY COLONIAL IMJCUMENTS. [1758 

Robert 7'ifiis a/so (hscrtcd from the said Louipanv on the 
Ninth Jiistdiit ; he loas born at Sinithfield^ about ten J/i/es 
from Bristol^ likei^'ise a Labourer, five Feet eleven Inehes 
high; of a fresh Complexion, has short broion Hair., 
Hazel Eyes, and is slender made, talks little., worked some 
Time ago at Mr. Eare\s^ in Burlington, and is 22 Years 
of Age. Jl'hoe-'i'er takes up the said Deserters and seen res 
them in any of His Majesty' s (Joals, and aequaints the 
Captain thereof in York., or the Party in Philadelpliia., 
shall reeeive Twenty Shillings Reward for eaeh, besides 
what is allowed by Aet of Parliament, and all reasonable 
Charges. — The Pennsylvania Ga.zette^ No. 1548, August 
24, 1758- 

Neii'-York, August 28. Jlie iilh Instant Jacobns 
]\Ii(klari and his Son, were tired upon \)\ the Indians in 
a Field near Cole's-Fort, on the Frontiers of New-Jer- 
sev: The Boy was killed on the Spot, and Middah died 
a few Minutes after he got into the Fort. 

And last Friday Week a Woman was killed, and two 
others carried off, by the Indians also, within a few Rod 
of Gardiner's Fort, on the Frontiers of New-Jersey 
likewise. — The New York Mercury^ August 28, 1758. 

W^e can assure our Readers, that since our last. Let- 
ters have been received from Col. Peter Schuyler, dated 
at Montreal the 2d Instant, wherein he says, he expects 
to be soon released. 

Whereas the subscril)er ha\ing- put hiuLself to a con- 
siderable charge in clearing the grounds and laying out 
in lots of 60 feet front and 181 and a half feet back, 
being one (|uarter of an acre, to best achantage to the 

1 Kor ;i notice of George Eyre and his family, see N. J. Archives, XI., 
49.j-tj, note. 



1758] newsi>ai'i:r kxtracis. 273 

settler, a most convenient piece of ground for a town, 
lying- in the county of Burlington and township of Not- 
tingham in West-Xew-Jersey, beginning on Delaware 
river, at the ferr}-, commonly known by the name of 
Trenton ferry, thence running as the road runs to the 
griss Mills opposite to Trenton; thence down the 
stream of the said mills to the river Delaware; thence 
down the river to the ferry, being the head of the nav- 
igation from the capes of Delaware; where there is a 
considerable trade extended from the city of Philadel- 
phia, and other places, brought up and conveyed to a 
most tiourishing country, lying all round the said situ- 
ation, where great part of the countys of Hunterdon, 
^lorris, ^Middlesex, Somerset and Bucks County in 
Pennsilvania, deliver their produce, as wheat, flour, 
heading, staves. &c, and those plantations lying on the 
river Delaware or near it comes down with large Hatt 
bottomed boats with their produce, and also rafts of 
timber, boards, sta\es. headings, &c. upwards of 120 
miles to the head of the navigation aforesaid; there- 
fore as it is conceived from the many advantages this 
situation has for the carrying on of trade, its hoped, 
that it will meet with incouragement from all gentle- 
men merchants and tradesmen. And for encourage- 
ment of settleing the same the subscriber hereof pro- 
poses to sell and con\'ey to the purchaser his heirs and 
assigns for ever. But in case it should be requested, 
rather by the person offering to take a lott or more, on 
ground rent, that then the subscriber will agree to let 
it out for sixt}' years at a reasonable rate; and will give 
all encouragement that lays in his power for the set- 
telment of the same. An}- ])erson iiiclined to purchase 
lots may be served l;)y the subscriber hereof, living on 
I lie premises, or by his son R. L. Hooper, and Jacob 

18 



274 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l/S^ 

Roeters Hooper, living at his mills opposite to Trenton 

on reasonable terms. 

Robert Letits Hooper. 

• — The Peiiiisvlvania /oiinia/^ No. 821, August 2)'^, 
1758. 

To his Rxccllcncy FRANCIS Bernard, Esq ; Captain 
General., and Governor in CIiief\ in aiut 07'er His Majesty'' s 
Colony of Neio Jersey, and J'erritories thereon depending 
in America, Chancellor and I 'ice Admiral in the same. 

We His ^lajesty's dutiful and loyal Subjects, Minis- 
ters of the Presbyterian Churches in the said Colony, 
take this Opportunity to congratulate your Excel- 
lency, that a kind Providence has preserved you, your 
Lady and Family, thro" the common Dangers of the 
Sea, and the far greater, arising from a ^•igilant, exas- 
perated and too often cruel Enemy, and brought you 
in Health and Safety among us. We beg leave to ex- 
press our Gratitude to our ^lost Gracious Sovereign, 
the best of Kings, for appointing to the First Seat of 
Government in the Colony, a Gentleman of your Excel- 
lency's distinguished Character and Abilities. From 
your accurate Knowledge, Sir, of the Constitution, just 
sense of Liberty, and the common Rights of Mankind, 
we promise ourselves the full Enjoyment of all our civil 
and religious Privileges wliile we continue in the firm 
Attachment to His Majesty, and Succession in His illus- 
trious House, for which the People of our Profession 
have always been distinguished, and which we shall al- 
ways endeavour to promote; and while we form our 
Conduct on these Principles, we presume upon your Ex- 
cellency's favourable Opinion of us. 

W^e earnestly beseech the only wise God, by i^'hom 
Kings reign, and Princes decree/nstiee, to direct your Ex- 
cellency to those measures that shall most effectuall}' 



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275 



contribute to the general Advantage of Religion, the 
Fear of God, and the Suppression of all open Violations 
of His Laws. This is the most certain Spring of public 
Prosperity, will reflect the Highest Honour on your 
Excellency's Administration, and be the most likely 
Means to obtain the divine Blessing on everv Branch of 
It. That you may thus act, and obtain the Approbation 
of your Royal Master, the l^stimony of your own Con- 
science, and. hnally, the gracious Acceptance and Wel- 
come of our connnon Lord, with a ]Vc// done, good and 
faithfnl Servant, is the Prayer of 

Sir, 
Princc-Toivn, Aug. Your Excellency s most obedient 

16, 1758. and most humble Servants 

Signed by Order, JoilX PjerSON' 

VV I I.LI A .M Tennent, - 

iFor a sketch of the Rev. John Pierson, see N. J. Archives XIX 
ii\, note. 

a William Tei.nent was born at Antrim, in the North of Ireland 
Jiiae u nuo. the son of the Rev. William Tennent, who married. May 
lo. no.', a daughter of the Rev. Gilbert Kennedv. The Rev. William 
lennent came to America in September, 1716, with his wife, four sons 
anil a daughter. He was the founder of the famous "Log College " 
,..f. celebrated training school for Presbyterian ministers, among- 
ITW °^''^ ^°"^ ^^^^ justly disting-uished. He died May | 

KJ'^i^l"''^!^ l-^^"®J'V,-2'^' }^ ^O'S"^ widely known from the story that has 
•'ht\- V.v,*?^ his falling- mto a trance for three days, during- which time 
he felt himself wafted along- under the guidance of a superior being, 
till at a distance he beheld an unutterable glory; he saw an innumer- 
able host of happy beings, and heard their songs of praise with rap- 
ture. He thought, 'Well, blessed be God, I am safe it last, notwiX 
f,^r. "^' ^^^ ™^ fears.' He was about to join the happy company, 
when .someone came to him and said. 'You must go back 'It was like 
fJ^r?■^^ .through his heart; with the shock he awoke." Having stud- 
ied divinity with his 'brother Gilbert, he was ordained October 25 1733 
He married the widow of John Noble, of New York. He took a deep 
interest m the mission of David and John Brainerd among the Indians 
h^''^J^'^''^'\ t notorious horse thief. Tom Bell, having imperson- 
nnlmil^ iJl Tb'^"^'' Rowland and in that guise ridden off with a fine 
n^T^f,L f Rowland was indicted for the theft, in 1741. Mr. Tennent 
f^fff ^v, °^ ^'® elders testified on the trial that at the time of the 
theft they were in company with Mr. Rowland in Maryland one hun- 
dred miles or more from the scene of Tom Bell's exploit. Rowland 
^i^^/J^f'^-'"v^S"i"''^^'''.'"^"'t by a curious perversion of iustice Ten 
fw ^r, f>, 'i"^'^"* for perniry. The story handed down by tradition is 
^^v,,??„ 1 \'^''^' ''^PP.o'nted for trial a man and a woman arrived from 
rnncr'^n'-oVj'^^ ^®*" miraculously warned in a dream that thev 
t^^!. i,r.o t>,°< Trenton to avert impending danger to Mr. Tennent; 
nW,H,?nLi ^'^^^..'^'^ account was true. Thereupon the prosecution was 
abandoned These extraordinary occurrences were narrated in a 
manuscript addressed to Elias Boudinot, LL. D., bv Dr. Thomas Hen- 
tpTv^;r« '^^^^l";'^" ."'' Freehold, who was not boVn until more than 
ten J ears after the time laid for the trance, and a year or two after 



276 NEW JKRSEV COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1758 

To ivliicli /lis lixcclloicy was p/casid to return the fol- 

loioing A)isioir. 
Gentlemen, 

I am nuich obliged U) you for your kind Congratula- 
tions on my safe Arrival in this Pro\ince. and for vour 
expressions of the good Opinion you have conceived of 
me. The Maintenance of religious Liberty is expedient 
in all his ^lajesty's Dominions; but is most essentially 
necessary among a People composed of Persons of many 
different Persuasions; I shall therefore be very careful 
to preserve your religious as well as your civil Liberties, 
and shall use the best Means to promote that Spirit of 
Benevolence, and l)rotherly Love, which is the true 
and proper Character of the good Christian. I thank 
you fc^r your good Wishes, and shall endeavor to deserve 
tliem, by a conscientious Execution of the great Trust 
that is reposed in me; by ^vhich Means only I can ex- 
pect those Rewards that are promised to good and faith- 
ful Servants. 

Francis Bernard. 



the horse-stealing episode. He received tlie stories from his father, 
an elder in Mr. 'i'ennent's church, who died in 1771. Dr. Henderson's 
MS. is in the library of the N. J. Historical Society. It was communi- 
cated by Dr. Boudinot to the Erangclxcul IiitcUigoucr, and published in 
1S06. under the title "Memoirs of the Rev. William 'iennent, late pas- 
tor of the Presbyterian Church at Freehold, New-Jersey." and thence 
transferred to book form, running- through ntimerous editions. Many 
publishers subjoined the attractive addendum to the title: "In which 
is contained, among other interesting particulars, An Account of his 
being Thkee Days in a TRANCE, and apparently lifeless." An edition 
printed at Salem, Mass., in 1814, is a very small 12mo, 3x5 inches, pp. 
129. A Wilmington edition, 1819. contains 72 pp., in much smaller type, 
and is 3^2x515 inches. In a paper read before the N. J. Historical Soci- 
ety, September U, 1851, the late Judge Richard S. Field gave some 
interesting details regarding the defence of Mr. Tennent on the indict- 
ment for perjury, in 1742, and expressed the belief that the two mirac- 
ulous witnesses had been hunted up and brought forward through the 
well-directed Intelligence and energy of his counsel, three of the ablest 
lawyers in the country.— y. J. Hist. Sor. I'roc. VI.. 30. Mr. Tennent's 
manner "was remarkably impressive, and his sermons, though seldom 
polished, were generally delivered wit'h indescribable power: what he 
said seldom failed to instrtict and please. He was remarkable for a 
pointed attention to the particular circumstances of the afflicted in 
body and mind. Eminent as a peacemaker, all were charmed with 
his converse. His hospitality and domestic enjoyments were pix>- 
verbial. More than six feet high, of a spare, thin visage, erect car- 
riage, with bright, piercing eyes, his countenance was grave and sol- 
emn, yet at all times cheerful. He lived above the world, with such 
clear views of heavenly things as seemed to give him a foretaste of 
them."— Ml iiioir. He died March 8, 1777. 



175^] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 2/7 

Extract of a Letter from the Oneida Great-Carrving- 
Plaee, dated Allien st 13, i75cS. 

"By Order of General Abercrombie, Lieut. Col. Brad- 
street is to command an Ex])edition this Way with 3000 
Men to be detached from the whole jVrmy now assem- 
bled here, which amounts to 4500 (probably a few more.) 
Which Way, or for what Place Designed, is not known 
to any Mortal here, except (General Stanwyx. These 
Detachments were made Yesterday, in the following- 
Manner, \'iz. 

From all the Regulars 155 

New- York Provincials, 1112 

New-Jersey Provincials 412 

(Col. Doty's Regiment 243 

(Col. Williams's Regiment 432 

Rhode-Island Provincials, 318 

Battoe-Men, 300 

Rangers 60 



Boston 



Officers included, 3032 

Trenton, August 24, 1758. 

There will be sold at public Vendue, at Trenton, on 
Wednesday, the 13th Day of September next, by the 
vSubscribers, two Houses, and Lots of Land, belonging 
to them, lying on King-street, opposite to the Court- 
House. Also several other Lots of Land. viz. 
One Lot, lying on the abovesaid Street, adjoining the 
abovesaid Houses and Lots, a little below the Court- 
House, being about 50 Feet front, and 150 Feet back. 
And another Lot, lying on Second-street, adjoining Mr. 
Cowell's, being 55 Feet front, and about no Feet back. 
Likewise five other Lots Iving on Front or Lov/er-street, 



278 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l75<^ 

being 55 Feet front, and al)Out no Feet back; all be- 
longing to the Estate of John Dagworthy, Esq; de- 
ceased. The Terms of sale to he known at the Time 
and Place abovesaid. Joseph Yard and Andrew Reed, 
Executors. — TJic Pennsylvania Gazette. No. i 549, A/z^i^i/st 
31, 1758. 

Whereas Mr. Giles John Griffin of the city of Phila- 
delphia, hath lately advertised the pul)lic his executing 
a bond to me the subscriber, conditioned to pav twentv- 
three pounds one month after date thereof, that tlie 
same was paid to me, before due, as would appear 1)_\' the 
record of the court, at Philadelphia, that I ha\e since 
endeavoured fraudulentl}- to compel him to pav it again 
by assigning said bond to one James White of Philadel- 
phia. Tobacconist, who hath taken out an execution 
thereupon, and cautions all other persons against tak- 
ing an assignment of said bond: In justice to my own 
character on this occasion most wickedly struck at. 1 
think necessary to inform the publick, that the whole 
and every part of Mr. Griffin's advertisement is false and 
scandalous, save his executing the bond aforesaid to 
me which was for the payment of twenty-three pounds 
ten shillings, that there is no record of any court at Phil- 
adelphia, or any other place that can shew the payment 
of the money aforesaid, or any ])art thereof, to me or any 
person for me, nor did I ever assign or offer to assign 
the same ]K:)nd to the said James White tobacconist, or 
any other person whatsoever, nor did I ever know or 
have had any acquaintance or correspondence with said 
White, as the said Griffin most untruly and most un- 
justlv hath alledged. and for recovery of my just debt 



1758] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 279 

from said Griffin, 1 have now sued him in the court of 
common ])leas at Philadelphia. 

Samuel Stockton.' 
September 5. 1758. 
— llic Pcnuyylvania J oiiriial^ No. 822, September 7, 
1758. 

THIS is to gi\'e Notice, that the Library of the 
late President 15nRR, will be sold at Prince- 
Town, in New-Jersey, on Commencement 
Day. the 27th of this Instant, by pulilic Auc- 
tion, to begin at 3 o'Clock in the Afternoon. — The Neiv 
York Mereitry, September 1 I, 1758. 

Extract of a Letter from an Officer who went with 
Colonel Peter Schuyler to Canada, agreeable to their 
Parole (and who left Albany for that Purpose about the 
20th of July last) dated at Montreal, August i, 1758. 

"You will have heard no Doubt e'er now, 
That Col. Schuyler is authorized by General Abercrom- 
bie to exchange both himself and me, and three other 
King's Officers, who have been some Time Prisoners 
in Canada: this Exchange the Governor of Canada has 
accepted without Hesitation, and has assured us it will 
take Place whenever he receives our General's Answer 
to the Proposals he now makes him, for a general Ex- 
change of all the Soldiers and Inhabitants, Prisoners on 
both Sides; and as each Party, are, no doubt, equally 
desirous to have their People, this cannot miss to take 
Place as soon as the Prisoners can be collected together 
and brought to the Place agreed on, which is thought 
cannot exceed a Month at farthest; till which Time the 
Colonel and myself are to remain at Montreal, where all 
the Prisoners thev have are to be assembled." 



' Samuel Stockton was a son of Richard Stockton, the first settler of 
the name at Princeton, and a brother of John Stockton. 



2§0 NKW jEKSi;V ('OI.OMAI. 1 XXl' MEN IS. |l758 

Whereas the Yearia' Meeting of the People 
called Quakers, for J\inisvh(T!)iia diwd ih^ Jcrsi'vs^ was 
concluded to be held, for the future, on the Fourth- 
First-Day of the Xiiitli Mouthy called September ; and by 
not acquainting- the Printers, it was inserted in the last 
Year's Almanack as usual, which is like to be a gi-eat 
Disappointment to many, and is the Reason for the giv- 
ing of this Notice. 

Whereas Jane the Wife of Philip Leece, of Burling- 
ton County, Labourer, hath run him considerably in 
Debt, unknown to him; these are therefore to warn all 
Persons not to trust the said Jane on his Account, for 
he will pay no Debts of her contracting, after the Date 
hereof. \Vitness my Hand, this 7th of September, 1758. 

Philip Leece. 
— The Peiinsylvauia Garj-ette, Xo. 1551, September 
14. T758. 

New-York, September 11. 
Extract of a Letter from an Ojfieer \cho tlv?.v /// t/ie Ex- 
pedition ivitli Col. Bradstreet. on Lake Ontario, dated 
Oswego, Aug. 30, 1758. 

I have not time to be very particular as to the Seige 
of Cadaraque, or Frontenack; . . . Hie 28th, the 
Fort was given up to us on the following Conditions, 
viz. That the Garrison should go to Canada on their 
Parole of Honor; and return an equal Number of our 
Men to I'ort-William-Henry: And that the Gov- 
ernor of the Fort (who is the Third in Command with 
the French) should return Col. Schuyler in his Place. 

Custom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Sloop Abi- 
gail, Peter Groves from Salem. 

Outwards. Sloop Abigail, Peter Groves for Salem. 
Cleared. Sloop Abigail. Peter Groves to Salem 



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EigJit Pistoles Reward. 

Broke out of Goal of the County of Burlington., on Sat- 
itrday the gth of tJiis Instant {September) the follozving 
Deserters front the Neiv-Jersey Regiment, viz. 

John Murphy, aged about Thirty years, Five feet 
Sei'e/i inches high ; red Hair and of a sandy Complexion., 
marked with the Small Pox, very apt to get in Liquor and 
then very Talkative. 

Wir.LiAM Murphy, by Trade a Blaek Smith, Aged 
about Twenty six years. Five feet Mine inehes high ; grey 
Eyes and of a sandy Complexion. 

James Murphy, Aged about Twenty-two years, Five 
feet Eight inches high ; has red Hair, grey Eyes and of a 
sandy Complexion, by trade a Shoemaker. 

Samuel Eyers, Aged about Twenty- four years. Five 
feet Seven inehes high. Pretends to be a Tailor and is of a 
dark Complexion as if Tanned with the Sun. 

Whoever takes up the said Deserters, and delivers them 
to the Sheriff of the County of Ihirlington shall have the 
abo7'e Reivard or two Pistoles for Each, paid by 

Joseph Imlay. 
— The Petitisylvania Journaf Xo. 823, Septendwr 14, 
1758. 

Neiv-York, September 25. In an Act of the General 
Assembly of the Proxince of New-Jersey, passed the 
1 2th of last Alonth at Burlington, we find the following- 
remarkable Paragraph, which we think can't be dis- 
agreeable to our Readers to insert here, as it must 
please CYery true LoYer of his Country. 

XXL "AXD Whereas it's not (Mily stricll_y just, but higlily piudent, 
to reward and encourage such Acts of Martial Bravery, as have a Tendency 
to distress the Enemy and defend ourselves: And whereas it's credibly re- 
ported, tiiat one John Van Tile, a Sergeant in the Pay of this Colony, witli 
a Partv of nine more under his Command have latelv exerted themselves 



2 82 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1758 

against the comiuoii Kneuij^ upon the Frontiers of this Colony, in a signal 
Manner; and that a Lad aged about seventeen years, sirnamed Titsort, 
when pursued by the Enemj', shot one of them, and secured his Retreat 
from the eminent Danger with which he was threatened, losing liis Gun : 
Therefore as a just Reward to the above Persons, and to excite others to 
imitate their heroick Example. Be it further enacted Ijy the Authority 
aforesaid, That it shall and may be lawful for the Pay-Master aforesaid, and 
he is hereby directed, to pay unto the said John Van Tile, the Sum of 
Twenty Spanish Dollars; and to each of the Party under his Command, the 
Sum of Ten Dollars a-piece: And to the said Lad, sirnamed Titsort, as 
aforesaid, the Sum of Thirty Dollars: And shall also procure for, and pre- 
sent the said John Van Tile, and the said Lad, sirnamed Titsort, with a 
Silver Medal each, of the size of a Dollar, whereon shall be inscribed the 
Bust or Figure of an Indian prostrate at the Feet oftiie said Van Tile and 
Lad aforesaid, importing their Victory over them, and to commemorate their 
Bravery, and their Country's Gratitude on the Occasion, Which Medals, the 
said Van Tile and Lad aforesaid, shall or may wear in View, at all such 
publick Occasions which they may happen to attend, to excite an Emula- 
tion, and kindle a martial Fire in the Breastof the Spectators, so truly 
essential in this Time of general AVar. " 

BROKE out of the Goal of the City of New- 
York. Friday Night the 22(1 Instant, Joseph 
Simson, by Trade a Carpenter, born in New- 
Jersey, is about 30 years of Age, of a Sandy 
Complexion, has a Wife at Poughkeepsie, and is an ex- 
cellent Hand at stealing Horses. Whoever takes up and 
secures said Joseph Simson, shall have Five Pounds 

Reward, paid by 

James Mills. 

Neivport^ September 26. Custom House. Inward En- 
tries, Gil)b from Amboy. — Tlie Neiu York Mercury, Oeto- 
ber 2, 1758. 

RUN -away on Monday the second Instant, 
from Benjamin Williams, a Negro Man, 
named Bristol, about 5 P^et 7 Inches high, 
aged about 26 Years: Had on when he went 
away, a red Jacket, Ijrown Great-Coat, brown Camblet 



I75<^] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 283 

Breeches and wide l^^owsers, a pair of new Shoes, with 
Strings, and a new felt Hat: Whoever takes up said 
Negro Fellow and brings him to his said Master, at New- 
ark, or to Daniel Nap, in New-York, shall have Fort}- 
Shillings Reward, and all reasonable Charges, paid by 

Benjamin Williams.' 
■ — T//f iYr:c York Mercury, October C), i/S^- 

Scheme 

Of a Lottery erected, and to be drawn on Biles- 
Island, for finishing the Lutheran-Church in Bedminster 
Township. Countv of Somerset, and Province of East- 
Xew-Jerse}'.' 



1 Benjamin Williams was a descendant of Matthew Williams, who 
was of Weaihersfleld, Conn., in 1636, and whose son, Matthew, was born 
in 1652 or 1653. The Latter was among- the Branford colonists who agreed 
to settle in Newark, but he went to Long Island, and thence to Barba- 
does, whence he was granted a ticket of migration to the Colonies, Jan. 
14, 1678. He was admitted to Newark as a planter in 1680. In 1686 he 
took up land near the mountain — now Orange— and there he died, Nov. 
12, 1732, in his eigrhty-first year. His oldest son, Amos Williams, lived 
on his father's place, and died there in 1754, aged 63 years. The oldest 
son of Amos was Benjamin, who is said to have been fourteen years old 
at his faither's death. This must be an error, if he was the Benjamin 
^\Hliams who in 1758 advertised a runaway negro servant. Benjamin, 
son of Amos, had a saw-mill, a cider mill and distillery, a tannery, cur- 
rying shop and .shoe shop. He took a protection from the British when 
they marched through Newark in December, 1776. and on Feb. 27, 1777, 
took the oath of allegiance to the King and joined the Royal mili'tia in 
New York. He soon became dissatisfied, or was persuaded by his 
patriot cousin, Captain Thomas Williams, to forsake his new allies, 
for on August 4, 1777, he renounced allegiance to the King, and took 
the oath of fidelity 'to the State of New Jersey. Thereafter he was 
quiescent during the war, his sympathies with the British, while pru- 
dence bade him be loyal to the country. So many of his relatives were 
of his mind that their neighborhood is to this day known as "Tory 
Corner." He died in 1826.— TT'icfccs's Hisionj of the Oranges, 50, 274, 308. 

2 As early as 1730 there were German Lutherans in the vicinity of 
what is now known as New GermantowTi. Prom 1732 to 1736 there 
were two strong Lutheran churches on the Raritan, and in 1749 the 
Zion Church, which had been some itime in existence, built a new 
liouse of worship, which is still standing. At a meeting of the vestry, 
in 1756, it was resolved to erect a new sanctuary for the 'benefit of the 
many members of the congreg-ation living in Somerset county, and as 
a result St. Paul's Church was built in the village of Pluckamin, in 
Bedminster township. A subscription paper, dated "Bedminster, Ye 
7th Day of December 1756" was circulated, and was signed by 130 
persons, pledg'ing about £350 fo-r the purpose. The church was built 
om land donated for the purpose by Jacob Eoff. senior; it stood until 
early in this century, when it was taken down, the walls having be- 
come dangerously weak.— r;?r Kforw of an Old Fnrw. by Andrew D. Mel- 
lick. Jr., Somerville, 1S89. 76, 92-93: HiiUr Reporta. Reading. Pa., 1882, I., 
180. 



284 np:\'V jkrsky coi.oxi/vi, documknis. [i/SS 



W 



IIKRKAS the Dutcli and English of said So- 
ciel}', ha\e hiboiired under great Dufficul- 
ties, for want of a House to worship God in; 
and at Length have raised a Sum of Money by Way of 
Subscription; l^ut is found insuf^cient for finishing" said 
Church. It is therefore thought proper to raise the Sum 
of Fifteen Hundred Dollars, by Way of Lottery, for fin- 
ishing- said Church. It is therefore hoped that all Well- 
wishers for promoting the Gospel, will adventure largely, 
in order to forward said Building". The Lottery consists 
of 5,000 Tickets, at Two Dollars each; 1,234 of which 
are to be fortunate, and 15 per Cent, will be deducted 
from the Prizes after the Drawing; is finished, for the Use 
above-mentioned. 

Xumber \'alue of each 



of Prizes 










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Dollars 


I 




of 


1000 




is 




1000 


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of 


400 




is 




400 


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300 




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300 


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of 


200 




is 




200 


5 




of 


100 




are 




500 


20 




of 


50 




are 




1000 


12 




of 


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300 


100 




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15 




are 




I 500 


191 




of 


6 




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1 146 


902 




of 


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5000 Tickets, 



1758] NKWSrAPER EXTRACTS. 285 

THE Drawing to commence the first Tuesday 
in January next, on Biles-Island, in Delaware, 
if filled by that Time; or sooner if full, under 
the Inspection of Paul Miller,' Bryan Lef- 
erty, ' and Daniel M'Eown,'' Esquires, Justices for the- 



iPaul Miller was one of 'the petitioners for the charter of New Bruns- 
wick, granted Dec. 7. 1730. He is mentioned in various records as being 
of New Brunsw'iclt. in 1743 to 1749. In the latter year he lived in French 
street, opposite Burnet street. He was appointed one of the Common 
Pleas Judges of Somerset County, March 19, 1759. 

3 Bryan LaJferty. Esq., is mentitined in 1755 in the record of a road 
near Damington, Somerset county. He subscribed, in 1756, £1. 15s. to- 
ward the erection of St. Paul's Lutheran Church at Pluckamin. In the 
same year he built his house, at Pluckamin, south of the village, north 
of Chambers's or Lafferty's brook, and east of the road running from 
Pluckamin to Somerville. He was appointed one of the Common Pleas 
Judges of Somerset County, March 19. 1759, and again in 1768. He loaned 
money, June 3, 1767, to Peter Eoff. innholder, of Pluckamin, on a mort- 
gage on the latter's house. On July 20, 1769, administration was granted 
to "Mary Leferty, widow of Bryan Leferty Esq late of Somerset county 
deceased." His "tombstone in the Lamington churchyard says he was 
64 vears old. His children probably were: 1. Bryan; 2. Priscilla, mar- 
ried William Steward, of Somerset County. April 11, 174S; 3. Catharine, 
married Asher Herriott, Jan. 6, 1755; 4. John, who removed to Sussex 
county; admimstration on his estate was granted to Moses Van 
Oampen, July 14, 1781; 5. Ruth, said to have been one of the most beau- 
tiful and most wayward girls in the county; her son's half-brother. 
William McDaniel. made a runaway match with a sister of Jennie 
McCrea, who was murdered by Indians near Fort Edward, during the 
Revolution. Bryan Lafferty, second, is said to have been a noted Tory 
in the Revolution. His prominence in the community is indicated by 
the fact that the War Office of the Continental Congress wrote, July 
20, 1776, to the Provincial Congress of New Jersey, suggesting "the 
propriety of Bryan Lefferty, Esquire, his residing in New Jersey, and 
to take "his parole and security," whereupon the Provincial Congress 
"Ordered, That Mr. Lefferty do sign his parole as settled by Congress. 
and give security in the sum of one thousand Pounds, to depart hence 
to the house of the widow Lefferty, in the Township of Bedminster, 
Somerset County, and there to- remain, or within a circle of four miles 
thereof, until he have leave tO' the contrary." After the war it would 
seem that he was still a Justice of the Peace as late as 1786, about 
which time he probably died, as in 1787 his property, 174 acres, 
is assessed to Mrs. Lafferty, the tax being £4, 15s.. 8d. About 
1800 the property passed into the hands of John Davenport, who 
came from Connecticut, and built a tannery on the place. The Lafferty 
house was torn down in 1879. The name is written Lafferty, Lefferty 
and Leferty in the records.— 7/is^ Hunterdon and Somerset Cowitie.^. 703. 
711, 713; "Our Home," Somerville, 1873. 481-6; Minutes of Provincial Conyress. 
1775-1776, 518; Records of Wills and of Marriiigcs, in Secretary of State's 
Office, at Trenton. 

3 Daniel McEowen came to this country from Argyleshire, Scotland, 
with his brothers Duncan and Alexander, and his sister Mary, in the 
spring of 1736, in the same ship with Alexander Kirkpatrick and his 
family. The Kirkpatricks located at Mine Brook. Somerset county, 
and the McEowens not far away, in Bedminster township, in the same 
county. The latter were accompanied by their mother, and perhaps 
by their father, and were all young, Mary being only eight years of 
age. Daniel married Ann Graham, of Somerset county, Dei^. 4. 1744. 
He subscribed £1, 16s. in 1756 towards the erection of St. Paul's Lutheran 
Church at Pluckamin. No record has been found of his appointment 
as Judge or Justice of the Peace. His will, dated May 8, 1762. was 
proved June 15, 1762. In it he refers to his "honored mother Ann 
McEoen," and to his six children— Hugh, George, Daniel, Alexander, 



286 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l/SS 

County of Somerset, who are to be iiiider Oath, to in- 
spect every transaction of said Lottery; the other Man- 
agers are. John Malach, ' Jacol) Eoff,' Leonard Straight, 



William and Mary. It was witnessed by Peier Peiiier, Georg-e Remer 
and John Castner, jun. His brother Duncan married Jennet, daughter 
of Alexander Kirkpatrick. His sister Mary, born in Argyleshire, Scot- 
land. Aug. 1, 1728, married David, son of Alexander Kirkpatrick, March 
31, 1748: she died at Mine Bro-ok, Nov. 2, 1795; her husband died March 
19, 1814. One of their children was Andrew Kirkpatrick. born Feb. li. 
1756, who was Chief Justice of New Jersey, 1803-1824. William McEowen. 
son of Daniel, was a merchant at Pluckajnin during- the Revolution, 
and bought dour for the American army. He died at Plucljamin, March 
10, 1817, aged sixty-one years. 

1 John Malach (Johannes Moelicih) was born Feb. 2U, 1702, at Bendorf 
on the Rhine. Germany, son of Jo'han Wilhelm Moelich and Anna Cath- 
arine, his wife. He married Maria Cathrina (born Jan. 8. 1698. daugh- 
ter of Burgomaster Gottfried) Kirberger, at Bendorf, Nov. 1. 1723. He 
emigrated with his wife, his four children born at Bendorf. and his 
youngest brother, Johan Gottfried, and arrived at Philadelphia May 
29, 1735, in the ship "Mercury." In December, 1747, he bought a trav t 
of 409 acres in Greenwich township, now in Warren county. In 1750 
he was living on a farm^ of 400 acres in Readington township, Hunter- 
don county, where he established a tannery. He bought from George 
Leslie, an November, 1751, a tract of 367 acres in Bedminster toavnship, 
on the road now running from Pluckamin to Peapack. Here he built 
a substantial stone house, which he occupied thereafter, and also es- 
tablished an extensive tannery and bark mill, which continued in suc- 
cessful operation for more than a century. He was an officer and active 
in the affairs of Zion Lutheran church at Ne-w Germantown for sev- 
eral years before his death, but when St. Paul's church was projected 
at Pluckamin, in 1756, he gave £1, 15s. towards its erection, and on his 
death, Nov. 16, 1763. he was buried in the new cliurchvard at that place. 
He had children: 1. Georg Wilhelm, b. Aug. 12, 1724: d. Aug. 20. 1724: 
2. Aaron (bap. Ehrenreich), b. Oct. 17, 1725: d. at Bedminster. April 7, 
1809: 3. Veronica Gerdrutta, bap. Nov. 21. 1727: m. Johan Jacob Klein: 
d. Oct. 9, 1801; 4. Andrew, bap. Dec. 17. 1729: d. June 29. 182D. near Phil- 
lipsburg, N. J.; 5. Georg Anthon, bap. April 6, 1732: d. June 25. ]7:?2: 

6. Marie Cathrine, b. Dec. 5. 1733; m. Simon Ludewig Himro>th, who 
came to America in 1752. settling at Bedminster. but in 1772 removed t(> 
Milton, Penn. ; 7. Philip, b. Oct. 9, 1736; settled near Pluckamin: 8. 
Peter, b. Dec. 5, 1739. From Aaron (3) are descended the Mellicks of 
Plainfield.— r/ie Stonj of nn Old Farm, by Andrew D. Mellick, jun., 1889. 
631; Hist. Uiiiitcrdou and Somrrurl Coiintirs, 716. 

a Jacob Eoff, senior, was one of the German Palatine emigrants who 
arrived at New York in 1710, when he was aged 32 years. In 1742 he 
bought from Dr. Lewis and Mary Johnston a tract of 432 acres, at 
Pluckamin, and built a substantial house, where he kept tavern. He 
gave the site for the erection of St. Paul's Lutheran church at Pluck- 
amin, in 1756, and £20 in money. He was a member of the vestry of 
Zion Lutheran church of New Germantown in 1767. The Provincial 
Council of Safety ordered. July 22, 1777, that he and other citizens of 
Somerset County should he apprehended and brought before that body 
to take the oath of allegiance to the State. His will, dated Aug. 12. 
1772. was proved Sept. 10, 1780, which would seem to indicate that he 
was more than 100 years oid at the time of his death. His children were: 
1. John: 2. Peter, innholder: 3. Garret: 4. Jacob, bap. Jan. 19, 1728; 
5. Abraham, bap. Oct. 25, 17.30; 6. Robert, bap. May 24. 1741; d. 1814; 

7. Cornells, bap. Dec. 18, 1743; 8. Christian, tavern keeper: 9. Mary 
Magdalen; 10. Mary: 11. Catharine.— J'^f^ Early Gcnnuni^ of New Jersey. 
by Theodore ]<'Telinghuysen Chambers, Dover.' N. J.. 1895, 351; Stori/ of 
an Old Fdnii; Hist. Hunterdon and Somerset Counties; Minnies Council of 
Safety. 



17 SS] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 287 

and George Remer,' reputable Freeholders in the 
County aforesaid. Timely Notice will be given of put- 
ting the Tickets into the Boxes, and as soon as the 
Drawing is finished, and the Books settled, the fortu- 
nate Tickets will be published in the New-York Mer- 
cury, and the Money paid to the Possessors thereof. 
Tickets, at Two Dollars each, to be sold by the Mana- 
gers abo\-e mentioned; and by the Printer hereof, at 
the Bible and Crown in Hanover Square. 

To be Sold, 

A Plantation, in the Township of Baskinridge, 
County of Somerset, and Province of East- 
New-Jersey, now in the Possession of William 
Moffot ; containing 200 Acres of Land, 50 of 
which are cleared, and in tolerable Fence, 16 Acres of 
Meadow, and much more may be made; and the whole 
is well wooded and watered. Whoever inclines to pur- 
chase the same, may apply to Captain AVilliam Graham, 
or rjirick Zuttin. in Eedminster Township, who will in- 
form them of the Conditions of Sale, and give a good 
Title for the same. — T/ir A'vzi' York Mercury, September 

2S, 1758. 

1 Christian Stryt and Maria Etsels (or Orseltie) doubtless lived in 
the Saddle River Valley, in the northwestern part of Bergen county, 
l)robaWy in the vicinity of Masonicus, where there was a Lutheran 
chui-ch established in the middle of the eighteenth century. They had 
children, baptized in the Hackensack Reformed Dutch church: 1. 
Margrita, Nov. 14, 1714; 2. Aaine Caitherine. b. at Ramapough, July 13, 
1717; 3. Elisabeth, b. at Ramapough, Feb., 171S; 4. Johan Leonhard, b. 
July 28, 1720. The last-named was doubtless the Leonard Streit who 
signed a call to the Rev. John Albert Weygand to become rector of 
Zion Lutheran church at New Germantown. and who, in 1758, was 
one of the managers of the lottery for the benefit of the newly erected 
St. Paul's Lutheran church at Pluckamin. In 1756 he lived on the 
property owned in 1880 by Jacob V. D. Fowelson. He sold, May 29, 1766. 
a traot of 260 acres to Jacwb Van Dei-veer. In the petition, 1767, of the 
rector, wiardens and vestrymem of Zion and St. Paul churches for a 
charter, his name appears. He was still living in Bedminster town- 
ship, Somerset County, in 1774. 

1 George Reemer was living, in 1744, in the lower part of Bedminster 
township. Somerset county, south of Kline's Mills. He subscribed 
£20 in 1756 toward the erection of St. Paul's Lutheran church at 
Pluckamin, and it was but natural that he should have been one of 
the managers of the lottery for the benefit of that church in 1758. 



288 \F,\V [KRSKV COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1758 

Si,L ]XM-sons who liave any Deniands against 
Jolni lironghton, ' living upon Rariton, in 
Xcw-Jerscv, arc desired to send in their Ac- 
connts to PhiHp Kerney,' Esq; at Perth-Am- 
hoy; David Ogden/' Esq; at Newark; or to Nicholas 
Gouvernenr. in New-York, in order that the same may 
be settled and adjnsted. The House and Farm whereon 
the said John Bronghton lived, is likewise to be sold by 
the above Persons. 

NOTICE is herel)y given to all Persons whatso- 
ever, not to trust Jesena Vierselius, wife of 
(icorgc Andrew A'iersehus/ of Hunterdon 
Count}', and Province c:»f East-New-Jersey, 
lor he \\\\] ])ay no Del)ts of her contracting from the Date 
hereof. 

Georce Andrew Vielselius. 
October 16, 1758. 

— 77/(- Xi-u' ]'ork Mercury, October 16. 1758. 

j\iade his Escape out of the Goal of the County of 
Salem on Wednesday Night the 4th of Octol^er mstant, 
a certain John Kearns. a Deserter from his Majesty's 
Service, about five Feet four or live Inches high, near 
25 Years of Age : Had on a dark coloured Thickset Coat 
and Breeches, old red Jacket and an old Beaver Hat; has 
a Scar near his right Eye. Whoever takes up and secures 



1 John Brougliton lived in Raritan township. Somerset county, about 
twelve miles from New Brunswick. He was manager of the New- 
Brunswick loittery in 1748. He advertised in 1752 and again in 1758 for a 
schoolmaster for his neig"hborh'ood. — V. J. AvcMvcs, XII., 472, 518; XIX., 
344, 524. 

-Philip Kearny was a distinguished lawyer at Perth Amboy. 

^ David Ogden was one of the leading- law-yers of New Jersey. 

4 George Andrew- Vierselius emigrated from Germany about 1749. or 
earlier, and settled on the Old York Road, half a mile from Three 
Bridges, in Amwell tow-nship. Hunterdon county. He was natural- 
ized by act of the Legislature. Nov. 28. 1760. He w-as an energetic and 
successful physician, traversing a wide region of country. He died 
in 1767. His descendants generally write the name Vescelius. 




1758] XEWSrAl'KR EXTRACTS. 289 

said Kearns, so that the Siil^scnber may have him ai;ain. 
shall ha\e Three Pounds Reward and reasonable 
Charges, paid by 

John Budd Sheriff. 

— 'J7u- J\'iii!sv/vaiii(r (rtrrjiitc. Yo. 1556. October 19, 
1758- 

Xi-z^'-York, October 23. Saturday Night last, his Maj- 
esty's 17th and 47th Regiments of Foot, arrived here 
from Albany. They both set Sail Yesterday Evening; 
Former for Philadelphia, and the latter for X^ew-Jersey. 

HEREAS a bav Cjelding, near fourteen Hands 
ligh, with a l)ald Face, both hind Feet white; 
le both Paces and Trots, is branded on the 
off Shoulder and Thigh with the Letters N. 
H. was taken from one John Henry Rice, alias Wright, a 
notorious Plorse-Stealer: These are therefore to give 
Notice, that any Person or Persons proving their Prop- 
erty to said Horse, and paying the Charges, may have 
him again by apph'ing to William ]\Iillian, Constable of 
liedminster. in the County of Somerset. — T/tc Xcio York 
Mercury^ October 23, 1758. 

7o be Let for a term of Years. 

A Plantatiox situated IX Gloucester Couxtv, 
on the ^i^>-reot Road from Philadelphia to Salem, and on 
Rackcoon Creek, containing about 300 Acres, the lohole in 
Good fence divided into Fields of about 25 or 30 Acres 
each and Water in each Fields, upioards of 20 Acres of 
good moioable J/cadoto and a Great deal more may be 
made loith little Trouble ; a commodious Dioclling House 
suitable for a Store or Tavern, a Ram, Stable and out 
I louses, a good Orchard, a good Garden handsomly fated 



290 NEW JERSEY COI.ONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l/S^ 

/;/, a good Springy an extraordinary good I'is/iiiig, and a 
pnblick Landing on tJic place. For terms Enquire of Jofin 
Hort near the Barracks^ or of Isaac Corse in I^lfth- Street, 
or the Subscriber on the Premises. 

Peter Stei.ee. 

— The PoDisylvania Journal^ No. 829, October 26, 

1758. 

S Small Trunk that came from IMiiladelphia in 
the Stage Boat, about the tirst of August last, 
is now in the Possession of John Thompson, 
Junior, of Amboy. 'Tis 2 Feet long, 13 Inches 
Broad, and pretty ponderous. The Owner, paying Char- 
ges, may have said Trunk, by applying to said 

John Thompson, Junior. 

— The Neio York Mercury., October 30, 1758. 

Custom-House, Philadelphia, Cleared. Schooner Lit- 
tle Hester, Hanson Meserve to Piscataway. — The Penn- 
sylvania Journal.^ No. 830, November 2, 1758. 

New- York., Nov. 6. A Sloop from Bermuda for this 
Port, Thomas Robinson. Master, was cast away at 
Great-Egg-Harbour, in the Night of Friday the 20th 
ultimo; Vessel and Cargo (being loaded with Salt) both 
lost ; but the Crew all saved. At the same Place, a Sloop 
from Virginia, ^\'entworth, ^Master, was cast away a few 
Davs before. — The N'ezo York Mercury., November 6, 
1758. 

New-York, November 6. 

Captain Wentworth, in a Schooner from Virginia, was 
cast away at Barnegat, on Tuesday the 24th ult. in the 
S. E. Storm we had here: Vessel and Cargo lost, but the 
Men saved. 



1758] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 29 1 

The next Day Capt. Benjamin, in a Sloop from Vir- 
ginia, was cast away in the same Storm, a Httle to the 
N. E. of Barnegat. Cargo lost, and Men saved. 

CusTOM-HousE, Philadelphia, Inward Entries. 
Sloop x'-Vbigail, Peter Groves, from Salem. Schooner 
Good Fortune, Ebenezer Stocker, from Salem. 

Run away, on the 23d of last ^lonth, from Thomas 
Baker, of Gloucester, a Servant Lad, named Edward 
Hicks, this Country born, is short and well set, about 5 
Feet high of a fair Complexion, and has short brown 
curled Hair: Flad on when he went away, a brown 
Jacket, Tow Shirt, Tow Trowsers, and a new Felt Hat, 
no Shoes or Stockings. Whoever takes up said Servant, 
and secures him, so as his Master may have him again, 
shall have Three Pounds Reward, and reasonable Char- 
ges, paid by 

Thomas Baker. 

October 28, 1758. 
This is to give Notice to all Persons Indebted to the 
Estate of Alichael Hunter/ late of Deerfield in the 
County of Cumberland, and Province of West-New-Jer- 
sey, that they discharge no Obligation, that was given 
to said Hunter, or that was given to Philip Burgin, 
either l>y Word or Writing, for any Part of said Estate 
(Either to Burgin, or by his Orders) as the Will of the 
said Michael Hunter, \vhich said Burgin brought a Pro- 
bat of from New York, and which made him Heir of said 
Estate, has been examined, and is thought by good 



1 Michael Hunter, by will dated June 12. 1758, proved July S, 175S, in 
New York, gives "all my hole Estate Wages Sum and sums of money 
Ivands Tenements Groods Chattels and Estate whatso«ver . . . unto 
my loving- Eare Phillip Burgin." whom he also appoints sole executor. 
Tlie will is recorded in Libe-r 21 of Wills in the Surrogate's office of N. 
Y. county, p. 36. Hunter was probably a marinier. 



292 NEW JERSEY COl.OMAI. DOCUMENTS. [l/SS 

Judges, to be Counterfeit. Fail not. lest you be obliged 
to a Repayment 1)y Charles Clark, who the said Hunter 
left his Attorney, and also Executor to a last \\'ill and 
Testament. 

To be Sold 

By Way of publick A'endue, by the Subscribers, on 
the j/th Day of November inst. on or near the Premises, 
three Tracts of Land, the Property of Isaac \'anmeter. 
late of the South Branch of Potowmack. deceased, situ- 
ate, lying and being in the County of Salem, in the Prov- 
ince of W'est-Xew-Jersey. viz. A Plantation in Piles- 
grove Township, in the County aforesaid, containing 
575 Acres, being the Place where the said \^anmeter for- 
merly lived, with a large bearing Orchard. Dwelling- 
house and Barn. 200 Acres of Plough Land cleared, 
about 70 Acres of Meadow, and a great deal more may 
be made, well watered and timbered, very natural to 
Grass, and an extraordinary good \Mieat Land, very 
convenient to ]\Iarket and Merchant Mills. Also two 
Plantations, situated in Alloway's Creek Neck, in the 
County aforesaid, one containing 500 Acres, more or 
less, with a Dwelling-house, Barn, about 60 Acres of 
Plough Land cleared, aljout 200 Acres of ]\Iarsh, the 
Remainder well timbered U]:)land, being a very fine 
Place for Stock. The other is an Island lying in the 
Marsh, a small Distance from the River Delaware, con- 
taining 150 Acres, about 60 of which is good Plougii 
Land, well timbered, and the Remainder good ]>ilarsh. 
Any Person or Persons inclinable to \iew the same, may 
applv to John Richman,' in Pilesgrove, where they may 



ijoihn PUchman iw said to* have been a German (in wliieh ease the 
name was doubtless Reichmann). who located in Pilesgrove township, 
and followed the milling business during his lifetime, acquiring a large 
property, which he left to his two sons. Isaac and Abraham, who 
added to the wealth derived from their father. Richman's mills, 
erected in 1S3?). were for many years a centre of industry in Pilesgrove. 
The family is still numermis and influential in the northern part of 
Salem county. 



1758] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 293 

be more fully informed. Attendance will be given on the 
Premises, and the Conditions made known at the Time 
aforesaid, by Henry Vanmeter, junior, and Garrett Van- 
meter/ Executors. 

Proposals for Printing by Subscription. A Second 
Volume of the Laws of the Province of New-Jersey, 
by Order of the General Assembly. 

Thls Volume will l3egin wdiere the First Volume 
ended; and will contain all the Acts and Laws now in 
Force in the said Province since that Time to the Time 
of publishing this Second Volume, with proper marginal 
Notes, and compleat Tables of all the Publick Acts now 
in Force, of all the Private Acts, and such Acts as are 
Repealed, Expired or Disallowed by the Crow^i: To- 
gether with a proper Index, containing all the principal 
Matters in the Body of the Book. 

The whole Work hath been carefully prepared, exam- 
ined and corrected by the Original Laws, by Samuel 
Neyill, Esq; one of the Justices of the Supreme Court; 
and is now commited to the Press, under his Correction 
and Lispection, by Order of the House of Assembly, at 
the following Price, to wit. Tw'O-pence per Sheet, Proc- 
lamation Money, with reasonable Allowance for the 
Binding. And this publick Method hath been approved 

1 The Van Meters were among- the early settlers of Ulster county, 
N. Y. About 1714 a number of the Reformed DutC'h people of Bisopus 
and vicinity removed to Pilesgrove, now Upper Pittsgrove, Salem 
county. Among- the newcomers were John and Isaac Van Meter, who, 
in co'mpany with the Dubois family, bought froim Daniel Coxe, of Bur- 
lington, a tract of .3,000 acres. The Van Meters subsequently added to 
their purchase, until they owned about 6,000 acres in Upper Plttsgrove. 
The new colony does not appear to have organized a church for many 
years, the people worshiping in the schoolhouse or In private resi- 
dences; 'but on April 30, 1741, they signed a covenant organizing the 
Presbyterian church of Plttsgrove. and built a log house of worship. 
Among those w'hb signed the covenant were Isaac Van Meter and 
Henry A^an Meter, the latter being the son of John, then deceased. 
Isaac had a son G-arret, who married a daughter of Judge John Holme, 
in 1774. Henry Van Meter was married four times. In his w^ill he 
names children Joseph, Ephraim, John, David, Elizabeth, Rebecca. 
Jacob (removed to the Genessee country, N. Y.), and Benjamin, who 
died 15th of lOth mo., 1826, aged S2 yea.rs.—8hour(ls's Penwick Colony, 
301-305. 



294 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l/SS 

and recommended l^y the Honse for the more ellectnal 
Supplying the Puhlick with the said Laws, which wih 
soon be out of Print, and not afterwards to be obtained. 

The Proposals are. That Ten Shillings Proclama- 
tion Aloney, be paid at the Time of Subscribing, and 
the Remainder on the Delivery of the Book. And those 
Persons wdio incline to be furnished with the said Laws, 
are desired to give in their Names, and to pay their first 
Subscription Money to the following Persons before the 
First of January next, when the Sul)scriptions will l)e 
closed, and the Work put to Press, viz. 

Middlesex County, John Wetheriir and William Ouke 
Esquires, in New P)runswick; Thomas Barrow," Esq; in 
Perth- Amboy; and Francis Brasier, Esq; at the Upper- 
Landing. 

Mormiouth County, Robert Lawrence and James 
Holmes'' Esquires, in Upper Freehold; Mr. Thomas 
Leonard at Freehold Court-House; Mr. John Wardell 
in Shrewsbury; and John Taylor, Esq; in Middletown. 

Essex County, Robert Ogden and Cornelius Het- 
field, Esquires; in Elizal:)eth-Town; and Uzal Ogden, 
Esq; in Newark. 

Somerset County, Hendrick Fisher and John Hoog- 



1 For a notice of John Wetherill, see N. J. Archives. XIX., 390. 

-Thomas Bartow was the eldest S'On of Rev. John Bartow, the first 
rector of St. Peter's church, Westchester, New York, his motlier being 
a Miss Reid, probahly a sisiter of John Reid, of Perth Amboy. His 
parents were married in 1705. His g-randfather was Gen. Bertaut, a 
French Protestant, who fled from France to England in 16S5. Thomas 
Bartow was a merchant at Pertli Amboy, and dealt largely in real 
estate. He held various public offices in the Province, being one of the 
recruiting officers in 1740; Clerk of the Assembly, 1745-1752; Clerk in 
Chancery, in 1746; Register of the East Jersey Proprietors, in 1747; and 
in 1756 was appointed Deputy Survej^or for East Jersey, by William 
Alexander. He was Register so late as 1762. He lived in a house 
standing on the southeast corner of Market street and the Square, 
in Perth Amboy, and was ver>' fond of his books, they and a man- 
servant being his only companions. His son, Thomas Bartow, jun.. 
born in 1737, was employed in a store in Bethlehem, Penn.. in 1755; he 
joined the Moravians there, and married a daughter of Anthony Ben- 
ezet. During the troublous times of the Revolution his father took 
refuge with him, and died about 1780. at Bethlehem.— Whitehead' s Perth 
Amboy, 138; N. J. Archives, passim. 

« For notices of Robert T.;awrP'nre and .Tames Holmes, see N. J. Ar- 
chives. XIX., 390. 



1/58] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 295 

land/ Esquires, and Benjamin Thompson, Esq; at Som- 
erset C^ourt-House. 

Bergen County, George Vreland and Renier Van- 
gieson,' Es(juires, and David Provost, Esq; at Hack- 
insack. 

Burlington County, Hugh Hartshorne and John Law- 
rence, Esquires, in Burlington; Henry Paxson,'' Esq; 
at Mount Holly; Joshua Bispham Esq; at Mores-Town; 
and Mr. Thomas Douglass at Crosswicks. 

Gloucester County, John Ladd and Samuel Clement,'' 
Esquires, and Robert Friend Price, Esq; at Hadd.onfield. 

Salem County, William Hancock,'' Esq; and John 
Budd, Esq; 

Cumberland County, Ebenezer Miller, Alexander 
Moore, and Ananias Seyrs/ Esquires. 

Cape May County, Aaron Leaming and Jacob 
Spicer," Esquires. 

Hunterdon County, Joseph Yard and Peter Mid- 
dagh/" Esquires, and Abraham Cottnam and Moore 
Furman, Esquires, in Trenton. 

Morris County, Jacob Foord,' Esq; 

Subscriptions are also taken in by the Editor, Sam- 
UEE Neyiel, Esq; in Perth-Amboy; James Parker; the 



1 For notices of Hendrick Fisher and John Hoogland, see ibid.. :!!i()- 
.",91. 
aiWd., 391. 

3 Ibid., 392. 

4 The Sayre family, in tlie person of two brothers, Thomas and An- 
anias, sons of Jonasi Sayre, siettled about 1716 in Cumberlamd counit.v. 
at the place now or lately known as MaskeU's Mill, where Thomas 
boug-ht a large tract of lamd. Ananias was one of ithe contributors 
towards the erection of the Presbyterian church at Greenwich, about 
1730. He married Mary, daughter of Richard Gibbon. His children 
were: 1. Hannah, m. Job Remingtoai, of Greenwich; 2. Rachel, m. 
Job Tyler, of Greenwich; 3. Mary, ra. David Mulford; 4. Sarah, m. 
Richard Cole; 5. Jjeonard G., removed to Cincinnati. Ohio. Ananias 
Sayre was Sheriff of Cumberland county, 1748-1751. and 1754-1757. He 
was appointed a Justice of the Peace for the same county in February, 
1751. — Shovrds's Foiirirk's Coloin/, 227-232: Elmer's Cumberland Coitiity, 34; 
N. J. Archives, XII., 516; XVI.", 267; XIX., 380. 

5 For notices of Aaron Leaming and Jacob Spicer, see N. J. Archives, 
XIX., 393. 

G For notices of Joseph Yard and Peter Middagh, see ibid., 394. 
~FoT a notice of Jacob Ford, see N. J. Archives, XIT., 665. 



296 NEW JKKS1::V CUI.OMAL DOCUMENTS. [iJS^ 

Printer of the Work in Woodbridge; Parker and Wey- 
man in New-York, and by David Hall, Printer, in Phil- 
adelphia 

Samuel Nevtll. 
October 12, 1758. 

IJ^^A List of the Subscribers Names will certainly 
be prefixed to this Volume, and given gratis. 

N. B. Those who have not got the First Volume, 
may be supplied with both Volumes, by giving in their 
Names to any of the above Persons. — 77h- Pcinisyl-c'aiiia 
Garrett i\ No. 1559, Xovciubcr O), f/SS- 

New- York, Xovcuibcr 6. 

ycsfminy Capt. Tucker arrived here in \6 Days from 
Turks Island. Last Wednesday about 50 Leagues S. Ji. 
of Sandy Hook^ he saio a large Ship and a Brig : J he 
Ship lay too for Captain Tueker, but finding he did not 
bear doion upon him stood for the Brig. 

Custom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Sloop Abi- 
gal, Peter Groves from Salem. Sloop Endeavour, 
William Treferthen from Piscataway. Schooner Good- 
Fortune, Ebenezer Stocker from Salem. — 'The Pennsyl- 
vania Journal, Xo. 831, Xovember (). i/S^- 

New-York, November 13. 

h Letter from New-Jersev, dated Perth-Amboy Oct. 28. 
Phis day his excellenc\' the governor returned from 
the treaty at Easton, where he had been attending with 
the governor of Pennsylvania, near three weeks. There 
were present at the treaty five hundred Indians, about 
two hundred of which were chiefs and warriors and of 
tliirtccn ditlercnt nations, namelv, the ei"-ht Confed- 



1758] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 297 

erate Nations, viz. the Mohawks, Onondagas, Senecas. 
Oneidas, Cayugas, Tnscaroros, Nanticokes, and Conoys, 
now united into one; and the Tuteloes; and five nations 
dependant on the Confederates, viz. the Delawares, 
Unamites/ Minisinks, Opings, and Mohtccons." There 
were also present two Indian messengers from the Indi- 
ans settled on the Ohio, who brought a message in writ- 
ing signed by fifteen chiefs of the (Jhio Indians, express- 
ing their desire to have peace with the English, and 
their intention to accede to this treaty. 

The conferences were carried on with great harmony. 
The Indians solemnly promised to return all the English 
prisoners. A message was sent to the Ohio Indians, ac- 
companied by tw^o English officers, a chief of the confed- 
erates, and several other Indians, informing them, \vhat 
had been done at this treaty, and inviting them to ac- 
cede thereto. And peace was solemnly ratified by a 
large peace belt, which was delivered by the two gov- 
ernors to the confederate chiefs, and by them handed 
round to all the Indians present. 

In the course of this treaty, his excellency our gover- 
nor satisfied all Indians that had or pretended to have 
any claim of lands in the province of New-Jersey except 
English or private rights: And releases thereof were 
executed and acknowledged in the presence of several 
of the chiefs of the confederate nations, who attested 
the same, and were afterwards published in open coun- 
cil: And his excellency governor Bernard gave a large 
belt to the confederate chiefs, to be a perpetual mem- 
orial, that the province of New-Jersey was now wholly 
discharo-ed from all Indian Claims.' 



1 Unamies. 

a M'ohegans. 

3 The pi-oceedings nf this famous Conference are fully set out in 
Smith's Hist, of N. J., 446-484. 



298 NEW JERSEY COLONIAI, DOCITMENTS. [l/SS 

Cnstom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Sloop Sal- 
ishnry, Benjamin Batchelor from Salem. 

Outwards. Sloop x\bigal, Peter Groves for Salem. 

Cleared. Sloop Endeavour, William Ereferthen to 
Piscataway. Sloop Abigal, Peter Gro^'es to Salem. 

Philadelphia, Oct. 16. 1758. 
Whereas J ESENA Catherina, Wife of Doctor George 
Andrew Viersellius at Amwell, (in New-Jersey,) has 
eloped from him: This is therefore to forewarn all Per- 
sons from trusting her on my Accompt, for 1 will pay 
no Debt, by her contracted. 

Geor(;e Andrew Verisellius. 

— Tlic Pcniisvlvania Journal, Xo. 832, November 
16, 1758. 

TO be sold or lett for a Term of Years, a Saw- 
AHll, with several Lots of Cedar-Swamp, ly- 
ing in Little Egg Harbour, near the Eorks, 
very commodious for Carting, with a con- 
stant Stream at the dryest Times. The one half of the 
purchase Money paid down, the other payable in two 
Years. Bond and good Security will be requireci by 
Captain Samuel Bayard, in New-A^ork. — The New 
York Afereury^ Noveuiher 20, 1758. 

New -York ^ November 27. This Morning the worthy 
Colonel Peter Schuyler, arrived here from Canada, 
by way of Albany, and l)rought with him a Number of 
Prisoners in Exchange for those taken at Eort Eronte- 
nack. — The Neiv York Mercury, November 2'] , 1758. 

New-York, November 27. 

Governor Bernard of New-Jersey, on the 21st Listant, 
issued a Proclamation, appointing Thiu^sday the 7th of 



1758] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 299 

])eceni1)cr next, to be observed as a Day of publick 
'Jlianksgiving throughout that Province 

November 29,1758 
Taken or Stolen last Week, out of a Meadow Pasture 
on Gloucester Road, a black Horse, about 14 Hands 
iiigh, has a white Blaze and Snip in his Face, his two 
hind Feet, and one of his fore Feet white, a rough Mane, 
and very short switch Tail, a blind Brand-mark on his 
near Buttock, and shod before, aged about nine Years, 
a natural Pacer; supposed to be in Company with a 
white Mare. Whoever secures the said Horse, so that 
the Subscriber may have him again, shall have Twenty 
shillings Reward, and reasonable Charges, paid by Mi- 
chael Ecoi.FF or Jacoi! Duche,' in Front Street, Phil- 
adelphia. 

To be Sold 

A Tenement and Tract of Land, situated in West Jer- 
sey, near Salem Town, on one of the main Branches of 
Salem Creek, adjoining a Grist Mill, known by the Name 
of Powell's or Masons Mill, containing 240 Acres or 
thereabouts, on which there are good Conveniences for 
Meadow. Also a Tract of uncultivated Land, lying in 
Gloucester County, about 16 Miles from the Sea, and 
binding for about two Miles on Little Egg-Harbour 
River, containing 1800 Acres, with some Cedar Swamp, 
and a good Stream for a Mill. Any Person inclining to 
purchase, may know the Terms of Sale, and see the 
Titles, by applying to the Subscriber, living in Dover 

Town, Kent County, on Delaware. 

John Vinino. 

— Tlic Pennsylvania Gazette^ No. 1562, November 

30, 1758. 

1 The father of the clergyman of the same name, subsequently assist 
ant rector of St. 'Peter'.? church, Phila'delphia, and who was the first 
('haplain of the American Congress, but soon after went over 'to the 
Bi'itis'h, and advised Gen. Washington to do the same. 



300 NEW IKRSEY COI.ONIAI, DOCUMEX'IS. [1/5^ 

Nc2v-)'or/c, December 4. In onr last we acquainted 
our Readers of the Arrixal here of Col. Pe tek Schuyler 
from Canada. He hrouoht with him to Fort-Edward 
114 Persons (including- 25 Women and Children, which 
he purchased from the French at a very high Price) 
among whom are Major Putnam, Captain Martin, of 
the Train, ^Ir. Stone, of the Inniskilling Regiment, two 
of the Jersey Officers, and Doctor Stakes. The Prison- 
ers in general, are continually praising their Deliverer, 
Bradstreet, and say it was an unlucky Idhng he did 
not go to Niagra, as there were only 15 Men at tliat 
Place, when he took Frontenac, they having sent all 
their men to reinforce Fort du Quesne, and Ticonder- 
oga; and that the}' were in the greatest Confusion at 
Montreal, throwing up 1^-enches, expecting the whole 
English Army there. During Colonel ScHUYLEii's 
CaptivitY in Canada, his Gratitude to his unfortunate 
Countrvmen, was without Piounds, his Tahle being ever 
open and free to those in Distress; and we hear he has, 
out of his own private Purse, expended upwards of 
20.000 Li\-res among his distressed Countrymen, in re- 
deeming them from Cai)tivity. 

RUN-away, the iQth ultimo, from \\'alter Er- 
win, of Ringwood. in the County of Bergen, 
and Province of East-New-Jersey, an Ap- 
prentice Lad, named, Jonas \Vard, of a Sandy 
Complexion, fi\e feet 6 Inches high, aged 19 years: Had 
on when he went awaw a blue Broad cloth Coat and 
Jacket, Fustian Breeches, and a Pair of wide Check 
Trowsers o\er them, and a Beaver Hat. Whoever takes 
up and secures said Lad, so that his Master may have 
him again, shall receive FiYC Pounds Reward, and all 
reasonable Charges, paid by 

Walter Erwin. 



1/58] 



NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 



301 



Scheme of a Lotierv, erected and to be drawn on 
Biles-Island, for raising 1500 Pieces of Eight, to be ap- 
plied to the use and finishing of the English Church, in 
the City of New-Brnnswick, in East-New-Jersey. 

The Lottery consists of 3500 Tickets, at four 
Pieces of Eight each, 1060 of which are to be 
Fortunate, without any Deduction; the 
Prizes thus, Ijeing nearly one to two Blanks; 
their A'alue as follows, \'iz. 

The People of the 
Church of England, in. 
and near the City of New- 
Brunswick, having long 
ineffectually endeavour'd 
to finish and complete 
their Church, find them- 
selves reduc'd to the Ne- 
cessity of thus solliciting 
600 ' the charitable Assistance 
600 °^ ^^^^^ dispos'd Persons, 
in Imitation of many of 
their pious Neighbours in 
this & the adjacent Pro\ - 
inces: They hope there- 
fore their Attempt will 
not be thought singular. 
First drawn 50 ]^^^^ ^^ j^ is solely for the 
2440 Blanks. I Last drawn 50 j Promotion and Honor of 
Before the 1000 Pr. 25 i Religion, that it will meet 
After the 1000 Pr. 25 with such Encourage- 

1 ment as will enal)le them 

12500 to effect their Purpose. 



No. 


of 


Dol- 




Dol- 


Prizes. 


lars. 




lars. 


I 


of 


1000 


is 


1000 


2 


of 


500 


are 


1000 





of 


250 


are 


750 


4 


of 


150 


are 


600 


5 


of 


100 


are 


500 


10 


of 


50 


are 


500 


15 


of 


40 


are 


600 


20 


of 


30 


are 


600 


4c 


of 


15 


are 


600 


60 


of 


10 


are 


600 


100 


of 


8 


are 


800 


800 


of 


6 


are 


4800 



1060 Prizes 



Profits of the Lottery for the i 
above use, deducted from 
the sale of the Tickets, are ' 

3500 Tickets at 4 Pieces of 1 
Eight each, are ) 



1500 
14000 



302 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1758 

The Drawing to commence the Third Tuesday in 
April, or sooner, if sooner full. The whole to be con- 
ducted under the Inspection and Management of Ed- 
ward Antile/ Peter Kemble, Bernardus Legrange, Will- 
iam Mircer, Esquires, ]\Ir. Francis Brazier, Mr. John 
Berrian. Mr. Samuel Kimble, and William Harrison, 
who are to be under Oath for the faithful Execution of 
their Trust. 

The fortunate Tickets to be published in this Paper 
as soon as the Drawing is finished. Tickets to be sold 
by the above Managers, and by the Printer hereof, at 
the Bible and Crown in Hanover-square.— TTrrA^rTcFfr/C' 
Mercury, Dtccmbcr 4, 1758. 

The Peiiiisylvixiiia Frigate^ Capt. Sibbald, 011 Thursday 
last 'nuis spoke loit/i off the Wood Lauds, souie fezu Leagues 
sout/ra'est of Saiidy-Hoo/c, still in quest of Mousieur Chate- 
leau, 10/10 seems to be playing Boio-peep loith our Cruizers, 
as, on Thursday before, the Privateer Sturdy Beggar, 
Capt. Troup, loas spoke loith 45 Leagues to the Eastward 
of Cape Heulopeu, {all loell) and also ou the hunting Order 
for the Prinee Edioard. — The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 
835, Deeeuiber 7, 1758. 

Boston, November 20. 

By a Vessel arrived at New-Haven, from St. Alartins, 
there is advice of the following Captures being made by 
the French, viz. The Sloop Good King, Capt. Catlin, 
taken to the Windward of Antigua by a Sloop of 10 
Guns, and carried into Martinico. . . . Also Capt. 
Starr from New London, Capt. Steward of Piscataway, 



lEdward Antill was the son of a New York merchant of the same 
name, who bougrht a large tract of land on the Raritan. nearly oppo- 
site New Brunswick, on which his son, Edward Antill, 2d, lived, and 
carried on farming-, and later established an extensive apple orchard 
and a distillery. He married a daug-hter of Gov. Lewis Morris. 



1758] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 303 

Capt. Dickinson of Marblehead. and Capt. Johnson of 
Rhode-Island, in a Brig from Gninea, with no Slaves, 
all of which were carried into Martinico 

Custoni-Honse, Philadelphia. Entered In. Schooner 
Samnel, Joseph VVadleigh from Salem. — The Pciuisylva- 
iiia Journal, A'o. 834, November 30, 1758. 

THE Children, or Heirs of Johannis Orser, at 
or near Egg-Harbour, if any ali\"e. are desired 
to apply to Daniel Dnnscomb of the City of 
New-York, who will inform them of some- 
thing to their Advantage. The said Johannis Orser was 
l)orn in New- York: The Heirs are desired to be speedy 
in their Application. 

TO be sold by James Van Horne, the farm 
he now lives on, lying at Dover, near Cheese- 
quakes, in the County of jNIiddlesex, and 
Province of East-New-Jersey, about three 
Miles Distance from the City of Perth-Amboy, most 
pleasantly situated near the Sea-Shore, where no Shi]) 
or other Vessel can neither go in or out of the Port of 
New-York, but can be seen from the Piaza, and where 
there is great Plenty of Eish, the best of Oysters and 
Clams, and very Plenty of Game in the Season, both 
Winter and Summer, with a great Variety of both 
Hickory and Oak-Wood thereon, and a convenient 
Wharf lately built, sufficient to stow 500 Cord of Wood, 
from which Place a ten Cord Boat at any common Tide, 
may go loaded, and with a fair Wind ma}' be at New- 
York Market in three Hours from said Wharf; it con- 
tains near 300 Acres of salt Meadow, and some Eresh, 
and more may be made, which is sufficient to keep a 
large Stock of Cattle; and Up-land sufficient to support 



304 NEW I ERSE V COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l/SS 

the ]\ieado\v, with a Prospect of a very good Coal Pit: 
There is a tine Orchard thereon, of between 5 and 600 
Apple Trees, a fine Dwelling House of 45 Feet long 
and 40 Inroad, a Story and a Half high, with four large 
Rooms on a Floor all sash'd, and an Entry of twelve 
Feet, a twehe Feet wide Piaza round the house, with 
fine Kitchens and Cellar Room under the whole. The 
House is compleatly and genteely finished, with a Barn, 
Smoak and \\"aggon-Houses; also a Kitchen Garden 
hedged and pail'd l)efore the Door, containing near an 
Acre and a Half of (iround. If it should not suit the 
Person or Persons inclining" to purchase the whole, it 
can 1)e divided in three or four Farms, and sold in Parts 
to suit the Purchaser. 

Aso four other Farms lying and l^eing at Rocket- 
Hill, in the County of Somerset, and Province of East- 
New-Jersey; the first containing 516 -\cres of verv 
good Land, with about 30 .Veres of fresh ^leadow. and 
as much more can be made adjoining it ; whereon is a 
large Barn, of 50 Feet long, and 50 wide, covered with 
(.'edar, a good Dwelling, V\"aggon and Negro House, 
and about 600 Apple Trees of choice Fruit, mostlv 
grafted Trees, there is about 300 Acres of cleared Land; 
the remainder is good Timber Land, in Fence: It lies 
\\ithin a Alile of two Grist Mills, and within three and 
Half Miles from the College at Prince-Town, and about 
13 Miles from Brunswick, and l^etween 15 and 16 ]\liles 
to Trent own. 

The second adjoining, contains 240 Acres. al)c^ut 100 
of which is cleared, and has on it abo\'e 100 Apple Trees 
of choice Fruit for Cyder, and a large Quantity of Eng- 
lish Meadow might be made with fine Timber thereon; 
the remainder is choice Up-land. well stored with Tim- 
ber. The same lies about a Mile and a Half from two 



1758] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 305 

Grist-Mills, and about Three and Half Miles from 
Prince -Town College. 

The Third contains 377 Acres, adjoining Mill-stone 
River, all choice Timber Land, with some Interval vast- 
ly rich, if cleared would make extraordinary Meadow 
either for English, or any other Grass; it runs down said 
River almost as far as the Mills formerly called Mr. 
Hooper's Mills, and joins back to Mr. James Leonard's, 
adjoining Kingston, and about a Mile and Half to said 
Town, and four Miles to Prince-Town. 

The Fourth contains 211 and three Quarters of an 
Acre, all Wood-land, lying a little Distance from the 
whole; it can be made with clearing choice arrable, and 
on the same some good Meadow Land, and with little 
Trouble. 

Also eight Farms in the Manor of Cortlandt. Any 
Person inclining to purchase the whole, or any Part of 
the above-mentioned Farms, may apply to Mr. Nicholas. 
Bayard Merchant, in New-York; Mr. John Berrian, 
Merchant, at Rockey-Hill; or to the aforesaid James 
Van Home, on the Premises, may be informed of the 
Conditions and Title which is indisputable. — T/it Nczv 
York Mercury^ December 11, 1758. 

About three weeks ago, was left on Samuel House's 
wharff, a barrel (contents unknown) directed to Mr. 
John McTntire, at New Brunswick. The owner prov- 
ing his property and paying the charge of this adver- 
tisement, may have it again. — TJie Peniisyhaiiia Jour- 
nal, No. 536, Deeeinber 14, 1 758. 

. Ne7i'-Yorl\ December 18. Tuesday Afternoon his Ex- 
cellency the Honourable Francis Bernard, Esq; 
Governor in Chief of the Province of New-Jersey, ar- 
rived in Town, from his Seat at \\\')\:>oy.-The New York 
Mercury^ December 18, 1 758. 

20 



306 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l/SS 

W'e hear from Alorris Town, in Morris County, New- 
Jersey, tliat last Friday the celebrated Miss Kemble, 
Daughter of Peter Kemble/ Esq; of New Brunswick, 
w-as married to the Hon, Brioadier General Gaoe. 



1 Peter Kemble's grandfather was Richard Kemble. deputy alderman 
of Bis'hopsgate ward, London, a mercihant who resided in Bishopsgate 
many years. He had a son. Richard, who "was bound an apprentice 
to one Barnardiston, a Turkey merchant with a considerable sum of 
money, who was 'by indenture bound to send (him the last two years 
of hiis service t'o Smyrna, where Ire went, and afterwards settled." 
There he married a Greek lady, named iMavrocordato, a native of the 
isle of S:io. whos'e sister married iMr. Edwards, the British consul at 
Smyrna. Peter Kem'ble. one of the cliildren, was born at Smyrna. In 
Asia Minor, Decem'ber 12, 1704, and remained there until 1712, when he 
was sent to England to be educated. His father was appointed English 
consul at Salonica in 1718, and died there in June, 1720. In 1718 Peter 
Kemble was sent to a iwine merchant at Rotterdam to learn mercantile 
life. In 1720-21 he made a trading voyage to Guinea, and on his return 
engaged in business in London, where he continued for some years. 
About 1730 he came to America, and soon after settled at Piscataway 
Landing, near New 'Brunswick, where he carried on a successful busi- 
ness. — -A', r. Hisl. Soc. CoUrctioiiK. 1884. xiii-xiv. He was living there in 
1740.— -Y. J. Archircs, XII., 20. Writing to the I^ords of Trade. Jan. 28. 
1744-5. Governor Lewis- Morris recommended his appointment as a mem- 
ber of the Council, and said he was "a consideraible merchant." — 
PaiKis of lAuiK Morris. 220. 283. His intimacy with the Morris family is 
indicated by the fact that he was one of tihe pall-bearers at the Gover- 
nor's funeral in 1746.— //(., 314. Having' been appointed _to the Council. 
Sept. 23, 174.1, he was sworn in as a member, Aug. 10. 174i. and remained 
therein unti'l the 'Revolu'tuon. (being Speaker in 1765. and several years 
thereafter.— -V. J. Anhirrs. IX.. 274: X.. 561: XV.. 512-513: XVII.. 412. 
In 1748 he was manager of a lotter.v for completing the Episcopal church 
at New Brunswick, and 'building a parsonage house. — lb., XII.. 471. 518. 
520. Charles Read, one of the ablest public men in New Jersey, con- 
sidered him suitable for Supreme Court Judg^e, in 1753. — Ih.. VIII.. Part 
1, 188. Some time prior to 1758 he acquired an extensive tract of land 
near MoTristown, where ihe took up his residence before 1765. his place 
being known as "Mount Kemble." a name perpetuated in one of the 
most 'beautiful avenues in that town to-day. — t<iiiith's Hist. V. J.. 499. 
He was commissioned one of the Justices of the Peace of Morris 
county. April 30. 1768. — Hist. Morris Coinitii. 75. During the Revolution 
he sided with the British, but was not disturbed by the Americans, 
except as they cantoned on Wis estate while the army was in winter 
quarters at Morristown. He died there. Feb. 23. 1789, having passed his 
eig'hty-fourt'h year. Very soon after coming to this country he married 
Gertrude Bayard, second daughter of Samuel Bayard and Margaret 
van Cortlandt. and thus became connected with a number of the most 
influential Colonial families of New York and New Jersey. — .Y. Y. Hist. 
Colls.. 18S4, xiv. He married. 2d. Elizabeth Tuite, of Trenton, Oct. 10, 
1749. She was of an old Irish family, settled in Maryland. By his first 
wife he had five sons and 'two daug-hters: 

I. Samuel, who entered the British army, but left it in 1773 to accept 
the post of Collector of the Port of New Y'ork. In 1783 he went to Lon- 
don, and thence to the East Indies, wh'ere he died in the island of Suma- 
tra about 1796. 

II. Richard, born in August, 1733, and died at Mount Kemble, which 
he inherited, Seipt. 13. 1833. unmarried. 

HI. Peter, born in 1739. He was educated in the "college in Phila- 
delphia," now the L'niversity of Pennsylvania, then engaged in busi- 
ness, and later, with his two brothers-in-law' — Nicholas and Isaac 
Gouverneur — ^established the commercial house of Gouverneur & Kem- 
ble, in New Y'ork. He died July 6. 1823. He married Gertrude Gouver- 
neur (daugihter of Samuel Gouverneur and Experience Johnson). June 
5, 1784. Issue: 1. Gouverneur, b. Jan. 25, 1786: d. Dec. 16. 1875, at Cold 
Spring, N. Y^., unmarried. He was the owner of "Cockloft Hall." near 
the Erie railroad station, in Newark, made famous by Washington 
Irvin'g and James K. Paulding, in "Salmagundi." 2. Peter, drowned. 
Nov. 24, 1813, in his 26th year. 3. William. 4. Richard, born in 1800, in- 



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NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 307 



New Jersey, Gloucester County, December 9, 1758. 

Notice is hereby given, that there is now in the Pos- 
session of the Subscriber, Constable of Newton, in the 
County aforesaid, a Battoe, five Bags, and sundry other 
Goods, supposed to be stolen, being found upon a Per- 
son convicted of Larceny. Any Person owning any of 
the above Articles, are desired to come and prove their 
Property on or l)efore the first Day of February next, 
otherwise they will be exposed to Sale, in order to dis- 
charge the Prison Fees of the Person on whom they 
were found. 

John Githens. 



lierited Mount Kemlble from his uncle Richard, but .sold it and removed 
to Cold Spring-, wherei he died in 1S8S. 5. G'ertrude, married James Kirke 
Paulding'; she died in 1S41, leaving four sons. 6. Mary, married Rotoert 
Parker Parrott, a g^raduate of West Point Military Academy, in 1824, 
and later the inventor and manufacturer of the "Parrott gun." 

IV. St'epihen, born at or near New Brunswick, in 1740. He entered the 
British army in 1757, and in 1772 became Deputy Adjutant General of 
the Forces in Nort(h America, which position he resigned in 1779. He 
was commissionect Colonel in 1782, and served in the army in America, 
the West Indies, the Spanish Main, Nicaragua and England, until 1805, 
when he sold out, returned tO' America, and settled at New Brunswick, 
im the house in which he was born, an'd there died, Dec. 20, 1822, unmar- 
ried. 

V. William, died in England, a Captain in the Britisih army. 

VI. 'Margaret, miarried. Dec. 8. 1758, a.t Mount Kemble, Generai 
Thomas Gage, Commander-in-Chief of the British army in America, 
and Governor of 'Massachusetts at the beginning of the Revolution. 
He was the' second son of Thomas, eiglith Baronet and first Viscount 
Gage. Gen'eral Gage died in 1788; she died Feb. 9, 1824. Issue: I.Henry, 
liiirn March 4. 1761, 'and 'by the death of his un'cle without male' issue 
lu'came Viscount Gage; he married, Jan. 11,1789. his cousin, iSus'annah 
Maria., only daughter and heir of Lieut. C'ol. William Skinner, 'Of Perth 
Amiboy. by his wife Susan, daughter of Admiral Sir Peter 'Warren. He 
was succeeded by his son, Henry Hall, fourth VisCount, and he by his 
grandson, Henry Charles, the fifth Viscount Gage. The other children 
of General Thomas Gage and his wife Margaret Kemble were: 2. John, 
3. Admiral Sir William Hall Gage; 4. Marion, wife of Sir James Craw- 
ford; 5. Loui.s'a. wife of Sir James H. Blake; 6. Harriet, died single; 
7. OharlO'tte Margaret, wife of Admiral Sir Charle-s Ogle; 8. Emily, 
wife of .Montagu Bertie, fifth Earl of Abingdon. 

VII. Judith, married Archibald McCall, a Philadelphia merchant, by 
whoim she ha'd eigihteen children. She died there, ageid 89 years. 

By his second wife Pefer Kemble had 

VIII. Rotoert, b. April 5, 1755. He served in the British army during 
the Revolution. He lived at Mount Kemhle, where he died, January 1, 
1N20. 

IX. Elizabeth, born Dec. 18, 1753; d. June 16, 1836. X. Ann, b. June 9. 
1757; d. Sept. 2, 1820 — both at Mount Kemble, where they lived, unmar- 
ried. 

These genealogical details of the Kemble family have been compiled 
from the very full and interesting accuiint given by Edward F. de 
Lancey in cionnecfion with thei Journals nf Cnl. Stephen Kem'ble, pub- 
lished by the N. Y. Historical Societj' in 1nn:1-1sn4. See also Whitehe'ad's 
Perth Amtooy, 114-115; N. J. Marriage Licenses, and N. J. Archives, 
passim; N. Y. Chamber of Commerce Records, Biograiihical Sketches, 
139; Family Records and Events (Rutherfurd Papers), 301. 



308 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1758 

Custom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Schooner 
Charming Salley, Micheal Coombs from Salem. — Tlic 
Pennsylvania Journal^ No. ^'^y, Dcccinbci' 2\^ 1758. 

List of Letters, remaining in the Post Office, in 
Philadelphia. 

John Caffrey, New, Jersey, Thomas Campbell, Not- 
tingham. 

David Davis, Pilesgrove; John Dickey, Nottingham. 

Rev. Lsaac Eaton, Hopewell; Edward Erwin, W. 
New Jersey. 

Eleanor Henderson. East-Jersey; Nathan Hand, 
Cape May. 

Mary Lake, Great Egg-Harbour. 

James Pyatt, East-New-Jersey; Joseph Peason and 
Robert Pickens, West-New-Jersey; Robert Patterson 
(2) Pilesgrove. 

Grace Wilday, Gloucester County; John Wright, 
West Jersey; John AA^ade, Salisbury; Grace AVilday 
(Gloucester; Mary AA'^alker, Cumberland County. 

To be Sold 

A convenient House and Lot, situate on the main 
Street, in the Town of Penington, in New-Jersey, which 
has long been a noted well accustomed Tavern, being- 
well provided with Stabling. Out-houses, and other 
Conveniences to accommodate that Business. The 
House is two Stories high, with four convenient Rooms 
on a Floor, and three additional Leanteau-Rooms be- 
low, one of which is built of Stone. The Lot contains 
about twelve Acres, whereon is a good large framed 
Barn, almost new, a good Orchard, and near one Half 



1758] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 3O9 

of the Lot is very good upland Meadow. The whole is 
in very good Repair. Also to be sold with the above; 
a Lot of about 15 Acres of Wood-land, lying about two 
Miles distant from the House. Any Person inclining 
to purchase, may apply to the Subscriber, living on the 
Premises. 

Jonathan Furman. 

— TJic PoinsylviDiia Ga.cettc^ N^o. 1565, December 
21, 1758. 

Scheme 

Of a Lottery erected, and to be drawn on Biles's is- 
land, to convert into Money a Tract of Land, of Peter 
Gordon, Esq; of Middlesex County, in New Jersey. 

The whole Tract containing 497 Acres, which Tract 
has been valued and appraised by two honest Men, Free- 
holders of the Neighbourhood, being under Oath, who 
valued it to be worth Twelve Hundred and Fifty 
Pounds, Proclamation Money. Which said Land, by a 
late Survey, and Draught thereof, is divided into three 
Lots, No. I is a neat Farm, containing 140 Acres, and 
has on it a good Dwelling-house, Barn, Orchard and 
Garden, with a sufBcient Quantity of Meadow and Tim- 
ber. Lot No. 2 contains 217 Acres, whereon is some 
improved Land, with a large Quantity of Timber and 
Meadow Land. Lot No. 3, contains 140 Acres, all Tim- 
ber and Meadow Land. Said Lottery to consist of 2520 
Tickets at Thirty Shillings Proclamation each, 571 of 
which are to be Prizes, from which there is to be no De- 
duction, as I22£ is to be taken from the whole Lottery, 
for the Managing thereof, before the Drawing com- 
mences, being but a little more than Three per Cent. 



10 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [175S 







] 


N[uml)er 


of 


Value 




Total 








Prizes 




of each 




Value 


Land Prizes 


No. 


I 


I 


of 


6oo£ 


is 


6oo£ 






2 


1 


of 


450 


is 


450 






3 


I 


of 


200 


is 


200 


Cash Prizes 






I 


of 


100 


is 


TOO 











of 


50 


are 


I GO 








4 


of 


25 


are 


100 








5 


of 


20 


are 


100 








20 


of 


10 


are 


200 








100 


of 


5 


are 


500 








436 


of 
izes 






are 


1308 




571 Pr 


3658 








1949 Bl; 


anks 









2520 Tickets at 30s. each is 3780 
Deduct for manaoino- 122 



3658 

The Tickets of said Lottery are to l)e put into the 
Boxes on the 20th Day of February next, and then 
proceed in Drawing till the whole is finished, under the 
Inspection of two Justices of the Peace, and other repu- 
table Freeholders, all under Oath. Tickets are yet to be 
had at the Dwelling houses of Robert Cummings, 
Henry Moore, and Joseph Rue, Esquires, who are ap- 
pointed Managers. Tickets may also be had of John 
Liilay, Esq; in Bordentown, Mr. Elias Boudinot, in 
Prince-town, and Mr. William Nocross, in Amwell. 
Those Persons who have any Tickets on their Hands, 
are desired to deliver them, or the Money, to the Man- 
agers. 1)y the First Day of Feliruary next. 



1758] 



NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 



311 



Scheme 
Of a Lottery erected, and to be drawn on Biles- 
Island, for fniishini;" the Lntheran Church in Bedmins- 
ter Township, Count}- of Somerset, and Pro\ince of 
East-New Jersey. 

Whereas the Dutch and English of said Society, 
have laboured under great Difficulties, for want of a 
House to worship God in; and at Length have raised 
a Sum of Money by Way of Subscription; but it being 
found insufficient for finishing said Church, have there- 
fore thought proper to raise the Sum of Fifteen Hun- 
dred Dollars, by Way of Lotter}-, for finishing said 
Church. It is therefore hoped that all Well-wishers for 
promoting the Gospel, will adventure largely, in order 
to forward said Building. The Lottery consists of 5000 
Tickets, at Two Dollars each; 1234 of which are to be 
fortunate, and 15 i)er Cent will be deducted from the 
Prizes after the Drawing is finished, for the Use above 
mentioned. 

Value in 
Pieces of 8. 
1000 
400 
300 
200 
100 
50 
25 

15 
6 

4 



Number of Prizes. 



I 


of 


I 


of 


I 


of 


I 


of 


5 


of 


20 


of 


12 


of 


100 


of 


191 


of 


902 


of 


1234 


Prizes 


3766 


Blanks 



f 8. 


Total Value. 


is 




J 000 


is 




400 


is 




300 


is 




200 


are 




500 


are 




1000 


are 




300 


are 




1500 


are 




1 146 


are 




3608 


First drawn 


20 


Last drawn 


26 



500Q Tickets 



10,000 



312 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l/SS 

The Drawing- to commence the first Tuesday in Jan- 
uary next, on Biles-Island, in Delaware, if filled by that 
Time; if not, certainly on the first Monday in April, 
under the Inspection of Paul Miller, Bryan Leferty, and 
Daniel M'Eown, Esquires, Justices for the County of 
Somerset, who are to be under Oath, to inspect every 
Transaction of said Lottery; the other Managers are 
John Malach, Jacob Eoff, Leonard Stright and George 
Remer, reputable Ereeholders in the County aforesaid. 
Timely Notice will be given of putting the Tickets into 
the Boxes. The fortunate Tickets will be published in 
this Gazette, and the Money paid to the Possessors 
thereof six Days after the Drawing is finished. Tickets 
at Two Dollars each, to be sold by the Managers. — Tlic 
Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1565, December 2\^ i/S^- 

K\\ Persons having any Demands against Henry Ben- 
jamin Franks, deceased, late of Mountholly, are re- 
quested to bring them in; and those indebted to make 
speedy Payment, to prevent Trouble. 

David Franks, Executor. 

N. B. On Thursday, the Ninth of January, will be 
sold at Mountholly, by publick Vendue, an Assortment 
of Shop Goods, also Household Ditto, at the late Dwell- 
ing-house of said Franks, and Credit given to those who 
purchase above Twenty Shillings Value. 

Burlington, December 20, 1758. 
Six Pistoles Reward. 

Broke out of the Goal of this City, the 17th Instant, 
at Night, and made their Escape, the two following- 
Persons, viz. George Willard, a Blacksmith by Trade, 
born and served his Time in Pennsylvania, in or near 
Bucks County, al)out 28 Years of Age, a slim Fellow, 



1758] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 313 

about 5 Feet 10 Inches high, of a black Complexion, 
wears his own Hair; and is a great Lover of strong 
Drink: Had on when he made his Escape, an old Bea- 
ver Hat, a light coloured Broadcloth Coat, Alopeen 
Jacket, black Leather Breeches, a good Check Shirt, 
and Shoes and Stockings. It is thought he will endeav- 
our to get to Bucks County, having a Mother and other 
Relatives living there. 

The other is a Dutchman, named John Henry Rave- 
low, about 27 Years of Age, 5 Feet 6 or 7 Inches high, 
short black Hair, has lost his Right Eye, is a good 
Scholar in his own Language, and speaks pretty good 
English: His Cloathing an old Hat, a Pair of Breeches 
or Trowsers, Shoes and Stockings and an old Great 
Coat. Whoever takes up and secures the said Prison- 
ers, so that the Subscriber may have them again, shall 
have Six Pistoles Reward for both, or Three Pistoles for 
either of them, and reasonable Charges, paid by 

Joseph Imlay, Sheriff. 

N. B. All Masters of Vessels are forbid to carry them 
off at their Peril. 

Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, 

Dec. 28, 1758. 

Whereas Elizabeth, the Wife of Daniel Parker, hath 
eloped from her said Husband, and run him in Debt; 
this is therefore to forbid all Persons from trusting her 
on his account, for he will pay no Debts of her contract- 
ing from the Date hereof. 

Daniel Parker. 

— TJic Pennsylvania Ga::ctti\ No. 1566, December 
28, 1758. 



314 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1/59 

New-York, December 23. 

The same Day [Tuesday Morning last] also, sailed 
out of Sandy-Hook, for London, the Ship York Capt. 
Breton of this Port. 

Custom-House, Philadelphia, Entred In. Schooner 
Polly. Samuel Horton from Salem. — The Poiiisylvania 
JouniaU ^'0. '^'i^g, /ainiarj 4.^ 1759- 

TO l)e sold at pul)lick \>ndue, on Monday the 
2d Day of April next, at the Premises, or any 
Time before at private Sale, a Lot of Land 
situate at Second-River containing about 13 
Acres; whereon is an Orchard, a large Stone House, 
and a ver}- convenient Wharf on Passaick River, where- 
on is a Store-House, &c. &c. the whole being very con- 
venient for either Tradesman, Tavern-Keeper or Mer- 
chant. Any Person inclining to purchase before the 
Day of Sale, by applying to Abraham Rosart. on the 
Premises, may be informed of the Title and Conditions 
of Sale. 

To Be Let, 

THE noted Tavern in Elizabeth-Town, kept 
by the late Widow Chetwood, known by the 
Sign of the Hogshead, being very convenient 
for a Tavern, Merchant, Shop-keeper or 
Tradesman: Any Person inclining to lease the same, 
may apply to Matthias Williamson, in Elizabeth-Town, 
near the Premises, with whom they can agree. 

To be sold by Matthias Williamson, a good House, 
Barn. Storehouse, Garden, and six Acres of Lond, near 
the Brido-e in Elizabeth-Town. 



1759] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 315 

TO be sold, a good Farm, lying in Sonth-Am- 
boy, containing 400 Acres of choice Land, 
150 of which are cleared and mowable; there 
is on said Plantation a large DweUing-house 
two Story high, with a good Cellar, and Barn 30 Feet 
long, with Lintos at each Side; a good new Saw-Mill, 
being only five Years old; and a young bearing Orch- 
ard, containing 200 choice Apple Trees: It is very con- 
\enient for a Tavern, ])eing on the main Road from Am- 
boy to Philadelphia, and only three Quarters of a Mile 
from a navigable Landing, where a ten Cord Boat can 
load. Any Person inclining to purchase the above Plan- 
tation, may apply to John Lorton, living on the 
Premises, who will agree on reasonable Terms, and give 
a good Title for the same. — TJic Nc%v York Mercury, 
January 8, 1759. 

Michael Troutman son of Lynard Troutman, who was 
sold about 7 years ago, to John Groenendike near 
Kingston in New Jersey, desires to hear from his father. 
These are therefore to desire said Lynard Troutman vo 
send word where he li\'es, that his son may come and see 
him. 

Came to the House of Abraham Carpenter, at the sign 
of the Highlander, on Horseback, the upper end of front 
street, a black Horse in good Order, about 14 Hands 
high, branded S. W. on the near Buttock. His Owner 
is desired to come and pay the charges and take him 
away. Lost or stole off a Horse last spring between Mr. 
Charles Wests and Mr. Balls Plantation, a tan'd Leather 
side Saddle, with a Buckskin seat of a purple colour, the 
stirrup Leather bound with green fringe, the Crupper 
bound with green, with brass nails on it. Any one that 
will inform where the Saddle mav be had aeain, or brino;s 



3l6 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l759 

it to Abraham Carpenters or the Widow Welch in Tren- 
ton, shall have Fifteen Shillings Reward. — The Pouisyl- 
vania Journal^ No. '^4.0, /anna?' v ii, 1759. 

To be Lett or Sold. 

Sundry of the best and most valuable Farms and Plan- 
tations, on the West-New-Jersey Society's hundred 
thousand Acre Tract in Hunterdon County, the said 
Farms being elected and chosen out of the Whole of 
the said Tract, by Virtue of a Purchase made of the said 
Society before they sold the Remainder thereof: They 
are very conveniently situated, and most of them near 
the Union Iron Works, where there is a ready Market 
for all Kinds of Produce, &c. Also to be lett. The Place 
called and known by the Name of the Hickory Tavern, 
about 8 Miles from the said Iron Works, and in the 
Road to Easton, and the Moravian Settlements, being 
the best and most convenient Situation for a Tavern on 
that Road. For further Particulars enc[uire of Col. John 
Hackett, at the Union Iron-works, and Anthony White, 
in New-Brunswick 

To be Lett foi- a Term of Years 

All that Farm or Plantation called and known by the 
Name of Lawrence's Island, lying and being upon Rari- 
ton River, in the County of Middlesex, and Province of 
New Jersey, about 3 Miles from the City of New-Bruns- 
wick, and adjoining to the Plantation and Mills of Mr. 
Henry Longfield, the Whole containing about 350 
Acres of Upland, very well timbered, and about 120 
Acres of Meadow Land, which yearly produces a very 
large Burthen of Hay, and might still be considerably 
improved; the Place is in very good Repair, and has on 
it a verv sood Orchard and Garden, a handsome large 



1 759] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 317 

House, 2 Stories high, a very good Barn, and several 
other out Houses, together with which, and in order to 
accommodate the Person, who may incHne to lease the 
same, will be lett three very good Negroes, who under- 
stand all the Branches of Farming, and also a consider- 
able Number of Horses, Milch Cows, and other Cattle, 
and sundry Utensils of Husbandry necessary for a Farm. 
The Place is remarkably good for raising of Hogs, and 
Stock of all Kinds, which, by Reason of its being so near 
to New Brunswick, makes it the more valuable, the 
highest ready Money Price in the Province being gener- 
ally given at that Place for Stock, and all Manner of 
Country Produce, which may be transported either by 
Land or Water. For the Terms, and further Particu- 
lars, apply to Messieurs Lewis Morris, jun. at Flat Bush, 
on Long Island, Anthony White at New Brunswick, 
and Thomas Lawrence, in Philadelphia. — The Pennsyl- 
vania Gazette^ No. 1^6?)^ Jaiiiiary 11, 1759- 

To be Sold 

A Plantation, situate in the lower Precinct of the 
County of Cape May, near Cool-spring, containing 284 
Acres of Land and ^larsh, well timbered and watered, 
80 Acres of which improved. There is a frame House 
and Orchard on the Premises. It is a very kind Soil for 
Grain or Grass, and there is a good Stream for a Mill 
adjoining. The Title is indisputable. The Terms of 
Sale may be known by applying to the Subscriber, liv- 
ing about ten Miles from said Place. 

Amos Johnson. 

To be Sold or Lett 

A Plantation, pleasantly situated on the River Dela- 
ware, in the Township of Deptford, and County of Glou- 



3l8 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [^7S9 

cester, in the Province of New Jersey, al)out eight Miles 
below the City of Philadelphia (Part of the real Estate 
of James Talman. deceased) containing 140 Acres, 100 
Acres of which good banked Meddow. There is on the 
said Plantation a good new Brick Dwelling-house, two 
Stories high, and a Stone Cellar under it. Adjoining to 
the said Plouse is a convenient wooden House and 
Kitchen, also a young Orchard, large Barn and Stables, 
with several other Out-houses &c. For Terms, apply 
to Kezia Talman, on the Premises, or Joseph Talman, in 
Burlington County, Executors of the last Will and Tes- 
tament of said James Talman, deceased. — 77u- Pennsyl- 
vania Gazette, No. \^6g, Jannary 18, 1759. 

To be sold by publick Vendue, on the second Tuesday 
in April next, or before by private Sale, 

B Plantation containing 200 Acres of very good 
Land, 100 Acres whereof is cleared and in 
good Fence, together with an Improvement 
of 80 Acres, adjoining said Plantation; the 
^vhole well timbered and watered; whereon is a quan- 
tity of good Meadow, and much more may be made with 
little Expence; there is a good Dwelling-house and a 
large new Dutch Barn, shingled with Cedar; two good 
Orchards on the Premises. The whole lying in Baskin- 
ridge, in the Count}- of Somerset, East-New-Jersey; an 
indisputal)le Title will be given for the same by the Sub- 
scriber, li\ing on the Premises. 

Robert Gilmore. 

— 77/c' Ne7i' York Mercury^ January 15, 1759- 

A' czu- York, January 2g. The Drawing of the Bed- 
minster Lottery is postponed till the Beginning of 
.\pril next. A few of the Tickets are yet to be sold by 



1759] newspyVpek extracts. 319 

the Printer hereof. Likewise some of the Philadelphia 
and Brunswick Lottery Tickets. 

Perth Amboy, January 15, 1759. 

By his Excellency Francis Bernard, Esq: 

Governor and Commander in Chief of the Province of 
New Jersey. 

Orders, 
For the more easy securing deserters from the New Jer- 
sey regiment, and to encourage them to surrender. 

Every deserter who shall appear before a justice of 
peace, and enter into a bond, with two good surities, in 
the penal sum of forty pounds, for his appearance at 
such time and place as the governor, or any person or 
persons commissioned by him, shall direct and appoint, 
or who shall deposit into the hands of such justice 
twelve pounds, and shall enter into his single ])ond, in 
the penal sum of twenty pounds, for such appearance, 
shall be free from imprisonment until such time of ap- 
pearance; of which notice will l)e given. 

This indulgence is to last no longer than to the hrst 
day of March next ; after which, such deserters as shall 
be apprehended, are to be committed to goal, there to 
remain till delivered by law. 

The sheriff of each county, is to take into his custody, 
all the arms of such deserters that have been or shall be 
recovered, and send them to colonel John Johnston, 
at Perth- Amboy, at or before the first day of March 
next. 

Whereas by the act of parliament for punishing 
mutiny and desertion (which, by a special clause, is ex- 
tended to the proA'incial troops in America) it is enact- 
ed, "That if any person shall harbour, conceal, or assist 



320 NEW JKKSKV COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l759 

any deserter, or shall detain, buy, or exchange any 
arms, &:c. from an}' soldier or deserter, the person so of- 
fending, being convicted upon oath, before a justice of 
the peace, shall forfeit for every such olTence, five 
pounds sterling; to be levied by warrant of such justice, 
by distress and sale of the offenders goods; or for want 
of sut^cient goods, shall be committed to the common 
goal for three months." The justices of the peace, and 
all civil magistrates and officers, are hereby required to 
put the said law in execution against all such oiTenders. 
All magistrates and otificers, civil and military, be- 
longing to the said province, are required to use their 
utmost diligence to apprehend and secure such desert- 
ers, and to make a return of what they shall have done 
therein to the governor, at or before the first day of 
March next. 

By his excellency's command. 

Charles Read. 

To the Inhabitants of Pexxsvlvaxta. 

In i\\Q rciiiisy/vaiiia JoiD-iiai oi Xovc nib c r '^oih, and in 
that of,A?//;/r?ri'25th. an indiscriminate charge is brought 
against lotteries, as in their own nature irreligious, and 

ruinous to society in their consequences It 

would be endless for me to mention, many lotteries car- 
ried on by the Trustees of the College of New Jersey^ the 
governments of Xeiv York and Coiiiieetieiit^ and almost 
every other on the continent. Yet all these this writer 
brings under the general imputation of being the ene- 
mys of Religion and of the Poor, the abettors and pat- 
rons of the most contagious and dangerous vice. 

Is the use of lots forbidden b)' God in scripture? 
Bv no means; he ordered his chosen tribes to use them 
in the dixision of their inheritance. Are thev contrary 



1/59] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 32 1 

to the christian revelation? So far from it, that \vc 

know they were used by the apostles themselves, 

. . — The Pennsylvania Journal^ No. 843, February 

I. 1759- 

To be Sold by the Subseriber, 

A Lot of Land, part whereof being clear, sitnated 
and lying in Windsor Township, in Middlesex County, 
within Three Quarters of a Mile of New Jersey College 
in Prince-town, along the Post Road leading to Tren- 
ton, and adjoining the Plantation of John Clarke, con- 
taining 20 Acres, with a good Spring rising in the Mid- 
dle, and running thro' Part of the said Lot. Also an- 
other Lot of Swamp and Meadow, lying near the afore- 
said Upland, containing seven Acres. Whoever inclines 
to purchase the Whole or Part, may apply to John 
Clarke, near the Premises, who will inform the Condi- 
tions of Sale, or to 

Benjamin Olden. 

N. B. The above Lots are suitable for any Trades- 
man, Tanner, Brewer or Distiller 

Philadelphia, February i, 1759. 

7o be sold by the Subseriber, tzoo Traets of Land in the 
Proi'inee of IVest-Nezu-Jersey^ viz, 

One Tract, containing 156 Acres, situate in Glouces- 
ter County, to the Eastward of Scotland Road, adjoin- 
ing to a Tract of Land belonging to Robert Strettell. 
The other Tract, containing 625 Acres, situate in Llard- 
wick Township, Morris County, adjoining to Lands of 
the Proprietaries of Pennsylvania, and Clark Rodman; 
about 140 Acres of the said Tract is cleared, of which 
a considerable Part is good A'leadow, and more may be 



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322 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l759 

made. For Terms of Sale, enquire of Edward Pening- 
ton, in Philadelphia. If the Tenants on the last men- 
tioned Tract are inclinable to purchase, they are desired 
to apply within four Weeks from the Date hereof. 

To be Soi-D, 

A Plantation^ Lvi'^c^ ^"i l\(iniokns Creek, in Burlington 
County^ West Jersey, betwixt the .Wa- Ferry, and the 
Month of the said Creek,, eontaining 400 ^leres,, 80 Aeres 
zvhereof being banked J/eado7i', l\xrt improved^ and Part 
toelear. The said Plantation hath on it a good Dzvelling- 
honse, Kitehen and Draio well, Orehard^ and eleared 
Upland for a Settlement, abont 50 Aeres, A )iy Person 
inelining to pnrehase the same, may see the Land, and 
Convenie)iees, and knoio the Terms and Title, by applying 
to MattJu'zv Allen, living on the Premises. 

To be sold, by Way of i)ul)lick \>ndue, on the 20t!'. 
of February next, the Plantation late the Property 01 
Daniel Morgan, deceased, situated in the Townshi]) of 
Chester, in the County of Burlington, containing uo 
Acres of good Land, with a good Dwelling house and 
Kitchen, a good Draw well, a good Barn, Stables and 
Out-houses, a large bearing Orchard, about 15 or 20 
Acres of Meadow. The Vendue to be held on the Prem- 
ises, and to begin at 2 o'Clock in the Afternoon of the 
same Day. Any Person inclined to purch.ase, may l)e in- 
formed of the Title and Terms of Sale, by applying to 
the Subscribers, near the said Plantation. 

Francis Collins, Joseph Morgan, Executors. 

— The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1571, Febrnary i, 
1759- 



1759] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 323 

TO be sold, Two Lots of Land, in the South- 
ward of the City of Perth-Aniboy, lately be- 
longing to William Cheasman, Junior, de- 
ceased: One of the Lots contains an Acre, 
on which is a framed House, a Story and a Half high, 
30 by 20 Feet; the other contains ten Acres, with a 
framed House thereon, 26 by 24 Feet, two Story high, 
two Rooms on the Lower, and three on the upper Floor, 
with a Cellar under it, and a Kitchen at the End thereof, 
24 by 18 Feet; also a Barn, Cooper's Shop, Bake-House 
and Oven, a small Orchard and two Acres of English 
Meadow; also a Tract of i6o Acres, 40 of which are 
cleared and in Fence, 20 in improved Meadow, and the 
Remainder Wood-Land. The Whole lies within two 
Miles of South-River Landing, and near a Grist-Mill, 
convenient for the Baking Business, which has been car- 
ried on there for some Time. A young Negro Man that 
understands the Cooper's Business, and a Woman his 
Wife, also to be sold. Enquire near the Premises, of, 

Andrew Smith, Executor. 

T(3 be sold, two good plantations, in upper 
Freehold, East-New-Jersey, adjoining the 
grist mills, on Crosswicks Creek, four miles 
from Crosswicks meeting-house, six miles to 
the nearest landing for Philadelphia market: one con- 
taining 360 acres, well watered and timbered; about 200 
acres cleared and ui good fence, tit for the plough, 30 
acres of choice meadow, a young orchard of 230 apple 
trees, a new two story house, and large barn thereon. 
The other farm about 200 acres, most part clear and in 
good fence, 30 of which is good meadow, lies two thirds 
encompassed by a mill-pond, which is a continual fence; 
hath 150 apple trees of choice fruit, with a dwelling- 



324 NEW IERSi;V (.OI.OMAI, DOCUMENTS, [1/59 

house and l)ani almost new : \\ lioc\or inclines ti) buy, 
may l>c shown ihe farms l)y Isaac Kogers. in .Mien's 
Town, near the premises, and ag^ree on the terms, by ap- 
pKiuL; t(^ Samuel l\o<;ers. in Xe\\-^^)rk. near the {'Ex- 
change, who will gixe a good title for the same.— 77/(' 
Au'ii' I'cvX" Mirciirv, b'cbniary 5, 1759. 

To the Iiiliabitixiits ('/Pennsylvania. 

The Bread of Peeeit is szoeet to a iitaiu but afterioards 
his iiiouth shall be filled loith gravel. Prov. 20. 17. 
Mv dear CoKiitrviiieii, 

Mo\ed by a disinterested regard for your welfare and 
the g\>od o\ my country. 1 ha\e endea\dm"'d to show- 
from reason aiul experience, in two former pieces on lot- 
teries their peniiciotts tendency and effects to the com- 
munity. ]\Iy design was to point ottt the ileformit} of 
a \ ice, which if not stop'd in its prcygress, will ruin tiie 
credit of the province, weaken its power of defence, autl 
involve you in inexpressible miseries, in ho]K^ therein' to 
engage _\-ou to suppress it. without the least intentiiMi of 
raising the y^r.o/t'// of au)- person. Ihu in this 1 fmd 1 aui 
disappointed. An angry opponent, who seems toitehed 
to the Qiiick\ has enter'd the list and joined "issue with" 
me 

The example drawn from the practice of "AVa'- Kc>r/', 
Coiiueetieut and the trustees of the College of Ncio-Jer- 
^ri'," are no proof that Lotteries are Justifiable. What 
the legislattire of the two former have clone to interdict 
them, 1 have not en(|uired; but the latter have declared, 
they are rtiinous "to the credit of the colony, a hindrance 
"to trade and industrw a great temjitation to iilleness 
"and inunorality. and conseciuently against the connnon 
"good, welfare and peace of his majesty's government." 
To remedy which they have imposed a penalty of £500 



1759] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 325 

on persons scttini;- np lotteries within their province and 
£100 on every l)nyer or seller of a ticket. And to elude 
this salutary law it is well known, the manag-ers of sev- 
eral lotteries have drawm them out of the province on 
Biles-Island. But this is another instance of our authors 
knowledge in logic. Will examples alone, and especi- 
ally examples against law, prove the virtue, legality or 
morality of any act. If so, theft, adultery and even mur- 
der itself may be justified 

Pennsylvanicus. 

— The Pennsylvania Jonrnal, N'o. 844, February 8, 
1759- 

By His Exceei.ency 

Francis Bernard, Esf^; 

Captain General, and Governor in Chief of the Province 
of iNova-Caesarea, or New Jersey, and Territories there- 
on depending in America, Chancellor and Vice-Admiral 
in the same &c. 

A Proclamation. 

Whereas at a Treaty held at Kaston, in Peiuisylvania, 
in October last. Peace was concluded ami ratified be- 
tween the Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, and 
the Governor of New Jersey, on the Behalf of their re- 
spective Provinces, and the rest of Tlis Majesty's Sub- 
jects in America, of the one Part, and the Eight Confed- 
erate Indian Nations, and the Indians called the Dela- 
wares, the Cnamies, the Minisinks, the Wapings, and 
the Mohiccons, of the other Part; which Peace hath 
since, by the Intervention of Brigadier General Forbes, 
been acceded to, ratified and confirmed by the several 
Nations f)f Indians, lix-ing on the Ohio: Now I do, by 
and with the Advice of His Majesty's Council, hereby 



326 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l759 

proclaim, |nil)Hsh and notih' the said Conclusion of 
Peace unto all His Majesty's Subjects within this Prov- 
ince, strictly commanding" and requiring them, and 
every of them, henceforth to treat the said Indians as 
Friends and Brethren, and carefully to avoid all Causes 
of Strife and Contention with thcni. And all Magis- 
trates and Officers, Civil and Military, are hereby re- 
quired to take Care that the Terms of the said Peace 
be duly observed and kept, and that all Persons within 
this Province, who shall infringe the same, be brought 
to Justice. 

Given iDidcr my Hand a}id Seal at Aj-jiis^ at the City 
of Pert Ji Avilwy, on the Fifteenth Day of January^ in the 
Thirty-seeond Year of His Majesty'' s Reigti. 

Francis Bernard. 
By His Exeelleney'' s Command, 

Charles Read, Secretary. 

God save the King. 

Mr. John William Hals, Minister of the Gospel at 
the Noi'tJi BraneJi^ in Rariton^^ offers his Service to all 
Gentlemen of Learning, to teach them Latin ^ Greek, 
Hebreio Tiwd Arabie/,\ in a plain and easy Manner. Also 
all Sorts of other Sciences, as Logic, ULit/iematies, Phil- 
osophy, Philology, Antiquities of Greek and Hebre^u His- 
tory, and Theology. He will begin with the Month of 
May., in Reading Town, at the House of Mr. Daniel 
Sieleing, in a fine and pleasant Country, at reasonable 
Rates. — The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1752, February 
8, 1759. 

Whereas the trustees on behalf of the creditors of 
Robert Smith have made sale of that part of his esiate 



1 Pastor of the German Reformed church at Amwell. See p. 359. 



1759] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 327 

which he held by virtue of the will of his brother Benja- 
min Smith, late of Hunterdon county, in West-Jersey, 
deceased, and as the money arising from the sale thereof 
is intended to discharge the debts due from the estate 
of the said Benjamin Smith, these are to desire all per- 
sons that have any demands against the said estate to 
send in their accounts to William Smith and Seaman 
Rodman. 

By Order of Brigadier General 

JOHN FORBES 

Colonel of the 17111 Regiment of Foot, and Connnander 

of Flis Majesty's Forces in the Southern 

Prox'inces. 

All Persons who ha\e any Demands for the hire of 
\Vaggons or for transporting Provisions and Stores, 
(during the last Campaign) to the Westward, are de- 
sired to make up their .\ccompts from the 1'ime they 
were entered into the Ser\'ice. to the Day of their Dis- 
charge, and deliver them to the Waggon Masters of 
their respective Brigades, that they may be inspected 
and adjusted; after which Public Notice will be given of 
the 1'ime and Place of Payment. 

Given at Philadelphia, the 30th Day of January, 

T759- 

Joseph Shippen, 

Brigade Major. 

— The Pc}insylva)iia Journal^ No. 845, February 15, 
1759- 

To be Sold by the Subscriber^ 
A Plantation or Tract of Land, lying in the Jerseys, 
within four Adiles of Philadelphia, containing 230 Acres, 
of which 100 Acres are cleared, with 30 Acres of good 



328 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l759 

mowable Meadow, and more may be made, with a good 
Dwelling house, Barn and Orchard; the said Plantation 
is very convenient for the Market, either by Land or 
Water, lying upon a navigable Creek, called Newtown 
Creek. Any Person inclining" to purchase, may apply 
to the Subscriber, living on Society-hill, Philadelphia, 
and know the Conditions of Sale. 

William Harry. 

This is to notify whom it may concern, That I the 
Subscriber do intend to apply to the next general Ses- 
sions of the Assembly, to be held at the City of Perth 
Ambov, in and for the Province of New-Jersey, in order 
to obtain an Act for the Erecting a Bank or Dam across 
the Mouth of Malago Run, situated in the Township of 
Mansfield, in Burlington County; which Dam is intend- 
ed to prevent the Tides from overflowing my Meadows 
on said Creek or Run. If any Person or Persons have 
any Objections to make against my obtaining the above 
mentioned Act, they are desired to appear as above. 

John Lawrence. 

Burlington, Feb. 6, 1759. 

— The Poinsyhaiiia Gazette, No. 1573. February 
15, 1759- 

IIEREAS we the subscribers, trustees, on 
l)ehalf of the creditors of Robert Smith, have 
made sale of that part of his estate, which 
he held by virtue of the will of his brother 
Benjamin Smith, late of Hunterdon, in West-Jersey, de- 
ceas'd; and as the money arising from the sale thereof, 
when collected, is intended to discharge the debts of 
the said Benjamin, which remain unpaid: These are to 
desire all persons that have any bonds, or other de- 
mands against the said estate of Benjamin Smith, to 




1759] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 329 

bring- or send in, an acconnt of the same to the subscrib- 
ers, at Burhngton, that they may the l^etter know how 
to proceed. 

Edward Penington. 
James Whorton, 
WilHam Smith, 
Scamon Rodman. 
Burhngton, Jan. 17, 1759. 

— The Nciv York Mercury. February 19, 1759. 

Burlington, February \\tJi. 1759- 
Thirtein POUNDS Reiuarei. 

Broke out of the Goal of this City, the tJiree folloiving 
Persons, via. One of them on the lyth of Deeeniber last, 
named George Willard, by Trade a Blaeksniith. . / And 
the other loho made his Fseape the 16/// Instant, is a Ne- 
gro Man named Be)i, belongijig to Samuel Smit/i, Fsq ; 
about 21 or 22 Years of Age, well made and is about 5 
Feet 7 Inehes high, has lost his upper fore Teeth, and 
Lisps in his Speech. Had on an old light coloured broad- 
c loath Coat and Breeches, and Snuff Coloured Jacket. 
WJioever takes up and secures the said Offenders so that 
they be had agaiti and brings loord to the Subscriber at 
Burlington shall have for the first named , Five Pounds, 
for the second Three Pounds, and for the Negroe Five 
Pounds reward, and all reasonable Charges paid by 

Joseph Imlay, Sheriff. 

N'. B. — TJie Negroe calls himself Ben Johnson. All 
Masters of Vessels are forbid carrying them off at their 
Peril. 

Burhngton, Fel^ruary 14, 175Q. 
Whereas one John Andrews, is now confined in the 
goal of the County of Burlington, on suspicion of his 



1 See page 312, ante. 



330 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l759 

1)eing- a servant to one William Hay, at Christian Ferry 
in the County of New-Castle, in pursuance of an adver- 
tisement by him the said Hay, published, this is there- 
fore to notify to all whom it may concern that if no per 
son appears to prove him the said Andrews a servant, 
in one Month after the date here-of, he will be dis- 
charged on paying- fees, agreeable to an order made the 
last sessions at Burlington for that purpose. 

Joseph Imlay, Sheriff. 

Deserted at Salem in the Jerseys, the i8th Instant, 
from Capt. Comberbach's recruiting party of the third 
battalion of Royal Americans, David Randel, five feet 
ten inches high twenty five years of age, black hair, and 
brown eye brows, by trade a cooper, and ijorn at Bur- 
lington, and wanted to get on board a vessel, he had on 
when he went ofi^, a blue coat, wdiite linen breeches, and 
a smart cockt hat. 

Whoever secures the said deserter and brings him to 
the said Capt. Comberbach at Mrs. Grants in Philadel- 
phia, shall receive forty shillings reward and all reason- 
able charges. — The Potiisj/vaiiia Jonriial, iV<^ 846, Feb- 
ruary 22, 1759. 

PlllLADELrillA, February, 22. 

We hear that circular Letters are issued for summon- 
ing the General Assembly of New-Jersey to meet at Am- 
boy, on Tuesday, the Sixth of March next. — The Pciiii- 
syivania Garjette., A'o. 1574, February 22, 1759. 

This Day is publisJied^^ to be continueii Mont lily ^ The 
New American Magazine, No. XHL For the Month 
of January, 1759. This Number contains, 1. Capt. 
Henr\- Hudson's \^ovage to North America; his Dis- 



1/59] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 33 1 

covery of New York and New Jersey, and his unfortu- 
nate End — Tlic Pennsylvania Gazette^ No. 

i^y 4., February 22. 1759- 

/>> His Excellency 

General Amherst 

Commander in C/iief of His Majesty's Forces in 
North America, &c. 

Whereas a Number of Battoe jNIen will be wanted for 
His Majesty's Service the ensuing Campaign, I ha\e 
thought fit to publish the following Proposals for the 
Encouragement of such Persons as are inclined to enter 
into that Service, viz. That they be formed into Com- 
panies of 50 Men each, with a Captain, and one Lieuten- 
ant, the Captain Ten Shillings per day; the Lieutenant, 
Six Shillings per Day; and each private Man Three Shil- 
lings per Day, New York Currency, with Twenty Da} ^ 
Advance Pay, to be paid the loth of March next at Bos- 
ton, Rhode-Island, Harford, New York, Elizabeth- 
Town and Philadelphia; and to be found in Provisions, 
agreeable to the Practice of the Army. Every fit Mar. 
for a Captain, that raises 30 Men, shall have the Com- 
mission. Likewise every fit man for a Lieutenant, that 
raises 20 Men, shall have the Commission And ever} 
Man, is to l)e well clothed, and be furnished with a good 
Firelock, Powder Horn, Shot Bag, and Cover for the 
Lock of his Gun, with three Pound of Ball fit for his 
Gun. and a good Blanket. The whole to be at Albany 
the 20th of March next, without Fail, there to be re- 
viewed by proper Officers; and none will be accepted in 
this Service, but young, strong active Men, accustomed 
to Plardships, and the Use of a Gun; and to remain in 
the Service during the Campaign, and no longer. All 



332 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l759 

persons who intend to engage in the above Service as 
Captains, are to send their Names and Places of Al)ode 
to Colonel Bradstreet, at Albany, as soon as possible. 

Jeff. Amherst. 
N^czi'-Yoj-k. January 29, 1759. 

— TJic Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1575, JSIareh i, 

1759- 

Nciv-York, February 26. Cnstom-House, New-York 
Outward Entries. Snow Bartholomew, Andrew Etton- 
wel Is. for New- Jersey. — Tlie Neiv York Afereury, Feb- 
ruary 26, 1759. 

New- York, February 26. 

Fridav last Ca]:)tain Tillot arrived here in a Ship, in 
12 Weeks from Bristol, but has brought no News. A 
few Days before he came into the Hook, Captain White, 
of the Ship Amazon, of Bristol, and Capt. Bowes, of the 
Brig Margaret of Philadelphia, were put on board him 
by a Vessel from St. Augustine, where they had got a 
Passage from the Havanah, being both taken and car- 
ried in there the first of January last (having sailed from 
Jamaica 17 Days before) by a French Frigate from St. 
Domingo, for Bordeaux, who had three large Sugar 
Ships imder her Convoy. — The Pen)isylvania Gazette^ No. 
1575, MareJi I, T759. 

Fa Fit I'itueni specie ]^ertutis et Umbra. 
In English. 

Vice imposes on tJie l^ubFc under the pretext and mask of 

J^irtue. 
My dear Countrymen. 

Upon perusal of my opponents last performance in 
support of lotteries, I at first determined not to be led 
out of my way but to proceed in my principal design of 



1759] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 333 

discovering to the public, the partiality of the design 
and unlimited power confer'd by the charter of the ^^c- 

cadeiny on the trustees In support of these 

assertions I give the solemn declaration of the British 
parliament, by which it appeared that all lotteries were 
in their opinion imjiis/, fraudulent and coiiiinon nuisances 
the same were the sentiments of the legislature of Neiv- 

Jersey and this province 

Pennsylvanicus. 

— 77?^' Peniisylvania Journal^ No. 847, Mareh i, 

1759. 

Trenton, Feb. 28, 1759. 
To prevent imposition, I give this publick notice to 
all persons who may incline to purchase the house that 
was James Rutherfords,^ which the said Rutherford pur- 
chased of doctor Thomas Cadwalader, situate in Queen 
Street,* Trenton, that I claim title to the said house and 
premises thereunto belonging by vertue of a purchase 
made the 29th of December, 1758, and intend to file my 
bill in chancery for the same, immediately. 

Samuel Tucker, junr. 

— The Pennsyk'ania Journal^ No. 847, Mareh i, 

1759- 

TO be sold, at publick Vendue, by the Execu- 
tors of Joshua Warne, deceased, on the 20th 
Day of March Instant, and to begin at one 
o'clock, in the Forenoon, on the Premises, 
one good new Fulling-mill, together with all suitable 
Appurtenances, and with 20 Acres of good Land, and 
a good Dwelling-House, situate upon one of the Head 

iThis property was advertised for sale by Samuel Tucker, in May, 
1764, as "late the property and now in possession of Robert Rutherford." 
For a notice of this tavern and of Robert Rutherford's strange career, 
see p. 168, ante. 

Si Now Broad street. 



334 ^'KW JERSEY COI.ONIAI. DOCUMENTS. [l/SQ 

Branches of Metawan-C'rcck. in the South- Ward of the 
City of Perth-Anihoy. in Xew-Jersey, a1)out seven Miles 
South of Aniboy Ferry, and many ?^liles [distance from 
otiier FuHing-Mills. The Conditions to be reasonal)le. 
and to be known at the Day of Sale, by Elizabeth 
Warne, Executrix, and Thomas and Joshua Warne, Ex- 
ecutors. 

On the first Day of May next, will be sold at pul)hc 
WmkIuc, at the Cit}' of New-Brunswick, in the Pro\ince 
of New^-Jersey, 

A Certain Tract of Land now in the Tenure and 
( )ccupation of Peter Sparling, containing 
between hve and six Hundred Acres, mostly 
good Wood Land, lying and being in the 
County of Middlesex and Province of New-Jersey, 
aforesaid, on George's Road, about five Miles from New- 
l)runs\\ick, at a Place commonly known l)y the Name 
of Oswego; the Lands are esteemed good. An indis- 
putable Title will be given by the Representatives of 
Jasper Farmer, deceased. 

N. B. Any Person inclining to purchase at private 
Sale, may apply to Maria Farmer, at her House in Han- 
over Square, New- York. — ThcNcic York Mercury , Ma t-ch 
5, 1759- 

Arri\'ALS. At St. Christophers. Schooner Dolphin, 
Carman, from Perth Amboy. — The Poinsylvaiiia Gazette^ 
No. 1576, March 8, 1759. 

New York, ^vLarch 5. His ^lajesty's Ship Nightingale, 
bound hence to South Carolina, in going down to the 
Hook, struck on the Middle Ground, and received so 
much Damage in her Stern Post, as obliged her to come 
up on Tuesday last to refit. 



1759] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 335 

New-York, March 12. 

On Friday, the scccvid Instatit^ the Goural Assembly 
of the Provinee of Neiv Jersey eame to the foILnuiiig Reso- 
lutions. 

Resok'eei^ Tliat One Thousand }[en be raised, to aet in 
Conjunetion ivith His Majesty'' s Regular Forees, the ensu- 
ing Campaign : And that the said Number of Men shall 
consist of Volunteers only. 

Resolved, That for an Encouragement to the said 
V^ohmteers to enter into the said service, there be al- 
lowed a bounty of £12 to each. 

By His Excellency. General Amherst etc, etc. 

Whereas a Number of Battoe Men will be wanted 
1 

N. B. As 1 am informed that the Number of Battoe- 
men, that will be wanted for executing the Service which 
is intended, cannot be assembled at Albany by the Time 
prescrilied in the above Advertisement; I do hereby 
think tit to declare, that the Twenty Days Advance 
Money shall be paid on the 20th of March, instead of the 
loth; and that the Officers, and Men, are to be at Al- 
bany on the 30th of this Instant, instead of the 20th. 

Jeff. Amherst. 

New-York, March 3, 1759. 

— The Peiuisylvania Gazette., No. lS77-> ^Ii^ri-'h 15, 
1759- 

Custom House, Philadelphia., Inward Entries. 
Sloop Salisbury, Benjamin Batchelor, from Salem. 

To be sold by John Jenkins, in Philadelphia, a Lot of 
Ground, lying in Trenton, most pleasantly situated on 
the East Side of the main Street, leading to New York, 

iSame as on p. 331, ante. 



336 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l759 

being in Front, on the said Street, 512 Feet, which may 
be divided into ten good Lots for building on, upwards 
of 50 Feet each Front on said Street, and 166 Feet in 
Depth; together with the back Land, adjoining the 
Rear of said Lots, and fronting on a Road of a Pearch 
wide; whereon is a thriving young Orchard, ah of the 
best grafted Fruit Trees, and may also be divided into 
Lots, being 700 Feet Front on the said Road, the whole 
containing about five Acres. Any Person inclining to 
purchase the Premises, by applying to Moore Furman, 
Esq; living in Trenton aforesaid, or to the Subscriber, 
may know the Terms of Sale. 

John Jenkins. 

— The Pcnnsyhania Gazette, No. 1578, I^Iareh 22, 

1579- 

Custom-House, Philadelphia. Entered In. Sloop 
Little John, John Friend from Piscataway Schooner 
Resolution, Thomas Simpson from Piscataway. 

Outwards. Schooner Resolution, Thomas Simpson 
for Piscataway. — The Pennsylvania Journal., No. 850, 
March 22, 1759. 

Neiu-York., Mareh 19. On the 15th, His Excellency 
Governor Bernard, gave his Assent to a Bill, entitled, 
An Act, for raising One Thousand Volunteers, Officers 
included, for His Majesty's Service, the ensuing Cam- 
paign, &c. 

By His Excellency Francis Bernard, Esq; Captain 
General and Governor in Chief of the Province of Nova- 
Caesarea, or New-Jersey, and Territories thereon de- 
pending in America, Chancellor and Vice-Admiral in 
the same, &c. 



1 759 1 NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 337 

A Proclamation. 

IT haviiii;- pleased Almighty God, to assist our 
efforts, in Defenee of our Religion and Lib- 
ert}', against the eommon Enemies of both, 
and, with a visible Hand, to support the just 
Cause of His Majesty's Arms, notwithstanding our Un- 
worthiness: It is our Duty not only to return our sin- 
cere Thanks for these unmerited Favours, but also to 
pray for His Grace, that we may be enabled, in some De- 
gree, to commend ourselves to the further Care of his 
Divine Providence. Wherefore, I Have thought it 
proper to appoint; and I Do, by and with the Advice of 
His Majesty's Council, appoint Friday the Thirtieth 
Day of this Instant ]\Iarch, to be a Day of Fasting and 
Humiliation; whereon all Ministers of the Gospel with- 
in this Province, with their several Congregations, shall 
prostrate themselves before the Throne of the Divine 
Mere}'; humbl}' imploring Forgiveness for our manifold 
Sins, and earnestly beseech Almighty GOD, to continue 
his gracious Aid and Assistance to us, who, without 
Him, are but weak Mortals, until the Work of oiu" De- 
liverance shall be finished. And I do further command 
and enjoin all civil Magistrates and Officers, to take Or- 
der that the said Day be duly observed, as a Day set 
apart for the Service of God ; and that no servile Labour 
be performed by any Person on the same. 

Given under my Hand and Seal at Arms, at the City 
of Perth -Ambov, the Ninth Day of March, in the 
Thirty-second Year of his Majesty's Reign. 

F. liERNARD. 

By His Excellency's Command, 
Charles Read, Secry. 

God Save the KiNG. 
— The Ncio York Mercury, March 26, 1759. 



338 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l759 

Custom-House, Philadelphia, Outwards. Schooner 
Poenix, William Pearne for Piscataway. 

Cleared. Sloop Little John, John Friend to Piscata- 
way. 

Trenton, March zy, i759- 
The Lihrary Company of Trenton, meets at the house 
of William Yard in I'renton, on Monday the ninth day 
of April next at twelve o'clock, to choose their Direc- 
tors and Treasurer, and to make their ninth annual pay- 
ment. 

Moore Furman, Secretary. 

— TJic PciDisylvania JoiiDial^ No. 851, MarcJi 29, 
1759- 

To be Sold or Lett 

A Lot of Ground, containing near 50 Acres of Land, 
in Cole's Town, situated in Waterford Township, Glou- 
cester County, in West-New-Jersey, 5 Acres whereof is 
good Meadow, and more may be made, with a constant 
Stream of Water running through it, 15 or 20 Acres of 
Wood-land, 5 Acres Orchard, with upwards of 250 Ap- 
ple Trees, mostly grafted, with a choice Sort of Fruit, 
besides a Number of other Fruit Trees; the greatest 
Part within good Post and Cedar Rail Fence. There is 
on it a good new House, two Stories high, with a good 
Cellar under the whole; also a large Barn, Hay House, 
Horse Stable, and Cow Houses, and a good Cyder Press. 
Any Person inclining to purchase or rent the same, may 
apply to Ann 1\Tnilinson, or Samuel Burroughs, living- 
near the Premises. 

To be Sold 

A House antl Lot, in the Town of Greenwich, m the 
County of Cumberland, West-Jersey. The House is of 




1759] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 339 

Brick, larj^e and well Imilt, two Stories high, with a large 
Kitchen, It is conveniently situated for a Store. Also 
sixteen .\cres of Woodland, and two Acres and a Half 
of Meadow, within three Quarters of a Mile of the same. 
For Title and Terms, apply to the Subscriher, in the 
Town of Salem. 

Grant Gibbon. 

— Ihc PouisylviDiia Gazette^ No. 15/9? March 2g.^ 

1759- 

iiEREAS Martha, the wife of David Ser- 
geant, of Morris-County, has elop'd from 
her bed and board, where he ordered her; 
these are to certify, that the said David Ser- 
geant, will pay no debts of her contracting after the date 
hereof, per me David Sergeant. 

N. B. And I do hereby forewarn all persons harbour- 
hig or trusting- the said Martha, as they may expect to 
answer for it in the law. — The Nczo York Mercury, April 
2, 1759- 

Custom-House, Philadel[)hia, Cleared. Schooner 
Phoenix, William Pearne to Piscataway. Schooner Res- 
olution, Thomas Simpson to Piscataway. — The Poinsyl- 
vania Journal., No. 852, April '^, 1759. 

New- York., April g. New-Brunswick Lottery Tickets 
to 1)0 sold by the I'rinter hereof, at 4 Dollars each. 

THE Drawing of Biles Island Lottery, for tin- 
ishing the Lutherian Church in Bedminster 
Town, and County of Somerset, East-New- 
Jersey, will punctually begin Drawing on 
Tuesday the First Day of May next, on Biles Island, in 
Delaware River, near Trentown; without any further 
delay: The Reason of putting it otT until that Time, is 



340 NEW JKRSEV COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1/59 

to ha\'e wanii \\ cat her for the Managers and Specta- 
tors. Ami ah Persons having- any Tickets to sell, and 
liave not sold them, are desired to return them bv the 
_'5th l)a\- of April, Inst, to one of the Managers, or else 
they must expect to pay for the Tickets delivered to 
them, so remaining in their Hands. The Tickets will be 
put in the Boxes on the First Day of May, when the 
Drawing does begin. A few (but very few) of the above 
Tickets are now selling; (at two Dollars each) at the 
rrinling-Clffice, in Hanover Square. — The Xci^' York 
Mcrcii)']'^ April g^ 1759- 

New-York, April 9, 1759. 
The Ship taken l)y Captain Rutgers, as mentioned in 
our last, came up the same Day [Monday last] from 
Sandy Hook: She is called the Citoyen, Mon. Donne- 
fort, I\[aster, from the Cape bountl to Rochell, and is 
about J50 l\)ns, was formerl\' a Privateer out of Bristol, 
und now carries 14 Cuns, and had on board when taken, 
40 Men, but fired only one Broadside before she struck. 

Custom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Schooner 
Dolphin, Samuel Briard from Piscataway. — TJie Pouisyl- 
vcDiia Journal^ No. 853, April 12, 1759. 

For the New Jersey Regiment, under the Conmiand of 
Colonel Peter Schuyler. 

To every able bodied Volunteer li'ill be ^iveii Twelve 
Pounds Proelaniatioti JSloney, and Clothes, a Blanket and 
other Au-eessaries, to the J'al/ie 0/ Kight Pounds more; 
ant/ they are to be inlisted only to the first Day of Novem- 
ber next ; so that the Bounty-money, Clothes and Pay., 
will amount in the ivhole to Five Pounds a Month ; that 
is^ Three Shillings and Fourpence a Day, besides Subsis- 




1/59] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 34 1 

tcucc. All Persons iv/io arc zvilling to serve their King 
(Hid Country upon this Occasion, arc to repair to some of 
the Officers, ivho have Warrants to rccritit for this Ser- 
vice at Sa/ein^ Glonccster^ Burlingto)i^ Bordentowiiy Tren- 
ton., &c.- — The Poinsylvania Gazette, No. i^'ii, April I2, 

'759- 

iiEREAS some Tickets in the Biles-Island 
Lottery, for the Benefit of the English 
Chnrch in the City of New-Brunswick, re- 
main unsold. The Managers have thought 
fit to postpone the Drawing until the fourth Day of 
June next. Tickets to be had, as usual, by the Mana- 
gers, and the Printer hereof. 

Just Published, 

And to be sold at the Bible and Crown, in Hanover- 
Square. 

Price, Nine Pence, 

The 

Religious Soldier, 

Or 

The Military Character of KiNG David, display'd and 

enforced, in a 

Sermon, 

Preaclied March 8, 1758, to the Regular Officers and 

Soldiers in Elizabeth-Town. 

By the Revd Mr. Abraham Keteltas, A. M. 

Dulce et Decorum est pro Patria Mori. HOR. 

— The Nezv York Mercury, April 16, 1759. 

Run away on the i8th of March, from John Cox; of 
Upper Freehold, in East-Jersey, near Allen's-Town, An 
Irish Servant Man, named William Burns, by Trade a 



342 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l759 

Shoemaker. al)oiit 45 Years of Age, about 5 Feet 6 
Inches high, wore when he went off liis own Indianisli 
long slim Hair, his Face much shaped like an Indian, a 
very impertinent talkative Fellow, very Tipt to get 
drunk, when he can come at Liquor, speaks good Eng- 
lish, and is acquainted with most places in America, es- 
pecially the Jerseys and Pennsylvania: Had on when he 
went away, a ])rown Coat, with large flat Metal Buttons, 
a coarse striped Jacket, with the Stripes across. Leather 
Breeches, Ozenbrigs Shirt, half worn Shoes, half worn 
Felt Hat, a Sort of blue grey Yarn Stockings. \\ ho- 
ever secures the said Servant so that his Master may 
have him again, shall have Forty Shillings Reward, and 
reasonable Charges, paid l)y 

John Cox. 

To be sold ])y the Sul)scribers, Executors of the last 
Will and Testament of Thomas Wallis, late of Chester, 
in the County of Burlington, the following described 
Tracts of Land, viz. One Tract containing 260 Acres, 
situated in Gloucester County, below a Place called the 
Blue iVnchor, joining on Daniel Morgan. Another con- 
taining 306 iVcres, in Burlington County, at a Place 
called Mulokee's River. jc:»ining on Land of Samuel 
Driver. Also 43 Acres of Meadow Ground, near the 
above 306 Acres. And 76 Acres of Upland, near said 
Mulokee's River. Also /T, Acres and an Half of Land, 
joining on Land of John Collings; and 47 Acres joining 
on Land of Thomas Venable, both in Eversham, Bur- 
lington County. Likewise ten Acres of Land, lying 
near the upper Ferry on Ancocus Creek, joining on 
Land of Hugh Hollingshcad, and William Ivins. And 
also a House and Lot in the City of Burlington, front- 
ing on Delaware River, late in the 1>nure and ()ccui')a- 
tion of Gabriel Blond. For Terms of Sale enquire of 



1759] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 343 

Hope Wallis, John Wallis, and Joshua Lippin- 
COTT, Executors. 

To be Sold 

A Plantation, situate on Newtown Creek, foiir 
Miles from Cooper's Ferry, containing 400 Acres, well 
inipro\'ed in Bniklings, Orcharding and Meadow, with 
a good Landing; there are 300 Acres of Wood Land, 
well timbered. Enquire of the Subscriber, living on the 
Premises. 

James Graisbury. 
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1582, April 19, 
1759- 

New-York, April 23. 
Next Da}' [\A'cdncsday last] arrived at Sandy-Hook, 
and are since come into Port, the following Transport 
Ships, Part of Admiral Holmes' Squadron likewise, viz. 
Ship Prince of Wales, George Potts, Master. Ship 
James and Henrietta. John Meeke, Master. Ship Three 
Sisters, Samuel Millener, Master. Ship Jane, John Gar- 
rit. Master. And Ship Hopewell, George Masterman, 
Master. None of the above Ships received any Damage 
worth Notice, in the Storm that separated the Fleet. 

Custom-House, Philadelphia. Entered \\\. Schooner 
Seaflower. J. Goodin from Piscataway. 

Cleared. Schooner Dolphin, S. Biaid to Piscataway. 
— TJie Pennsylvania Journal, Xo. 855, April 26, 1759. 

Pertli-Aniboy, Mareh 28. There is to be a Regiment 
of 1000 Men, (3fficers included, raised in this Province: 
Twelve Pounds Bounty Money to be given to each Vol- 
unteer; and they are to be compleatly and uniformly 
cloathed from Head to Foot; which Perquisites, to- 



344 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l/S'J 

gether with their Pay, at 33s. and 6d. a Month, 'tis com- 
puted will amount to £5 a Month to each Man, Procla- 
mation Money, to the first of Noveml)er next, when 
they are to be discharged, and to have a reasonable 
Time allowed them to return home. 

His Excellency our Governor hath appointed the 
following Gentlemen to command the said Regiment. 

Peter Schuyler, Esq; Colonel, wSamuel Hunt, Esq; 
Lieut. Col. William Douglas. Esq; Major. 

His Excellency hath also granted Warrants to raise 
Levies to the following Gentlemen, who are to have 
the Commissions set above their Names, if they return 
a proper Number of Volunteers, viz. 

Captains. John Rickey, ^ John Tcnbrook, \A'illiam 
M'Daniel, Amos Oden,~ Alexander Anderson, Silas 
Newcomb, Zephaniah Luse, Fr. Bernard, xA.djutant. 

Lieutenants. William Pew, George Coryell, Walter 
Vantile, Elias Dayton, Josiah Banks, Thomas Griffin, 
William Maxwell, William Falkner, Thomas Longfield. 

Ensigns. Jonathan Stout, Enoch ELunt, Daniel Cot, 
John Albertis, Gilman Freeman, William Shute, Jacob 
Bennet, Afichael Henderson.'' — TIic A'c-a' York JMcrcury^ 
April 10. 1759. 

New- York, April 30. 

His Majesty's Ship the X^ightingale, came down on 
Wednesday last from Turtle Bay, where she had been 
to repair the Damage she received in her stern Post 
the beginning of March last, when she struck on the 
Middle Ground in going down to the Hook. She now 
remains in the North River, with the Frigate. 



lErroneoiLsly printed "Riley." in N. J. Archives. TX., 1=!4, IRfi. 
2 Should be Ogden. See ibid., ISd. 

3 For biographical sketrhes of several of these officers, see N. J. Ar- 
chives, IX., 1S4-1SG. See also N. J. Hist. Soc. Proc. 2d Series, I., 90. 



1759] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 345 

Since our last Lord Blakeney's Regiment came to 
town from Burlington, in New- Jersey, where they kept 
their Winter Quarters, and are gone forward to Albany.' 

Custom-House, Philadelphia. Entered In. Sloop Ab- 
igal, Peter Groves from Salem. — The Pennsylvania Jonr- 
iial, iVo. 856, Afar 3, 1759- 

PhiladelpJiia, May 3. Captain Glover, from Boston, 
on Wednesday last, 15 Leagues to the Eastward of 
Cape May, saw about 50 Sail of Vessels, some of them 
\'erv large, supposed to l)e Admirrd Holmes's Fleet. — 
'Flic Pe)insylvauia Gazette, No. 1584, May 3, 1759. 

THIS is to give Notice, That there is to 1)C sold 
by the Sul)scribcr hereof, a good Plantation, 
situate, lying and l)cing on the Southerly- 
Side of Rariton River, in the County of Som- 
erset, and Province of East-New-Jersey; containing 
Two Hundred Acres of Land, or thereabouts, and about 
One Hundred and Twenty of the same cleared, and 
about Four or Five .Veres cleared for Mowing, the 
whole exceeding good Land, and more Meadow to be 
cleared, and has on the Premises a very good Dwelling 
House, Cellar, and a \'ery good Kitchen; with a good 
Dutch Barn; all the aforesaid Buildings being entirely 
new; a young Orchard, containing about One Hundred 
and Twenty Trees, grafted after the best Sort, and be- 
ginning to bear thriftily; a Garden well pal'd, a Black- 
smith's Shop, and a good Well. The aforesaid Premises 
are well timbered and water'd: Whoever has a mind to 

1 Tlie Twenty-.'^oventh (or Inniiskilling) Regimfnt of P'not was in 
America, 175S-17G7. 1: was commanded bv \^'illiam. L^ord Blakeney, 175S- 
1761. 



346 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l759 

purchase the said Premises may apply to the Subscriber 
hereof, who will give an indisputable Title for the same. 

Abraham Brokaw. 

— The Nczv York Mercury^ May y, i/SQ. 

New- York, May 7. 

Since our last, upwards of 40 Sail of Transports ar- 
rived from England, being those that came out with 
Commodore Holmes. The Commodore, in the Somer- 
set, with the Terrible, proceeded for Halifax, as soon 
as the above Vessels got safe into Sandy-Hook; and we 
hear, that, notwithstanding the Fleet was so often sep- 
arated by hard Gales of Wind, only three Vessels are 
missing, two of which are supposed to be taken, and the 
other was run down in the Night, but the Crew was 
taken up, and all put on board the Admirals Ship. 

Custom-House, Philadelphia, Cleared. Sloop Abi- 
gail. Peter Groves to Salem. 

Deserted from captain Barnard's company of the 
New-Jersey regiment, Peter Bennet five feet three 
inches high, aged about 22 years, a sailor; and had on a 
blue Jacket, \\dioever takes up the said deserter and 
brings him to capt. Barnard at Burlington, or delivers 
him to any ofiiccr belonging to the New-Jersey regi- 
ment, shall have eortv shillincs reward and reason- 
able charges. 

N. B. If said Bennet returns to his officer l:)y Tues- 
da\' he will be forgiven. 

New-York, May 7. 
Colonel Frassers Highlanders^ are now all embarked 



1 The Seventy-elg-hth Regiment of Foot, Simon Fraser, Lieutenant- 
Colonel, commandant, served in America 1758-1763. 



1759] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 347 

and most of the Vessels that have them on l)oarcl, as 
well as others with Artilery, &c. are fell clown to the 
Watering-Place, and some to the Hook; so that we 
have reason to helieve the whole Fleet will sail this 
Week; they are to be convoyed by the Diana, Lizard, 
Trent, and Seahorse Frigates; and the Nightingale and 
Scarl)orough, of twenty Guns each. — The Pcimsylvaiiia 
Journal, No. 857, May 10, 1759. 

Nc%v York, May 7. Some of the Transports ordered 
to carry the 47th Regiment to Flalifax, are arrived at 
Perth Amboy from Philadelphia; and they arc embark- 
ing or embarked for that Pnrpose. 

The Regiment lately Forl)es\s, embarked last Week 
from Elizabeth-Town Point, for Albany; And 

The Highland Regiment of Col. Montgomery are 
following as fast as possil)le, having passed throngh 
New-Brnnswick on Wednesday and Thursday last, in 
their Way to Elizabeth-Town-Point. ^ 

Deserted from the New-Jersey Regiment, John 
M'Dermont, about 5 Feet, 10 Inches high, has a sore 
Leg, and said he had a Wife in Chester County. Also 
Samuel West, al)Out 5 Feet 5 Inches high, of a dark 
Complexion, and lias black Eyes. He said he had a W^ife 
in Burks County. And William Watts about 5 Feet, 4 
Inches high, well set, and has l)een a Sailor. Whoever 
secures said Deserters, shall have Nine Pounds for the 
three, or Three Pounds for either, paid by 

William M'Lonald, Captain. 

1 The Forty-seventh Regiment of Foot, Col. Peregrine Lascelles, 
served in America 175S-1763. 

The Seventeenth Regiment of Foot was commanded by Colonel John 
Forbes, 175S-1759, and by Colomel Robert Monckton, 1760-1767, in America. 
Tlie former was commissioned Colonel, Feb. 25, 1757; the Hon. Robert 
Monckton was commissioned Colonel of this regiment Oct. 24, 1759. He 
subsequently (Feb. 20. 176]) became a Major General. 

The Seventy-seventh Regiiment of Foot served in America under 
Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant Archibald Montgomery, 175S-1763. 



348 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1/59 

RUN-away from the Subscril)cr, living- at 
Uonnd-Brook, Somerset County, and Prov- 
ince of New-Jersey, an A|)prentice Lad 
named Samuel M'Neal. well set, about 20 
Years of Age, and is somewhat pitted with the Small- 
Pox; is supposed to be in or about New^-York. Who- 
ever takes up and secures said Apprentice Lad, so that 
his Master may have him again, shall have Forty 
Shillinq-s Reward, and all reasonable Charges, jiaid by 

William Riddle. 
— T/ic A'i"i^> York i\[crcjtr)\ May 14. 1759. 

NeW-Y(^RK, May 14. 

The last Division of General Amherst's Army (Regu- 
lars) are expected to pass this City To-day for Albany; 
they embarked at Elizabeth-Town Point. — The Poui- 
sylvaiiia Gazette, N^o. 1586, May 17, 1759. 

New-York, May 14. 

Tuesday last, the following Transports, under Con- 
voy of his Majesty's Ship Nightingale, of 20 Guns, and 
the Trent Frigates with Colonel Frasier's Highland 
Regiment on l)oard, sailed, from Sandy-Hook, for ILal- 
ifax, viz. Prince of Wales, Adventure. Brotherly-Love, 
Fell, George, Hero, Hopewell, John and Jane, Ranger, 
Eden and Mary, Fortune's-Industry, Lyon, and Mary 
\'th. 

Sunday Morning fell down to Sandy-Hook, the Di- 
ana Frigate, and we believe immediately put to Sea with 
the following Ships under her Convoy for Louisbourg, 
viz. Fortitude. Laurell. Harwood, Blacket, Kitty, and 
the Antelope. 



1759] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 349 

Custom-House. I'hiladelpliia. luitcred In. Sloop 
Prosperous, Ednuind Wright from Fiscalaway. — The 
Pcnnsylva)iia Journal^ No. 858, May 17, 1759. 

Extract of a Letter from Capt. John Kite he, on board 
the l^rig Gran,, from Bristol for this Port dated 

off Cape Maj\ on Monday last. 
"This will ad\ise }'ou of my safe Arrival in \-oiir l^rig" 
(jrace. off Cape-JMay this Day at Nt)on. in Companv 
with the Snow Charmino- Rachell of Bourdeaux, Capt. 
John Tanays, late Commander (now Thomas Webbster) 
shall make all possible dispatch in getting to Town. I 
left Bristol on the 21st of March after being detained 
three Weeks by contrary Winds and last came out with 
a Westerly Wind, but moderate Weather." — Here fol- 
lows account of an encounter with a large Ship. — -"The 
day after I fell in with the English Fleet from South 
Carolina, who supplyed me with a Fish for the foremast, 
and several other necessaries. 1 then Proceeded on, 
and on the 12th of April, came up with the Snow and 
took her without making any Resistance, she is between 
two and three Hundred Tons, loaded with dry Goods, 
Wine, Brandy, hdour. Pork, and other Commodities for 
Ouebeck, maned with 23 Men and Boys, the Doctor of 
which have been of great service to the wounded Men, 
having no Doctor of my own, and some of their wounds 
very bad, but they are now all in a fair way of doing well. 

To Be Sold, 
' By Nicholas Gouverneur, 

RINGWOOI) refined and stamp'd Bar Iron, and 
Share Moulds. The Quality of which Iron 
being tough and hard, is very fit for Ship 
Building and County \\'ork, and is esteenvd 
equal to the best of Sweedish Iron. 1 



350 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l759 

Custom-Hoiise, Philadelphia, Entered In. Schooner 
Pitsbonrg-, Benjamin Haile from Piscataway. 

Ontwards. Schooner Pittsbonrg. Benjamin Haile 
for Piscataway. — The Pcii)isylva)iia Joiirtial, No. 859, 
May 24, 1759. 

New-Yokk, May 21. 

We have certain Advice from New Jersey, that the 
Regiment of that Province, nndcr the command of the 
worthy Col. Peter Schuyler, is fully compleated to 
1000 Men; and will he ready to embark immediately, 
to act in Conjunction with the rest of His Majesty's 
Forces, in the present C:in\\r<x\g\\.— The Pennsylvania Ga- 
zette^ No. 1587, J/^rj' 24, 1759. 

Nezv- York, May 28. Wednesday last the greatest 
Part of the New Jersey Provincials passed by here in 
their way to Albany. Their Regiment consists of 1000 
Men compleat, all Volunteers, and we hear that near 
100 effective were discharged; so great was their De- 
sire to serve under the worthy Colonel Peter Schuyler; 
a Gentleman, who more than once, has demonstrated 
his Zeal for the Service of his King and Country. 

RUN -away the 20th of this Instant, May, from 
Samuel Bowne, of the County of Somerset, 
and Province of New-Jersey, an Apprentice 
Lad named Elijah Rowland, about live Feel 
eleven Inches high, and eighteen Years old: Had on 
when he went away, a brown Drugit Coat, brown broad- 
Cloth Breeches, a Silk Cap, and light coloured broad 
Cloth Jacket, has been one Cruize a Privateering, and 
'tis supposed designs to go again; therefore all Masters 
of Vessels and others are hereby forbid to carry ofT or 
deal with him in any Manner, as they will answer it at 
their Peril. 



1759] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 



351 



The Numbers of the Bechiiinster Lottery, New-Jer- 
sey, are come to Hand, and shall be inserted in our 
next. 

Biles- Island Lottery 
To raise £. 750, 

FOR the Benefit of Trinity-Church at Nezuark, 
and towards building- a new linglish Church 
at Second River, consisting of 5000 Tickets, 
at Two and a half Spanish Dollars each, 1062 
of which to be fortunate, viz. 



Prizes. 




Value 


of eac 


h. 




Total Value. 


I 


of 


1000 


Doll 


ars, is 




1000 Dollars 


2 


of 


500 






are 




1000 


3 


of 


200 






are 




600 


4 


of 


100 






are 




400 


20 


of 


50 






are 




1000 


30 


of 


20 






are 




600 


200 


of 


10 






are 




2000 


800 


of 


5 






are 




4000 


I 


of 


15 


P^irst 


d 


rawn. 


is 


15 


I 


of 


10 


Last 


di 


rawn, 


is 


10 



locu Prizes equal to 10625 Dollars 

3938 Blanks. 15 per Cent, for the Use 

of the Church, 1875 

5000 Tickets at Two and a half Dollars 

C'^i^'li- 12,500 Dollars. 

No Deduction whatever from the Prizes. The 
Drawing to commence at Biles-Island, the first of An- 
gust next, and the fortunate numbers will be published 
in the Nexo - York weekly Papers. All Prizes not de- 
manded in Six Months after drawing, to be deemed as 
generously given for the Uses aforesaid, and will with 
Thanks be applied accordingly. 



352 NEW JERSEY C'oEOMAl. nOrU.MENTS. [1/59 

Col. Josiali Os^hIch, Daniel L'icrsen, Esq; (jabricl Og- 
(loii. al .\V:i'(?;-/- ,• Col. John Schuyler, and Capt. Josiah 
I litrnhlow or. at Secoiui-Rivtr^ are to ha\-e the Inspec- 
tion and .Management of the Lotterx. antl will be under 
Oath f(M- the Discharge of their Trust. 

Tickets to be had of the Managers, at their respect- 
ive Dwellings, of Col. Ford and Capt. Bozccrs in Morris 
Count v, of Mr. James Johnston, at Elizabeth I'oion ; of 
Doctor Ogdcn wi Jamaica ; and of the Printer of this 
I'aper. 

' To be Sold, 

S Crist 2\iill with two pair of Stones, upon a 
constant Stream, with Twenty-seven Feet 
I lead and h^all of Water, the Wdieels are over- 
shot, with a Saw-Mill under the same Roof, 
with ( )ne llundretl t)r more Acres of Land, as shall best 
suit the Purchaser; situate in Shrewsbury, in the Coun- 
ty of ^lonmouth. in X^ew-Jerse}-, and known by the 
Name of the Falls-^^lills: Also a valuable Tract of Lantl 
adjoining the said Mills, which will be sold with or with- 
out the [Mills, either in Parts or the whole, as shall be 
agreed on; it is capa])le of l)eing dix'ided into several 
\aluable Farms: Also a Tract of Land near ]Manalpan 
River, in the County of ^Middlesex, about Sixteen [Miles 
from Ih-unswick or Amboy. ami Seven from South-Riv- 
er-Lantling. remarkable for its tine Pastures, and is 
large enough for three valuable Plantations: Also an- 
other large Tract of Land situate in the County of Es- 
sex, about Seven or Eight Miles from Newark, contam- 
ing near Thirty Six Hundred Acres, and has now Six- 
teen good Tenancies on it, and will be sold either in 
Parts or the Wdiole: it has a River running nearly thro' 
the Middle of the wlK)le Tract: Also a Tract of Meadow 
ui)on Cedar Creek, in Monnunith County, containing 



17591 NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 353 

Twelve Muiulred Acres, and su situate with Creeks, as 
to be capable of beiiii;' laid, with very little Fence, into 
C)ne or Two Hundred Acre Lots: Also a large Part of 
the Loui^'-beach and of Squan-beach. Whoever inclines 
to purchase any of the above Premises, are desired to 
a])ply for further Particulars to Lewis Morris Ashfield, 
at Shrewsbury or Trenton, or to Samuel Hunt at Mid- 
dletown — The N'cw York Mercury, May 28, 1759. 

Boston, May 21. 
Friday last Capt. Stuart arrived here in 21 Days from 
New Providence, by him we learn, that Capt. Samuel 
Applcton in a Letter of Marque Ship Piscataway for 
Jamaica, was lately taken by a French privateer of 10 
Carriage and 20 Swdvel guns, with 120 Men, and carried 
into Port-au-Prince; the above privateer had also taken 
four or five other Prizes, amongst whom was Capt. 
Clark in a Snow from Piscataqua. Capt. Clark is come 
Passenger in Captain Stewart, and informs that there 
were several Privateers out from Port-au-Prince, and 
that a hue large Snow was also getting ready there for 
the like Purpose. — The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 860, 
May 31, 1759. 

Custom House, Philadelphia, Outwards. Ship 
Sail}-, James Taylor, for Salem. 

Cleared. Shi]) Sally, James Taylor, to Salem. 

1\> be Sold 
A Plantatioti in Neivtoivn, Gloneester County, West- 
Ne%v-Jersey, joining on Delaivare and Nezvtoiun Creek, 
late the listate of Robert Stephejis, deceased, about three 
Miles from Philadelphia ; xvith a large neiv Brick Dive II- 
ivg- house thereon, three Rooms on a Floor, and Cellars 
under the Whole, and a good Kitchen and Wash-house 
joining the same, a good Pump of Water in the Yard, tivo 

1-i 



354 ^'EW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l759 

good OrcJiards^ a)id about 50 Acres of drained Meadow, 
the whole Tract of I. a)id about 2\2 Acres; likewise to be 
sold with the Plantation, or separate a Cedar Szvainp in 
the said County, known by the Name of the Great Pond 
Sivanip, contaijiing- about 26 Acres. For Title and Terms, 
enquire of ] AMV.^ STEPHENS, in Chestnut street, Philadel- 
phia. — The Pennsylvania G'a::ette, A'o. 1588, J/ay 31, 

1759- 

RUN-cravrj' />c'/// William Clayton of Troitoji, on Wed- 
nesday the \6th of J fay. A Negro />oy named Mkscs, 
about 16 Years Old, well set and Stoopes a little as he 
IValks, had o)i when he went away, a Grey napt fackct 
with zohite iiiettcl Buttons, white Fustian Breeches, -worsted 
Stockings, with a Hat cut in the form of a Jockey-Cap. 
]Vhoc:'cr takes up the said Boy and brings him to Trenton, 
or secures him so that his Jfastcr shall have him again 
shall he paid Twenty Shillings as a Reward, and reason- 
able Charges by 

WiLiJAM Clayton. 
— The Pcnnsyliania Journal, Xo. 860, ^fay 3 1 . 
1759- 

flHSC()NDED or ruii-a\va)\ from Aaron Lou- 
zada, of Bridge Water, in the l\uinty of 
Somerset, and Province of Iiast-Xew -Jersey, 
Shop-keeper, a Ciernian Serxant Man. named 
Adam Coons, of a brown Complexion, long' thin A'isage, 
and about 35 or 40 Years of Age, speaks good English, 
wears his own Hair, and was out last Cruize in the Brig 
Earl of London, John Wallace, late Connnander \\"ho- 
ever takes up said Serxant, and secures him so that his 
Master n\2.\ have him again, shall ha\e Eorty Shillings 
Reward and all reasonal)le Charges paid, by me. 

Aaron Louzada. 




1759] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS* 355 

N. B. All Captains of Vessels and others, are hereby 
forbid to entertain, conceal or carry off the said Servant 
at their Peril, or they may expect to be dealt with ac- 
cording to Law. 

HEREAS by an Act of Assembly of the Prov- 
ince of New-Jersey, John Stephens and 
Joseph Yard are appointed Commissioners 
to discharge all Arrearages of Poy due to 
snch Officers and Soldiers belonging to any of the for- 
mer Regiments of the said Province, or have died in 
Captivity, or before they conld retnrn: And whereas, 
the said Commissioners have had one Meeting for that 
Pnrpose, and have thereat discharged all such Arrear- 
ages as were then demanded, and did appear to be due; 
now the said Commissioners do hereby give Notice, 
That they will meet again at New-Brunswick, on Tues- 
day the 19th of June, Instant, at 8 o'Clock in the Fore- 
noon, where all Persons having any Demands on Ac- 
count of such Arrearages, may attend, and on making 
due Proof of the same, they will be paid. 

John Stephens, 
Joseph Yard. 

Nciu- York, June 4. We hear from Albany (the 27th 
^lay) That the Rhode Islanders were all come in, to 
about 150. That the greatest Part of the Connecticut 
Forces arrived there; as also two Regiments of the 
Massachusetts, comanded by Brigadier; That the Re- 
mainder were in Alotion, and might be expected daily; 
as were likewise the Remains of the New-Jersey Forces, 
of whom the major part were arrived. — The Nezu York 
Mercury^ June 4, 1759. 



356 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l759 

A List of the Fortunate Numbers in the Biles's Is- 
htnd Lottery, erected for Finishing- the Luther- 
an Church in the Township of Bcchuinster, 
Xew-Jersey.' 

Xumher 3608 First (h'awn, 24 Dollars. 
Numher 4683 Last drawn, 26 Dollars. 

We the Subscribers, do CertitV, that the aboYe is a 
true Copy of the Prizes, to the best of our Knowledge. 

Paul Miller, / ,, 

Ti T Managers. 

Bryan Leferty, ) ^ 

— Snpph'i/iciif X. Y. Mercury, J iDic j^^ i759- 

Custom-House, Philadelphia. Entered \\\. Schooner 
Benjamin, Edmiuid Btitler from Piscataway. 

Cleared. Schooner Pittsburgh Benjamin Hall to 
Piscataway. — The Pouisyk'aiiia /oiirual, Xo. ^Gi.Jniw 
7, 1759- 

Xciv- York, June 1 1 . Extract of a Letter from Albany, 
dated June 5, 1759. 

"The first Instant, marched for Fort Edward, one 
Company of the Royal Artillery, the Royal Highland 
Regiment, and the ?^Iassachusetts ProYincials; and the 
Sunday following they were followed by His Excellency 
General Amherst. Colonel Montgomery's Highlanders, 
and the Xew-Jersey ProYincials, who are look'd upon to 
be a fine Regiment. 

Scheme 

Of a Lottery erected and to be drawn on Biles-Island 
to convert into Money, a Tract of Land of Peter Gor- 
don's, Esq; of Middlesex County, in Xew-Jersey. 



iThe list occupies several columns. It is also gi^'en in Th' I'Lunsijl- 
lania Guxittc, of June 14, 1759. 



1/59] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 357 

THE whole Tract contains 497 Acres, which 
Tract of Land has been vahied and appraised 
1)}' two honest Men, Freeholders of the 
Neighbonrhood. being under Oath, valued it 
to be worth Twelve Hundred and Fifty Pounds, Procla- 
mation Money; which said Laufl. by a late Survey and 
Draught thereof, is divided into three Lots. No. i, is 
a neat Farm, containing -40 Acres, and has on it a good 
Dwelling-House, Barn, Orchard, and Garden, with a 
sufficient Quantity of Meadow and Timber Land. Lor 
No. 2, contains 217 Acres, whereon is some improv'd 
Land, with a large Onantity of Timber and Meadow 
Land. Lot No. 3, contains 140 Acres, all Timber and 
Meadow Land. 

This Lottery is to consist of of 2520 Tickets, at Thirty 
Shillings Proclamation each; 571 of which are to be 
Prizes, and out of which there is to be no Deduction at 
all, as 122I. is to be taken off from the whole Lottery for 
the managing thereof, before the Drawing commences, 
l)eing but a little more than three per Cent. 



Land Prizes 


No. 


I, 


I 


valued 


£600 


is 


£600 




No. 


2 


I 


valued 


450 


is 


450 




No. 


3' 


I 


valued 


200 


is 


200 


Cash Prizes, 






1 


Prize of 


100 


is 


100 








2 


Prizes of 


50 


are 


100 








4 


Prizes of 


25 


are 


100 








5 


Prizes of 


20 


are 


100 








20 


Prizes of 


10 


are 


200 








100 


Prizes of 


5 


are 


500 








436 


Prizes of 


3 


are 


1308 



571 Prizes, \ 

"• 2520 Tickets, at 30s. each, 3780 | 

1949 Blanks. ) ,- 3658 

Deduct for managing 122 ) 



358 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l759 

This said Lottery was last appointed, if full, to be 
drawn on the 5th Day of this Instant, June, l)ut upon 
Examination, the Alanag-ers found a Number of Tickets 
yet unsold, which they thought was too great a Risk for 
Mr. Gordon to run, therefore have undertaken to post- 
pone the Day of Drawing until the 8th Day of October 
next, unless it becomes sooner full; which if it should, 
Notice will be given of the Time of Drawing, hoping 
that all those that have taken Tickets in it. will he so 
Kind as to consider the End for which this Lottery was 
first erected, as well as their own Interest, and not to 
make themselves uneasy at its being moved farther off 
for the Advantage of its Proprietor. As soon as the 
Lottery is full it is to be drawn under the Lispection of 
tw^o Justices of the Peace, and other reputable Free- 
holders, all under Oath, to inspect into the Justice of 
the Drawing; and as soon as it is finished, and the Books 
settled, the fortunate Numbers will be published in the 
New-York News-Papers, and the Possessors receive 
their Prizes with good and lawful Deeds for their Lands. 
The Tickets are yet to be had of Robert Cummings, 
Henry Moore, and Joseph Rue, Escjrs, who are the 
ALanagers thereof; and also at many other Places where 
the Scheme is left to notify the Sale of them. Also, by 
the Printer hereof, in Hano\'er Sc[uare. 

June I, 1759. 

— 77/r ArTC Vor^' Mcrciny, June 1 1, 1759. 

New-York, June 11. 

Wednesday last tJie Sloop Susannah, Capt. DiekensoJi^ 
arrived here from Janiaiea : He eanie out ivith a Number 
of other Vessels for the several North American ports^ 

under convoy of the Cerberus Frigate : The captain 

informs^ That he saw 14 Sail of Vessels off of Sandy- 



1759] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 359 

Hook\ 3 of ivhich were very large ; but several J'essels 
zvhieli have arrived siiiee^ sate nothing' of them. 

It is imagined that the above-mentioned I ^'ssels are the 
Transports tvit/i 8oo Highlanders on boards from Gnarda- 
loupe^ that are to Join (General Amherst" s Army^ upon their 
safe Arrival here ^ ivhieh is the plaee of their Destination. 

Last Niglit arrived at the Hook, from Liverpool, the 
I^etter of Mark Snozv Upton, Captain Colgan. 

Custoni-House, IMiiladelphia. Cleared. Schooner 
Benjamin, Edward Butler to Piscataway. Sloop Grey- 
hound Samuel Odiorne to (\\\.\.o.— The Pennsylva)iia Jour- 
nal, No. ?>62, June 14, 1759. 

THIS is to inform the Public, That John Will- 
iam Kals/ Minister of the Gospel, lately from 
North-Branch, in Rariton, intends to open 
School at the House of Mrs. Pane, (formerly 
the Widow Hondtrat) in the Broad-Way. opposite to 
Oswego Market, where he proposes to teach, in the 
most easy and expeditious Manner, either public or pri- 
\ate, the following Languages, viz. Latin and Greek; 
likewise the Oriental Languages, as the Hebrew, Ara- 
bick, Chaldean and Syriac, according to the Grammar 
and Directorum himself has composed and published: 
Together with se\eral Sciences, as Philogy. Philosophy; 
and more ])articularly Logic and Divinity, on reason- 
able Terms. 

N. B. If any Gentlemen or Ladies are desirous to 
learn the French Tongue gramaticall}-, they will also 

1 On p. 326, ante, the name is printed Hals, as given in a newspaper of 
tlie clay. Kals is correct. The Rev. John William Kals came from Lorl- 
(lon in 1751), and laibored in Philadelphia for albout a year, when he be- 
came pastor of tile "Calvinistical His'h Dutcli Congregation," of Am- 
well, iirganized aibout 17-14 or earlier. Tlie church was visited by the 
Rev. Michael Schlatter in 1747, and a house of worship wais erected in 
1749. Mr. Kals preached there, 1757-9, and then removed to New York. 




360 NEW JKRSEV COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1/59 

meet, at the same Ilcnise. a o;entlemaii known in this 
City to be Master of that Lan^uas^e, who will give his 
Attendance at any i)articular Monr of the Dav thev 
shall please to fix on. 

IIERE.^s the Snbscriber has obtained a Per- 
mission from his Excellency (icn^ral Am- 
herst, to carry Letters to and from the New- 
Jerse}' Regiment: All TVrsons who are dc- 
sirons to send Letters to the said Regiment, mav have 
an Ojiportnnity at least once every Afonth, by the wSnb- 
scriber. wlu) will attend the lUisiness with all Diligence, 
both to bring- Letters from, and carry Letters to the 
Army, and will always endeaxonr to give Notice 
throughout the Province whenever he returns from the 
Army, and when and where to leave Letters. Whoexer 
leaves Letters at any l^lace, are desired to leave One 
Shilling Proclamation Money of New-Jersey, for every 
such single Letter, and they may expect to have them 
(leli\-ere(l safe at the said Regiment: And as the lUisi- 
ness is \-ery expensive, it is hoped every ("rcntleman will 
give it a ])roper Encouragement. 

TiiviOTiiv Rices. 

N. P). \\'hoe\'er lea\es Letters are (Rsired not to 
inclose one within another, without paying accordingly. 
(One Shilling for every Letter) and all Letters is to be 
delivered without any Postage, only the Shilling above- 
mentioned. — The New York Mercitry, J line 18, 1759. 

NewA^ork, June 18. 

His Majestv's Snow of War the Lepher. Captain 
Greenwood, arrived at Sandy llook on Tuesday last, in 
six Davs from North C;n-olina; but sailed again for 
Louisbourii' the \\'cdnesd;i\' following. 



1759] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 361 

Custom- House, Philadelphia, lintcrcd In. Snow IDe- 
-ire. F.dward Styles from Salem. — The Pennsylvania Jour- 
nal, No. 863. ///;/r 21, 1759. 

Xew-York, June 18. 

We hear thai the Xew York Ret^iment is with Gen- 
eral Prideaux. And the Xew-Jersey and New-England 
FVovincials are gone with General Arfiherst to Fort Ed- 
ward, so t<^) proceed \(\ Eake George 

Fort\'-five Pounds. Proclamation Money. Reward. 

Run away last night from the Subscribers, living in 
Hopewell, in Xew-Jersey. one Mulatto, and three Ke- 
groe Men. viz. The Mulatto named Bood. and a X"e- 
groe. named P>ristol. the property of William Hunt, is 
about five feet ten inches high, and jjretty well set; each 
had a dark coloured coat, several shirts and pairs of 
shoes, stockings and breeches, for taking up and bring- 
ing jjack to their Master, Twenty Pounds reward will 
be given for Bood, and Ten Pounds for Bristol. 

A X'egroe man. named Jack, thick and well set, the 
]jro]>crty of John Hart, took with him a cloth coloured 
kersey coat, several shirts and pairs of breeches, shoes 
and stockings. Ten Pounds will be given for taking up, 
and bringing him back to his Master. Also a X^egro 
man. named Tom. short and well set, the property of 
Joseph Golder, took with him a dark coloured coat, sev- 
eral shirts, pairs of breeches, shoes and stockings. Five 
Pounds reward will be given for taking him up, and 
bringing him back to his said Master. It is supposed 
they all went away and will travel together, and that 
they are gone to some of the Indian towns upon Sas- 
quehannah. the Molatto. Bood, hav^ing Ijeen enter- 
tained bv the Indians there-several months, some vears 



362 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l/SQ 

ago; they took two guns, two or three hatchets, and 
several hhmkets with them. 

WiLLL\.M Hunt, John Hart, Joseimi Golden 

— The Pontsylvauia Ga::.ctti\ No. 1591. June 21, 

1759- 

Captai)! Bjiddcii, from Ncio- York, on Tliursdov /dsf^ 
was cJidscd and fired at by a black Privateer Sloop, loith 
a ivhitc Bottom, off of Egg-Harbour ; ivhether French or 
English, he does not pretend to say. 

Phihidelphia, June 21, 1759. 
Whereas a certain ALary Wood, liaving- l)een connnit- 
ted to the Cioal of this city al)out seven \\>eks ago, her 
Master, who Hves in New-Jersey, near Salem, is herein- 
advertised to take her out, and pay the Charges, or she 
will be sold out for the same in four Weeks from the 
Date hereof, by 

Ts.'ichar Dax'ids, Goaler 

— The PennsyliuDiia (lacette, N't'. 1592, June 28, 

1759- 

New-York, June 25. 

The Priwateer Brig Resolution, Cajit. I.ightinstone 
of this Tort, arrived at Sandy-Hook on Thursday 
Morning last, and is to proceed innnediately on a C^aiize 
up the Streights of Pellisle. 

WtiEREAS Elizabeth ITolTman, Daughter of l>!ichard 
Gravin, of Salem, hath Eloi)ed from her Husband the 
second l^ay of February last, and left on his Hands two 
Children, one of five ^'ears, .and tlie other two N'ears 
of Age. These are therefore to give Notice to all Per- 
sons (whom 1 forewarn) not to give her Credit, on his 



1759] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 363 

Acconipt. for he will pay no Debt of her Contracting, 
and any Person harbouring her shall be Prosecuted as 
the Law directs. 

Casper Hoffman. 

N. B. The said Casper Hoffman, intends to continue 
some Time in Philadelphia. 

To BE Sold 

A Tract of Land in Bucks County, on the East side 
of Neshaminy Creek, 17 Miles from this City, and with- 
in half a Mile of Delaware River, containing 275 Acres 
of good Land, with two Tenements thereon, a Barn and 
other Out-Houses, 80 Acres thereof Cleared, with a 
good Orchard and Meadow, and a fine Marsh that 
might be Banked in at a small Ex]:)ence, as also a Lot 
in the Town of Salem, containing a half an Acre in the 
Center of the l^;)wn, well inclosed and made into a neat 
Garden, and a tine Brick Sununer House thereon. Anv 
Person inclining to Purchase, may know the Terms by 
ap])lying to the Subscriber in Pliiladeli)hia. 

Peter Knicht. 

— The Pennsylvania Journal^ No. 864, June 28, 
1759. 

New-York, Jn/v 2. We are authorized to assure the 
Public, That the Drawing of the Biles Island Lottery 
for the Benefit of the English Church in the City of New 
Brunswick, will certainly commence on Tuesday the 
17th Listant, as but a very few Tickets remain unsold. 
Those that chuse to become Ad\enturers, are desired 
to be speedy in their A])])lication. Tickets to be had 
from the several Managers, and from the Printer hereof 
any Time after next Wednesday. — The lYeio York j\Ier- 
cury^ July 2. 1759 



364 NEW JERSEY COLONLVE DOCITMENTS. [l/SQ 

I^xtract oi a Letter from a Clenllenian in the Army, 
dated at the Camp, three Miles on tliis Side Lake 
(leor^e. June jo, 173*). 

"^'our h'a\-onrs came to I land, llie first a few T^avs 
befoi^e we left h'ort I^dw.ard. and tlie last Saturday 
Morning-, the 1 )a\- we marched for 1 lalf-\\'a\-l')rook, 
where we encam])e(l, and left it ^'esterda\■, and are now- 
encamped here; as is likewise the LoNal Scots, and the 
jersey I'lnes. We are bnildini; a Stockaded h^)rt, which 
will he fmishcd in a few I)a\s, when 1 suppose we shall 
march for Lake ( ieor^e." — J7ic J\')nisylva)iia (jar:ctlt\ 
No. 1593.//'/)' 5, 1759- 

C'nstom-lL)use, rhiladel])hia, I'jitered In. Sloop Ab- 
ii^al, Peter (lro\es from Salem. — Tlic l\iiiisylvaiiia Jour- 
nal^ No. 'i^G'^^ J ii/y 5, 1759. 

Avn '-)'(';■/',.////)' 9. Extract of a Letter from Albany, 
dated July 5, 1 751). 

"The following'; is a Copy of a Letter from Lake- 
George, \iz. The second Instant, 16 of the Jci'^cy r)lues 
were sent without the ("amp to gather a little Ih-nsh for 
the Cieneral's leaker, but were not an 1 lour ^one before 
the}- were surprised in Sii^ht of the Camp by a Party of 
the luiemy, consistini^- of about 240, who killed and 
scalped six, wounded two, took four Prisoners, and only 
four of the whole l\arty escaped. They shewed them 
selves ]')lainly to the whole Army after they _i;-ot the 
Scal])s, L;-;i\-e a iloUow, and then made off to their l>at- 
toes, which were not nuM-e than two Miles from the 
Plead of the Lake. A lari^e Party was ordered out after 
them, but in vain. They butchered our Peoi)le in a most 
shocking- Nfanner, by cutting- Lieces of I'desh out of 
their Necks, Thi<:hs and Leo;s." 



/3 



9] m:\vsi'AI'p:k kxtrac'is. 365 



J^^Tlie Printer hereof has just received a few of the 
Xew lirunswick Lottery Tickets, whicli he will dispose 
of to those who call before Saturday, as all those then 
unsold, will be sent to the Managers, the Lottery being 
positively to be drawn the 17th Instant. 

TO be sold by Way of public \ enrlue, the Plan- 
tation whereon Robert Lawrence, Esq; now 
lives, in the Township of Lpper-Treehold, 
in the County of Monmouth, containing five 
hundred and forty Acres of up Land and Meadow, well 
watered and timber'd, with four bearing Orchards, two 
Tenements, two Barns, and some out Houses. The 
L'p-Land is good for Grass or Grain, the Meadows rich, 
long cleared and under the best Sort of Grass, as Tim- 
oth\-, small Clover, red Clover, &c. and very seldom 
overflows. Part thereof is so rich, that the Ditch Banks 
make the best Sort of Dung, when carted on the tillable 
Land. Said \'endue will be at the House on the Prem- 
ises the Twenty-eighth Day of July next, per 

John Wii.li.v.ms. 

— The Xciv York Mercury^ July 9, I759- 

Kingsbcrry, June 25, 1759. 

To be Lkt for a Term of Veaks. 

The Plantation whereon the Subscriber now liveth, 
containing 200 Acres of Land, of which there is about 
80 Acres cleared, the rest Wood Land. It is accommo- 
dated with a Large well Built Brick Dwelling House 38 
by 48 P^et, two Story High, four Rooms on a I'loor. 
with a Large handsome Stair Case and Entrys thro' the 
Mouse, with Cellers under the whole Building, and a 
Court Yard on each Front of the House, the one Front- 
ing down the River Delaware to the Ferry, thro' a large 



366 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l759 

Iiandsoine Avenue of English Cherry Trees, the other 
l^'ronting up the River to Trenton, with a Large Brick 
Kitchen, 30 Feet by 20, with a Handsome pav'd Gang- 
way between the House and Kitchen, 14 Feet by 20 
Long, the Kitchen two Story High, with a Well in it, 
and Four handsome Appartments above for Servants, 
with a Fire-place in one Room, if any of the Servants 
should be ill. Also a good Barn 40 by 38 Feet, with a 
Plank Floor and Stables for 10 Horses. Also a Chaise- 
house, Poultry-house and other useful Buildings to ac- 
conuuoclate the same, with a fine piece of Meadow, that 
yearly Produces about 20 Loads of good Clover and 
Timothy Hay, with an Orchard of about 350 Apple- 
Trees, whereof about 150 are old bearing Trees, the oth- 
ers just l)eginning to Bare and are of the best Grafted 
Fruit, there is also a fine Collection of other Fruit, to 
wit. Peaches, Damsels, Cherrys of several Sorts. Squin- 
ces, English Walnuts, Grapes, Rasberrys. and a hand- 
some large Garden. The above Premises lying in the 
county of Burlington, in West-New-Jersey, and pleas- 
antly Situated on the River Delaware at the Head of 
the Navigation and Opposite to the Falls thereof, and 
also lays between Trenton and the Ferry, known by the 
Name of Trenton Ferry. There is a great Variety of 
Fish, that are caught in the River, which affords a 
great deal of Diversion in Trouling and Angling the 
whole Spring and Summer, and in the Fall and Winter 
Season there is great plenty of Duck and other Water 
Fowl. It would be too tedious to set forth all the Ad- 
vantages this Situation has, therefore shall only men- 
tion, as it lays at the Head of the Navigation of a fine 
River where great Quantities of Produce &c. are deliv- 
ered, and two or three small towns lying near it, and a 
fine settled Country all Round, it's presumed, it will 



1759] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 367 

suit a wholesale Merchant or a private Gentleman for 
his Seat. For Terms Enquire of Robert and Jacob 
Hooper at their Store. Opposite to Trenton, or of the 
Subscriber, now li\ing on the Premises. 

R. L. Hooper. 
— The Poiiisylvaiiia Jonnial^ No. 866, July 12, 
1759- 

CusTOM-HousE,/%//<?c/c7/'///<2',IxwAKi) Entries, Sloop 
Endeavour, J. Elwell from Salem. 

Outwards. Schooner Sally, W. Budden, for N. Jer- 
sey. 

Cleared. Sloop Abigail, P. Groves, to Salem. 

Kingwood, Jul)' 4, 175*). 
Notice is hereby given to the Subscribers to the New- 
Jersey Post, that their Subscriptions for the hrst Quar- 
ter is now due, and as the Undertaking is attended with 
considerable Expence, desires the respective Subscrip- 
tions may be paid at the several Stages where the same 
were taken in. ,\nd whereas the present Post hath 
hitherto brought sundry News Letters directed to Per- 
sons who hav not yet subscribed; these are therefore to 
give Notice that he is determined not to bring their 
Papers for the future, unless they immediately subscribe 
towards bringing the same. 

N. B. Sul^scriptions are taken in by Mr. John Cory- 
all, Mr. Henry Lantas, and Mr. Thomas Lowrey, in Am- 
well, and by William Rea, and Charles Hoff, jun. Es([rs; 
in Kingwood; Mr. Alexander Gordon and Mr. William 
Robeson, in Bethlehem; by Mr. Andreas Aughmuck, 
in Potterstown; Mr. Thomas Holms at New-German- 
town, all in the Count}- of Hunterdon; At which Places 
or Stages, all Letters directed to or from Philadelphia 



368 NEW JKKSl■:^• ((M.onial documents. ['759 

there, sliall lie carcfullv ilcli\crcil by llie Publick's lium- 
ble Servant. 

Adam Ihirey. 

To be Sold. 
A Tract df Land, in West Jcrscw Salem Count\-. (in 
the West I'rancii of rrince Morris's l\i\er. containing 
800 Acres, with Allowance t\>r Roads t.K:c. An\- Person 
inclinim;- to jinrchase the same, ma_\- know the Terms of 
Sale, by apj>l_\ini;' to the Snbscriber, in Philadelphia, 

Benjamin Rawie. 

'I'o be sold by the Subscribers, A large, convenient 
l)re\vdunise, situated near the Water-side, in Burling- 
ton, with all the necessary L'tensils for carrxing on the 
Ihisiness. Also a small Tract of WotKlland, containing 
;dnnil 14 Acres, at a little Distance from Purlington, 
near York Road. Any Person inclining to purchase 
the same may lie informed of the Terms, h\ appKing 
to Sanuiel Shaw, of Ihester, or of Ann Shaw, at the 
upper l^nd of Alarkei-streel. in Philadelphia. 

Sanuiel Shaw, Ann Shaw. 
— The rciuisy/vaiiia Gacit/i-, No. 1594, ////j' 12, 
1759- 

New-York, ////)- 16. 

Friday last Capt. Carman passed by here in his Way 
to Amboy, in 40 Da}s from Madeira, who informs us, 
that a Ship had arrived at Madeira from London, the 
l)a\- befin-e he came awaw and brought a certain Ac- 
count of three French luist-Luliamen being taken in 
the Fnglish Channel. 

To Ih- SoEi) 
A House antl Lot in the Town of (Ireenwich, in the 
County of Cumberland, West Jersey. The House is of 



1759] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 369 

Brick, large and well built, two Stories high, with a 
large Kitchen. It is conveniently situated for a Store. 
Also sixteen Acres of Woodland, and two Acres and a 
Half of Meadow, within three Quarters of a Mile of the 
same. For Title and Terms, apply to the Subscriber, in 
the town of Salem. 

Grant Gibbon. 

— TJie Pennsylvania Gazette^ No. 1595, Jiily 19, 
1759- 

Custom-House, Philadelphia, Cleared. Sloop En- 
deavor, Jonathan Elwell to Salem. — The PeJinsylvania 
Jonrnal^ No. ^Gj^Jnly 19, 1759. 

New-York, July 2},. The Brunswick Lottery began 
drawing last Tuesday: The Printer hereof has yet 12 
Tickets on Hand, which if not called for by Ten o'Clock 
this Day, will be sent to the ^lanagers. — The Neiv York 
Mercury, July 23, 1759. 

From .Vlbany we learn, that a French Priest, named 
Picquet, moved on with the Enemy to Oswego, till just 
before they began the Attack, exhorting the Men to do 
their Duty, and advising them to give the English no 
Quarter: And that Six of Colonel Schuyler's Men, Cap- 
tain Jacobs, and three Indians, are carried into Ticon- 
deroga. 

Custom House, Philadelphia^ Cleared. Schooner 
Sally. William Budden. to Burlington. — The Pennsylva- 
nia Gazette., No. \'^<^6, July 26. 1759. 

Custom House, Philadelphia, Inward Entries. 
Sloop Frances and Sarah, John Mackenna, from Salem. 
— The Pennsylvania Gazette^ No. 1597, August 2, 1759. 



370 NKW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l759 

New-York, July 30. 
Friday Morning last at 5 o'Clock sailed from Sandy- 
Hook His Majesty's Ship Rye c^f _'0 Guns. Capt. Deer- 
ing-, having under her Convoy all the Transports that 
came with her here from (InardaUni]); and all the Euro- 
pean hound Vessels, that were ready to take the benefit 
of her Con\-oy ; amounting in the whole to 17 Sail. — TJie 
Pcmisyli'aiiia Joiinial^ No. 869, Aui^ust 2, 1759. 

List of Letters rtiiiai)ii)ii;- in the Pos/- Office, 
in Philadclpliia. 

John Allison and Richard Aldrich, in Cunibcrlruul County; 

Alexander Adams, Shrewsbury; 

John Budd, Salem County ; 

Mary Clapham, Burdentovvn, ITup:li Creighton, Iladdonlield, Joseph 
Chambers, Salem County; Collin Campbell, lUirlington, John Cannon, C!uni- 
berland County ; 

Richard DerV)y, Salem; Grace Duckworth, Trenton. 

Joseph Ellis, Haddonlield, 

Michael Ferguson, and Samuel Forman, in East Jersey. AVilliam 
Fletcher, Woodberry; Wm. FuUoiton, Vincent [town]. 

Richard (5uthrie, Hopewell; James Goudie, Shrewsbury; ]<]ii/.abeth 
Gnilmore, East Jersey; Ann Gill, West Jersey; Nicholas Gibbon, Salem 
County; Joseph Green and Timothy Green in Cumberland County; Lewns 
Gordon, Burdentown. 

Thomas Hamilton, Somerset County; Samuel Hnej^ Hunterdon 
County; Sarah Hopkins, Haddonlield. 

Moses Jampscn, Cumberland Count}'; Samuel and Robert Jolmson, 
Hunterdon Co. ; Nancy Jones, Gloucester. 

Mary Kelly. Cumberland County. 

Samuel Liddon, Gloucester County. 

.Fohn Madewell, Trenton; .Tames M"lv()nue, Fi'eeliold. 

William Nicholas, .Jerseys. 

Brian Oliara, Salem ('o. 

Joseph Pearson, Burliui;-ton ; Robert Patterson, Pilesgrove. 

William Riddel, .Terseys; .loliu Robinson, Shrews!)nry; William Kajiui, 
Coopers Creek; Isabel Rico, Cranberry; Robert Reis, Kingwood. 

Jacob Spicer, Cape May; Casper Smith, Gloucester; John Springer, 
P'reehold; Shuentzl\'d Schneberger and Friedlj-, Cumberland. 

The Remainder of this List must be deferred till next 

Week. — The Peinisvliurnict Garjette, Xo. 1598, Aiignst g, 

1759- 



1759] NEWSI'Al'Kk KXTKACTS. 3/1 

SciiEMK of a Lottery, erected, and to be drawn 
near tlie Island of Manennaucong, opposite 
the Month of Pequess, in the Middle of Dela- 
ware-River, to raise the Sum of £. 315, towards 
purchasing a Lot of Land for a Parsonage, and building 
a House thereon, in Parsippaning, in the Township of 
Hanover, Morris County, to consist of 3500 Tickets, at 
one and Half S])anish Dollar each, 900 of which are to 
be Fortunate, Fifteen per Cent, to be deducted from 
tlic Prizes for the Use above mentioned, viz. 



I 


of 


200 


Dollars, is 


200 


2 


of 


100 






are, 


200 


7 


of 


40 






are. 


280 


10 


of 


35 






are. 


350 


40 


of 


20 






are. 


800 


80 


of 


10 






are, 


800 


320 


of 


4 






are 


1280 


440 


of 


3 






are 


1320 








First 


drawn, 


, II 








Last 


drawn, 


9 


900 
:6oo 


Prizes 
Blanks 


\^^ 


;oo 


Tickets 





Dollars, 5250 

The Drawing to commence the 3d Tuesday in Octo- 
ber next, or sooner, if full, near ]vIanennaucong-Island, 
in the Middle of the Delaware-River, and after the 
Drawing is finished, and the Books settled, the fortu- 
nate Numbers will be published in the Xew-York Mer- 
cury, and the Money paid, if demanded within six 
Months after, otherwise it shall be deemed as generously 
given for the Use above-mentioned. The Drawing to 
be under the Management and Inspection of Col. Jos- 
eph Tuttle, Joseph Kitchell, Esq; Robert Gould, Esq; 



372 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1/59 

Capt. Lcnuicl ])Owers, Lieut. Samuel Muii, E1:)enezer 
I'^arran, and Lewis Stewart; who are to l)e under Oath 
for the faithful Performance of the Trust reposed in 
them. Tickets to be had of the Managers, and of Eb- 
enezer Byram, Es(|; at Mendem; Mr. Joseph Day, at 
Llanover; and of the Printer hereof. — llic Avec York- 
Mere iiry, August 13, 1759. 

l\nn away from the Subscriber, a Dutch servant Lad, 
named John Christopher Schutts, of a thin Visage, pale 
Hair, almost white, five Feet, six or seven Inches high, 
has had a Cut on his right Instep, which makes him 
drop his Toe as he walks: Ilad on and took with him, 
a new Hat, a light coloured homespun Jacket, but little 
worn, one Check Shirt and Trow-sers, one Tow Shirt 
and Trowsers, a Pair of ^^'orsted Stockings, a Pair of 
half worn Pumps, with Brass Buckles, and a Pair of 
Leather Breeches. Whoever takes up said Servant, and 
secures him in any Goal, so that his Master may have 
him again, shall have Three Pounds Reward, paid by 

Caleb Evans. 

N. W. All Masters of Vessels and others are forbid 
to carry him off. Said Servant was bought about five 
Weeks ago from John Stokes, in the Jerseys.— 77/;i- P^tv/;/- 
svlvauia Gazette. Xo. 1599. .hf<^-//st 16, 1759. 

Custom-House, Philadelphia. Entered In. Schooner 
Swan, James Huitt from Piscataway Ship Little John, 
Ebenezer Stocker from Piscataway. — T//e Peuusyhauia 
Journah -Vo. 871, Au^'ust 16, 1759. 

A List of Prizes carried into St. Pieries in Martinico, 
between the 7th June, and the 2d. July 1759. 

Sloop , Lovett from Salem to Antigua. — T//e 

Pcnusvlvauia JournaL Xo. 871, August 16, 1759- 



1/591 NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 373 

A List of the fortunate Numbers in the Biles-Island 
Lottery, erected for finishing the English Church in 
the City of New-Brunswick, in New-Jersey. . . . ' 

Number 1301, First drawn, Dollars 50. 

Number 2281, Last drawn. Dollars 50. 

No. 335, drawn before the JOOO JJollars, 25 Dollars. 

No. 1 170, drawn after the 1000 Dollars, 25 JJollars. 
— Ike Nciv York Mercury, August 20, I759- 

Cuslom-House, Philadelphia, Outwards. Schooner 
Swan, James lluitt for Piscataway. 

Cleared. Schooner Swan, James Jluitt t(; Piscata- 
way. Shjop Little John, Ebenezer Stockcr to Piscata- 
way. — The l\ii)isy[vaiiia /oiiriini. No. 872, Aitgust 23. 
1759- 

l\un away from Samuel Coles, the 29th Day of July 
last, in Gloucester County, West New Jersey, a Negroe 
Pellow named Forde, a stout able I'^llow, about five 
Feet, eight or ten Liches high, can talk P)utch well; 
had on, when he w^ent away, a new felt Hat, a check 
Shirt, Thickset Jacket and Breeches, white Thread 
Stockings, and new Pumps; he is about five or six and 
Twenty Years of Age, is apt to stutter, if he speaks in 
Haste; has a Scar on his Right Shin. Whoever takes 
up and secures him, so that his Master may have him 
again, shall have Fifteen Pounds Reward paid by Sam- 
uel Coles. 

N. P>. 1"hc said Fellow was seen at Olen. 

Cohan sie, Aug. 15, 1759 
Notice is hereby given, that about the latter End 
cjf March last, came to Simon Sparks's Ferry, at Glou- 

1 The list is jjublished also in a Supplement to Thr, PoinHi/Ivanio Jour- 
nal, August 23, 1759, filling several columns. It is omitted here. 



374 NEW JERSKV COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1750 

coster, a slciidor Man, his Complexion a little sandy, 
who said, he was come for a larg-e Ke^s;- of Jamaica 
Spirit for John Mall, TaNcrn Kee])er at Cohansic 
Ih-idi^e, which the said Sparks delivered himself into 
his \\'as;i^-on ; and as the Spirit has not heen carried to 
the said Mall, hnt thon,i;-ht to he imhezzled; or that 
some Accident has hapi)ened to the Wat^gon, hy which 
the Keg-g might be stove, and the Spirit lost; if the lat- 
ter, said Sparks hereby promises to bear one Malf of 
the Loss with the Person that had it ; bnt if carried off, 
as there is great Reason to snspect it is an\- Person, in- 
forming him where it was carried, shall recei\e h'ive 
Dollars Reward from 

John Mall. 

Run away from the Snbscriber. living in Monmonth 
Connty, luist New-Jersey, A Dntch Servant Woman, 
named Hannah Dorothy Sconss. thick-set, fnll face, 
fair Complexion, \ery nnich Pock-mark'd, and speaks 
good English: PI ad on when she went awaw A home- 
spnn striped Woolen Jacket and Petticoat, two home- 
spnn Aprons, one Linen, the other Tow, bnt no Shoos 
noi- Stockings. ^Vhoevor takes np and secnres said 
Ser\ant in Philadel])hia Coal or any Coal in New-Jer- 
sey, st) that her Master ma\' have her again, shall have 
Forty Shillings Reward, and reasona1)le Charges paid 

by 

James Sexton. 

N. 1). She is sn])posod to be secreted in ov abont 
Philadelphia. 

Stolen or went adrift from Trenton Landing, abont 
the 20th of May, A Battoe, abont 17 Feet long, rows 
with two Pair of Swivel Oars, and is jxiinted with Span- 
ish Brown in the Inside, and the Ontsides turpentined, 



1759] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 375 

and the Bottom is done over with Pitch; she has a 
Rudder; and has an Iron Strap goes up her Stem, and 
a Chain that is fastened with Iron Cleaves about Half- 
way u]) the Stem, she has Pine Strips goes along the 
Inside for tlie Seats to lodge on, and in the first there 
is a Hole for a Mast. Whoever has got said Battoe, 
and will bring or send her to Trenton Landing Place, 
shall receive Two Dollars Reward, paid by me, Josiah 
Appleton, jun. at Trenton. — The Pennsylvania Gazette^ 
No. 1600, August 23, 1759. 

London^ July 7. Yesterday Nathaniel Jones, of the 
Middle Temple, Ksq ; Barrister at Law, kissed his 
Majesty's Hand, on his being appointed Chief Justice 
of New-Jersey, in America. — The Nezv York Mereury, 
August 27, 1759. 

St. Christophers, August i. 

The following prizes have been carried into St. 
Pierres since the 24th of June viz. 

Sloop Yarmouth, PurceK from Piscataway. — I'he 
l\'nnsylva)iia Journal^ No. 873, August 30, 1759. 

The following Vessels are taken and carried into 

Martinico, Snow Betty Schooner Sarah, 

Thornditch. from Salem. 

Remainder of the List of Letters remaining in the Post 
Office, begun Number 1598 of this Paper. 

Robert Taylor, Cumberland County. 

John Watson, Perth Ainboy; James Woodside, Mountliolly; Edward 
Weatherbay, West Jersey; .John Warnock, Kast Nottingham; John 
Walker, West Nottingham. 

— The Pennsylvania Gazette., No. 1601, August 30, 

1759- 



l'/6 NKW JKRSI'IV COLONIAL DOCU M KN'IS. |l759 

Nrxo-York, Sr/>/r/;//>rr 3. |^,r'l"lic Drawin.-;- of the 
Newark Loltory (ov huiUlino- Ti-inity C'luircli. in New- 
Jcrsev. is postponed 'till the igth Instant; it will tlien 
be eertainly drawn, without fnrlher Delay. A few oi 
the Tickets may yet he IkuI at the i'.ihie and C'rown in 
ilanover-Si|nare. — 7'//r iVi-n' )'<';/■ Mtrcurv, St/y/ciii/hr 
3. 1759- 

Nkw-\'ork, Sc-pttMnher 3. 

Last Wednesday se'nni^ht. the _'jd of Auonst. a 
small Sloop, holonj^ino- to Mi". IJezekiah W'riohi of 
St at en- Island one \\'aj;alenL Master, eiMnin*;- from l^o-o- 
llarbonr, Init heins;- then o['\ the Capes of Delaware, 
was tired at and hronj^^ht to hy a iM-eneh A^^ssel of \\'ar, 
of lO Carriage (Inns, mostly Www I'onnders. the Cap- 
tain (^f which, after detaininj;- \\'aj;alem a few Hours, 
told him he did not come on the C'oast for such h\>llows 
as him. and, as a Ship just then hove in Sii^ht, standins;- 
in SluM-e, hid him he^HMie ahoul his Ihisiness, when he 
readily took his Leave, and arri\ed safe at Stat en Is- 
land, on h^-iday Morning- last, the Winds heini;- mostly 
ahead. Wa^'aleni could not learn v hdher Monsieur 
had made an\- C'a])tures, and he was stricth' forbid to 
speak of his l)eins;' (n\ the C'oast. after his Arri\al hither. 

Deserted frt)m a recruiting- Tartx' of the Tennsylva- 
nians, jo Miles below Lancaster, on the j()th nit. at 
Night, live Recruits, viz. Siiaks'I'KR CAVENOLUiii . 
. . Nicholas Hoar . . . Bi«;niamin Lkwis . 
. Samuel Lawrence . . . Daniel Bravpon, 
5 Feet ^^ Inches high, black hair, and brown Complex- 
ion, about 30 Years of Age. Had on a brown Waist- 
coat, dirty Trowsers, no Stockings, and nuich inclined 
to Hrink; has li\ cd in the Jerseys, near 1 laddonlleld. 
Whoever secures all, or an\- of said Deserters, in anv of 



1759] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 377 

His Majesty's Goals, and sends Word to the Regiment, 
shall receive Two Pistoles Reward for each, paid by 
Thomas Loyd, Lieut. Colonel. 
— 77ie Pennsylvania Gazette^ No. 1602, September 
6, 1759. 

TiiK Managers of the Bile's Island Lottery for 
1'rinity Church at Newark, &c. have post- 
]joned the Drawing until Wednesday the 19th 
Instant, at which Time the Drawing will cer- 
tainly Commence. A few Tickets are yet to be had of 
the Managers. 

To Be Run For, 

AT Elizabeth-Town, in New-Jersey, the First 
Tuesday in October next, by any Horse, 
Mare or Gelding, carrying Ten Stone, the 
best of three Heats, two Miles to each Heat; 
a Plate of Fifteen Pounds. Proper Managers will 
be appointed. Horses to be entered with Col. Mathias 
Williamson, any Time before the Day of running, pay- 
ing Two Dollars each. The Entrance Money will be 
run for the Thursday following, by such Horses as were 
not distanced for the Plate, and the winning Horse. 

RojiERT Savage, 
From Monmouth County in New-Jersey: 
Has hired the School-Room wliere the noted Mr. 
Gatehouse formerly taught, and intends to open School 
on Monday the 17th Instant, which School-Room is at 
the House of Mr. Samuel Foster, jun. Silk Dyer, in 
Princes-Street. Whoever is j^leased to favour him with 
the Tuition of their Children, shall be carefully taught 
true Spelling, Reading, WViting, Arithmetic, &c. Also, 
the Rudements of the Latin and French.— T/ie New York 
Mercury. September 10, 1759. 



378 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l759 

New York, September lo. Friday last Captain 
Ball sailed from Sandy-Hook in a Sloop for the West- 
Indies; but about Two o'Clock, on Saturday Morning, 
she sunk down, 25 Leagues from the Land, and the 
Crew had so little Time to get out their Boat, that it 
was with Difhculty they saved themselves: They all. 
12 in Number, got safe up here Yesterday. 

To be sold by Way of i)ublick \>ndue, on the 24th 
Day of this inst. September, at the late Dwelling-house 
of Thomas Spicer, in Waterford. Gloucester County, 
deceased, Horses, Cattle. Sheep, Hogs, Hay, Rye, In- 
dian Corn, Household Goods, a Cart, Harrows, 
Ploughs, and other Utensils of Husbandry. Every 
Purchaser at the said Vendue, whose Purchases do not 
amount to Twenty Shillings, to pay ready Aloney; and 
those whose Purchases do amount to Twenty Shillings, 
to have six Months Credit, giving good Security, if re- 
quired, by Jacob Spicer, Samuel Spicer, Executors. — 
TJic Ponisylvaiiia Gazette, No. 1603, September 13, 

1759- 

BrougJit to the house of Wiilieiiii WJiitehead^ on the '^tJi 
of this instant^ a stolen Mare, zuith a Bridle and Saddle^ 
branded on the near shoulder^ TF, and on the near Bnttoek 
D; the owner is supposed to live at or near Allen-tozvn, 
Nezv-Jersey. The ozvner is desired to come and take her 
azvay^ and pay the charges^ otherz^'ise she zvill be sold to 
pay the cost. 

Notice is hereby given to the PUBLICK, That zi'c the 
Subscribers have erected a Stage Waggon, to transport 
Passengers ^c. from Mr. Daniel Cooper'' s Ferry., opposite 
the City of Philadelphia^ to Monnt-holly., from thence 
through the County of Monmouth to Middletozon, and 



1759] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 379 

from tliciicc to tJic Bay near Sandy-Hook^ ivhere a Boat is 
to attend^ to convey Passengers, ^e. to the City of Nezv 
York ; the said Stage Waggon will attend at said Cooper'' s 
Ferry, on the second Tuesday in October next, at Seven 
o'clock in the Morning ; and the said Boat zvill attend at 
the City of Nezv York, on the second Monday in said 
Month. Any Person incli)iing to travel in said Stage, 
may apply to Mr. Martin Ashburn, at the Ferry House, 
in Philadelphia, and Mr. George Cooke, near the Exchange 
in Nezv York ; the said Stage zvill continue to go once a 
Week at present, on said Days. Any Person inclining to 
travel to Shrezvsbury, may depend on being accommodated 
zvith a JVaggon, erected at Middletozvn for that Purpose, 
by their humble Scrvaiits, EDWARD TAYLOR, and JOHN 
Taylor at Middletozvn ; Zachariah Russell and 
Daniel Jones at Mountholly, and ]o\v^ Cox, at Moore'' s- 
tozvn. 

Found on the Road the Jth of last JMontJi, betzvcen 
Trenton Ferry and the Four Lanes End, a good Silver 
Case Watch. The Ozvner describing the Watch, and pay- 
ing charges, may have it again, by applying to JOSEPH 
Barrows, /;/ Lozver Maxfield, Bucks County. 

To 1)6 sold by Way of publick Vendue, on the Fifth 
Day of October next, upon the Premises, a good large 
convenient Brick House, two Stories high; fovu" Rooms 
on a Floor, and a good Cellar under the Whole, with a 
good Brick Kitchen adjoining, a good Stable, Hay 
house, Chair-house, Smoke-house «&c, with two good 
Lots or Parcels of Land, each containing about 45 Feet 
front, and 100 Feet back; situate on New-street, alias 
White-street, in Mountholly, in the County of Burling- 
ton, in New Jersey, suitable for a Gentleman, Merchant 
or Tradesman; also four Acres of good Clover Meadow, 



380 NEW JERSEY COI.ONIAI, DOCUMENTS. [1759 

clear and within Fence, lying about two ^liles from 
jMounthoUy. An indisputable Title will be made, and 
People civily treated. 

Joshua llumphris. 

— Tlic Ptiiiisy/vaiiia Gazct/i^ Xo. 1603, ScptciNlhr 

'3. ';59- 

Gloucester County, September 20, 1759 
W hereas a Xote or Bill was obtained of me the Sub- 
scriber, liy Fraud, and without any Consideration, to 
John Hendrickson, for Thirteen Pounds, dated on or 
alunit the JQth of December last, for which Reason 1 
will not pay the same Monew unless ccMupelled by Law, 
and (\o hereby forewarn all Persons not to take an As- 
sig-mueiU oi the said Note. 

Jonas 1 [endrickson. 

— T/ic J\-/n/sr/:-truict Gci::itti\ Xo. 1604, Scptiiulh-r 

20, 1759. 

B^' \ irtue of a Writ of J-'irri Facias, issued out 
of the Mayctr's Court, of the City of New- 
Brunswick. a>;ainst the Cioods and Chattels 
of Zebulon Collins, to me directed; there will 
be exposed to sale at ])ublic ^>ndue, on the Premises, 
on Saturday the JOth l^ay of October next, a Tract of 
Land containing- 150 Acres, belonging to said Zebulon 
Collins, in the Possession of Luke Selover, lying one 
'\\\\q from South River; about 50 Acres of Land is 
cleared and in I'Tmicc. and has on it a House, \oung Or- 
chard, and other improvements; the Remainder of the 
Tract is Wood Land, convenient to a Landing, and for 
transporting to New- York: The Sale to begin at 10 
o'clock in the Forenoon, by 

William CrawI'-ord, Sheriff. 



1759] NEWSl'Al'ER EXTRACTS. 38 1 

Scheme of a Lottery 

ERECTED and to be drawn on or near Bile's 
Island, for raising 750 Dollars, to be applied 
to the Finishing the Presbyterian Chnrch at 
r.onnd-Brook, in East-New-Jersey, and to 
the i'aying off sundry Arrearages, in erecting the Par- 
sonage House thereto appending. The Lottery con- 
sists of 2500 Tickets, at 2 Dollars each, 713 of which 
are to be fortunate, without any Deduction, so that 
there will be scarcely two Blanks and a half to a Prize, 
as more i)articular]\- appears from the Scheme follow- 
ine: 



Numl 


)er of P 
I 
2 

4 

8 


'rizes, 




Dollars. 
250 
100 

50 

25 




Dollar 
250 
200 
200 
200 




10 


of 




20 


are 


200 




U 






10' 




210 




40 
104 
530 




Profit 


8 

5 
4 

First drawn. 
Last drawn, 

;s of the Lottery, 


320 

520 

2120 

15 
15 


Prizes, 
Blanks, 


713 
1787 


4250 
750 




2500 



Total amount of 2500 Tickets at two Dol- 
lars each 5000 

The Drawing to commence the first Day of Decem- 
ber next at farthest, or sooner if sooner full: The whole 



1 Should be 15, instead of 10. 



382 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l759 

to be conducted under the inspection and Management 
of Col. IMiilip Van Home, Benjamin Thompson, Tobias 
Van Norden, James Hude, jun. Wihiam Thompson, 
Escjurs. and Capt. John Harris, who are to be under 
Oath for the faithful Discharge and Execution of their 
Trust. 

N. B. Tickets are to be sold by the above Inspectors 
and Managers, and also by the Printer \it.rQoi.— Thc New 
York Merc 71 ry , Sept em />er 24, 1759. 



' To be sold one seventJi Part of a Copper-Mine^ at Ih-nn- 
swiek, eair d FreneJi s JMine^ and five eights of another 
Copper-Mine, eall\i Cornelius ]^an Horn^s Mine, and a/so 
one .twelfth Part of another Copper- Mine ^ ealPd Ten 
Eiek\s Mine, near Bound-Brook^ all in the Provinee of 
Neiv Jersey. For further particulars Enquire of John 
Reynolds., John Kidd and David McMurtric in Philadel- 
phia. — The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 877, September 
27, 1759. 

Perth-Ajnboy., September 22, 1759. Yesterday was 
open'd in the Town-House, a Court of Vice-Admiralty 
for this Province of New-Jersey, when William P. Smith., 
Esq; of the Borough of Elizabeth. D. Judge and Com- 
missary under the Honourable Lewis Morris., Escj; pub- 
lished his Commission; and afterwards admitted the 
necessary Officers appointed for the said Court: After 
which, Application having been made for the same, a 
Letter of Marque was granted, pursuant to a \\^arrant 
from His Excellency for that Purpose. 



1759] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 383 

Nassau-Hall^ September 2y, 1759. Yesterday the an- 
nual Commencement was held here. The Revd. Mr. 
Samuel Davies, lately elected President of the College 
of New-Jersey, delivered a Latin Oration, to the uni- 
versal Applause of all his learned and numerous Audi- 
tors. The young- Gentlemen (a1)out 25 in Number) who 
were admitted to the usual Degrees in the Arts, per- 
formed the accustomed Exercises with uncommon 
Facility and Correctness. The whole Ceremony con- 
cluded with the following Ode, set to Music by Mr. 
James Lyon,^ one of the Students. 

Cheerful, fearless, and at ease, 

On the downy Lap of Peace, 

In the gentle Muses' Seat, 

Unmov'd at War's tremendous Roar, 

That Consternation spreads from Shore to Shore, 

O'er solid Continents, and tossing Waves, 

From haughty Monarchs down to Slaves, 

Low cringing at their Feet ; 

Far from Terror's loud Alarms 

Peaceful Nassau! in thee we sing — 

We sing great George upon the Throne, 

And Amherst brave in Arms, 

Amherst brave in Arms; 

While Bernard, in their milder charms 

Makes the royal Virtues known. 

Cno. — We sing great George, tt'c. d'c. 



1 J'R'mes Lyon was Itcensed to preach by the Presbytery of New 
Brunswi'ck hi 1762, and was ordained by the same body. Decembeir 5, 
1764. to go to N'ova, Scotia, where he labored in the ministry for sev- 
eral years. In 1771 he removed to Mac'hias, Me., preaching there under 
great d'ifficiiltieis, especially during the RevolutiOin. 'He supplied tihe 
pulpit of NewtO'Wn, L. I., for two or three years 'until the spring 'of 17S5. 
He died October 12, 1794. He is said to have been of Irish birth. In the 
\(H- A)ii(i-ic(in Mfif/dsine (published at Woodbridge, N. J.), for Septe'm- 
ber, 175P. 'appeiars a:n originial ode, "I^ouisburg Taken." introduced by a 

note, signed "Al s" (i. e., Alum,nus), in which the writer asks his 

readers to "impute any impropriety in the Performaucev or Incorre'ct- 
ness in Meiasure, tO' the Unskilfulness of a Lyre, touch'd by unexperi- 
enced Y'oiuth." The ode is two^ pages in length, and is sig-ned "Nasso- 
vian," with the date, "E. Jersey, Aug. 1, 1759." It is probably from the 
pen of Mr Lyon. 



384 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l759 

The Sword of the Lord and of Amherst froiii far, 

Gleaming tremendous, determines tlic War, 

At th' approaehing Vengeance struck 

Gallic Slaves, the' long enur'd 

To face the wide-destroying-Svvord 

At a proud Tyrant's Word, 

Now disorder'd and broke. 

Despairing, confounded, 

By Amherst's Name subdu'd. 

By dread of Vengeance close pursu'd, 

Vengeance due to sacred British Blood, 

The useless Sword they drop. 

Nor dare for safety hope, 

But in swift Might, 

Beneath the Shade of Guilt-concealing Night. 

We sing great George upon the throne, 

And Amherst brave in Arms. 

Amherst brave in Arms, 

'While Bernard, in their inilder c'harms, 

Make the royal Virtues known. 

Happy, happy, happy, still, 

Safe from all the Alarms of ill, 

While George, the Friend of Man, adorns the Throne, 

And Amherst shines in Arms, 

While BERX-iiRD makes the royal Virtues known. 

In all their milder Charms 

Happy, S:c. kc. 

BLL Persons indebted to the Estate of William 
A\'ood, late of Six Mile Run, in Sommerset- 
County, East-New-Jersey. deceased, are de- 
sired forthwith to ballance with the Sub- 
scriber, Administrator to the said Estate: And all those 
haN-ing Demands on the same, are also requested not to 
delay bringing in their Accounts by the First Day of 
November, at which Time the Administrator is obliged 
to be on the Premises, in order to adjust the Accounts 
and settle the Affairs of the Estate, as far as it will ad- 
mit. It is hoped no one concerned will fail giving their 
Attendance on the Day appointed. 

W. Wood, Ad. 



1759] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 385 

RUN-away last Sunday night from Josiah 
Crane, at Pissipiny, in Morris County, one 
Jolm Davis, about 5 feet and half high, well- 
set, of a black complexion, supposed to be 
an Irishman, and has short black hair: Had on when 
he went away, an old bird-eye vest, tow shirt and trou- 
sers, half wore pumps, with square metal buckles some- 
what carved, old hat, and took with him a new black 
drugget coat, with l)lack horn l)uttons, a new tow shirt, 
and oznabrigs trovvsers. one black handkerchief, and 
four thirty shilling- bills Jersey money. Whoever se- 
cures said fellow so that said Crane may have his cash 
and cloaths, and said Davis brought to justice, shall 
have Five Pounds reward, and all reasonable charges 
paid by Capt. Lemuel Bowers, in Pissipiny,* or by me 
Josiah Crane. Said Davis has one fine shirt with him. 
Hanover, Sept. 24. 

— The Netu York Mercury^ October i, 1759- 

A Silver Watch, 
Made by Pr. Mure London, No. 4602, was dropt on 
the road between this City and Renshaw's, at Glouces- 
ter-Point Ferry on Friday, the 7th Instant, ft had a 
green string-, with a common seal, the figure of a ship. 
Whoever has found said Watch, and will bring it to An- 
drew Steuart, printer in Laetitia Court Philadelphia, 
*jr to the printer hereof, sliall have Forty Shillings re- 
ward, no questions ask. If discovered in the custody of 
any one, after this notice, 'twill be reckoned as thief 
stolen. If offered to sale, 'tis hop'd it will be detained. 
— The Pennsylvania Journal^ No. 878, October a,^ 1759- 

Custom House, Philadelphia, Inward Entries. 
Schooner Charming Sally, M. Coombs, from Salem. — 
The Pennsylvania Gazette^ No. 1606, October ^, I759- 

1 Now usually written Parsippany. 



386 



NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 



[1759 



SCHEME of a Lottery, far making an Addition 
to, and repairing St. John's Church, in EHz- 
abeth Town: Erected and to be drawn near 
Schiiter's Island, about two Miles from Eliz- 
abeth-Town Point, consisting of 3334 Tickets, at four 
Dollars each. 



0, of Prizes. 


Value of each 




Total Value. 


I 




of 


1000, 


is 


1000 Dollars 


2 




of 


500, 


are 


1000 


4 




of 


200, 


are 


800 


8 




of 


100, 


are 


800 


16 




of 


50, 


are 


800 


30 




of 


20, 


are 


600 


792 




of 


8, 


are 


6336 


853 


Pr 


izes 






1 1336 



15 per Cent, is 2000 
3334 Tickets, at four Dollars, are 13336 Dollars. 

There is to l)e no Deduction from the Prizes; the 
Drawing to commence on or before the fifth Day of 
February next, if fill'd by that Time, under the Direc- 
tion and Management of Jonathan Hampton and John 
De Hart, Esc[rs, who are under Oath, for the faithful 
Discharge of their Trust. Timely Notice will be given 
of the Drawing, and the Fortunate Tickets will be pub- 
lished in the New-York Gazette and Mercury, and to 
be paid by the Managers to the Possessors thereof. It 
is hoped that all good and charitabl}- disposed People 
will encourage this laudable Undertaking. 



Nczv-York\ October 8. Newark Lottery Numbers 
are not yet come to the Hands of the Printer of this 
Paper. — The New York Mercury, October^, ^759- 



1759] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 387 

TO be sold at a reasonable Rate, a Boat car- 
rying seven Cord, all in good Order to attend 
a Mill; when deeply loaded won't draw above 
four Feet eight Inches Water; Sails and 
Rigging all in compleat Order. The Boat to be seen 
every Week at New-York; for Price enquire of Richard 
Waldron, at the Great Dock; or of John Zabriski, at 
Hackinsack. — The New York Mercury^ October i, 1759. 

All Persons indebted to the Estate of Peter Pain, of 
Hopewell, New-Jersey, Shopkeeper, deceased, by Bond, 
Bill, or Book Debt, are desired to make speeedy Pay- 
ment; and those who have any Demands on said Es- 
tate, are desired to bring in their Accounts proved, 
that they may be paid by Preston Pain, at Philadelphia, 
and Benjamin Stevens at Hopewell, Executors. 

Found, on the second Day of September last, a large 
Leather Pocket Book, floating in the Mouth of Anco- 
cus Creek, containing some Papers, and a small Matter 
of Money. The Owner, proving his Property, and pay- 
ing Charges, may have it again, by applying to Jona- 
than Thomas, in Lower Dublin Township, Philadel- 
phia Count}'. — The Pennsylvania Gazette^ No. 1606, 
October 4, 1759. 

Nezv-York, October 15. The Newark Lottery Num- 
bers came to Hand last Saturday, and shall be inserted 
in our next. The following Numbers drew the high 
Prizes, viz. 2406, 1000 Dollars; 725, and 3498, 500 
Dol. each; 1115, 1164, and 2225, 200 Dollars each; 
1347, 1524, 2436, and 4208, 100 Dollars each; 304, 347, 
501, 515, 567, 776, 1055, 1432, 1588, 2281, 2468, 2524, 
2810, 3107, 3163, 3193, 3569, 3792, 4480, Prizes of 50 
Dollars each. 



388 NEW JERSEY COEONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1/59 

TO be sold at piiblick vendue, on the loth 
Day of November next, by John Edwards, 
livings near Bordentown, in BurHngton 
County, and Provinee of Ne^v-Jersey, 200 
Acres of good Land, very well timbered, lying within 
Half a Mile of the Town, where there is a good Landing 
to take Wood from. The Sale to begin at 12 o'Clock. — 

Custom-House, Philadelphia, Entered Li. Schooner 
Resolution, William Pearne from Piscataway. — TJic 
Pennsylvania Journal , No. 880, October 18, 1759. 

Custom House, Philadelphia, Inward Entries. 
Sloop Bellona, Peter Groves, from Salem. — The Penn- 
sylvania Gazette, No. 1608, October 18, 1759. 

Custom blouse, Plhladelphia. Cleared Sloop Bel- 
lona, Peter Groves, to Salem.— The Pennsylvania Ga- 
zette, No. 1609, October 25, 1759. 

Llis excellency the governor of New-Jersey, has issued 
a proclamation, appointing Thursday the 22d of Novem- 
ber next, to be observed as a day of thanksgiving 
throughout the province, for the signal successes of his 
majesty's arms over his enemies. — The New American 
Magazine (y^ooAhxx^^Q, N. ].)for October, 1759. 

Nezv-Brnnsii'icky in New-Jersey. On receiA'ing the Ad- 
vice of the Surrender of Quebeck, the Capital of New- 
France, to his Majesty's Forces the 17th ultimo, the 
same was obser\ed here on Monday E\ening the 15th 
Instant, with a Feu De Joie. Illuminations, and every 
other publick Mark of Hearts overflowing with Joy and 
Gratitude, for this most signal .\cquisition, and Addi- 
tion to his Majesty's Dominion in North America, 
which God grant may continue for ever. 



1759] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 389 

Nezv-York^ October 22. The Prizes in the Newark 
Lottery, will not begin to be paid off by H. Gaine, be- 
fore Wednesday next. 

TICKETS for the Elizabethtown Lottery, to 
be had of the Managers in Elizabeth-Town; 
Daniel Pierson, Esq; Mr. Gabriel Ogden, and 
Mr. James Banks, at Newark; Mr. Elias 
Boudinot. Post-Master, at Prince-Town; Dr. Samuel 
Tuthil, at Morris-Town; John Allen, Esq; at Trenton; 
and Mr. Parker. Printer, and Mr. Daniel Knap, in New- 
York. 

List of the fortunate Numbers of the Bile's-Island, 
erected for the Benefit of Trinity Church at Newark, 

&c. Numerically digested, Viz ' 

The above is a true List, carefully examined by 
John Schuyler, ] 

josiaii hornblower, | 
JosiAH Ogden, 
Daniel Pierson, 
Gabriel Ogden, 

All Persons thai have Tickets at New^-York, signed 
by Col. Schuyler, or Mr. Hornblower, are desired to 
settle with Mr. John Richards. 

N. B. No. 689, First drawn, 15 Dollars. 
1968 Last drawn, 10 Dollars. 

— Tlie New York Mercury^ October 22, 1759. 

New- York, October 22. 

A Letter from Crown-Point, dated October 12, 1759. 
"We had the Pleasure Yesterday Evening, to see our 



Managers. 



1 The list is omitted here. 



390 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l759 

.\rniy marcli away, and embark on Lake Champlain, for 
St. John's, having a fine Gale from the S. W. The Army 
consisted of 5000 Men, from the Regular Regiments. 
viz. The Royal and young Highlanders, Royal Scot's, 
Predeaux's, Blakeney's, Forbes's, Grenadiers, Gage's 
Light Infantry, and Rogers's Rangers, with some 
Draughts out of the Provincials, and about 150 Lidians 
in Bark Canoes: They have with them a fine Brig, 
mounting 18 Guns, one large Redeau, carrying six 
Brass 24 Pounders, with two other less Redeaus. The 
Troops in Battoes. General Amherst in his Whale- 
boat; and Col. Schuyler with him. We have heard 
nothing from Major Rogers" — The Pennsylvania Ga- 
zette^ No. 1609, Oetober 25, 1759. 



'Gordon's Lottery, which has been so long in 
Hand, is to begin drawing on Wednesday next without 
fail. The Printer hereof has a few Tickets yet unsold, 
therefore those who wou'd l)e supplied are desired to 
call immediately. 

THE Drawing of the Alanennaucong Island 
Lottery is postponed to the 19th of Novem- 
ber next, when the Pu1)lic may depend on its 
beine drawn. Tickets are now selling by the 
Managers, at their respective Dwellings, (as is men- 
tioned in the Scheme) and by the Printer hereof. — The 
Neiv York Mercury., October 2C), i759- 

New- York. November 12. 

By a Gentleman who left Albany last Wednesday, we 
are informed .... That the 55th Regiment (late 
Predeaux's) now under the Cotnmand o'f Col. Robin- 
son was to be quartered this Winter in New-Jersey. 



1759] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 39I 

Philadelphia, November 15. 

His Majesty'' s Ship Alcrairy is arrived at Ne%v York 
from E)igla)id^ and has brought^ zue hear, One Hundred 
Thousand Pounds Sterling, for the Payment of the Army. 
In Jier came Passejigers t lie Honourable J AMES HAMILTON, 
E.sq ; appointed Governor of the Province, in the Room of 
the Honourable WiLLIAM Denny, Esq ; and the Chief 
Justice of the Jerseys. — The Pennsylvania Gazette , N^o. 
161 2, November 15, 1759. 

Extract of a Letter from Neiv York, November 12. 

"Last night there was seen 8 or 10 Topsail Vessels 
coming- into the Hook, which are supposed to be some 
of the Scarborough's Convoy from Quebec which she 
parted with Saturday 8 Days." — The Pennsylvania J our- 
)ial. No. 884, November 15, 1759. 

Custom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Sloop 
Robinhood, Ebenezer Stocker from Piscataway. Sloop 
Eunice and Molly, Daniel Emrey from Piscataway. — 
The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 884, November 15, 1759. 

The Drawing of the Manennaucong-Island Lottery 
is postponed to the 20th of May next. 

Nezi'-York, Noveniber 19. Monday last his Majestys 
Ship Mercury, of 20 Guns, Jonathan Faulkner Esq; 
Commander, arrived here from England, having £. 140,- 
000 Sterling on board, for the Use of his Majesty's For- 
ces in North America. The Honourable James Hamil- 
ton, Esq; Governor of Pennsylvania, and Nathaniel 
Jones, Esq ; Chief Justice of the Province of New-Jersey, 
came over in the Mercury. — The New York Mercury, 
November 19, 1759. 



392 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. ['759 

Run away on the 13th of this instant Novem1)er, from 
Matthias Boatman, near Mount-hoHv in Burhngton 
County, an Apprentice Bow named Francis Clawson, 
about 5 Feet high, 18 Years of Age, of a fair Complex- 
ion, short brown Hair: Had on an old Felt Hat, Ozen- 
brigs Shirt, striped Linen Jacket, with white Metal But- 
tons, Buckskin Breeches, light blue Yarn Stockings, 
newly footed, and old Shoes. Whoever takes up said 
Apprentice, and secures him. so that his Master may 
have him again, shall have a Pistole Reward and reason- 
able Charges, paid by 

Matthl\s Boatman. 

N. B. All Masters of \>ssels are forbid to carry him 
off at their Peril. 

This is to give NOTICE 

That the Subscribers hereof, living in the Township 
of Evesham, Burlington County, and Province of West 
New-Jersey, do want a Schoolmaster, and choose to 
have a single ^lan, such Person applying, qualified for 
the said Service, may expect good Wages, and good 
Treatment h\ us. 

Abraham Haines and Thomas Smith, Senior. 

— TJic Pciinsyivania Gazette, No. 161 3, November 
22, 1759. 

Gabriel Ogden 

At Newark, 

Has just open'd a Ware-House of a very great Variety 
of Goods, imported in the Ship Old Grace, and the last 
V^essels from England, to be sold very cheap for ready 
Money. — The New York Mereiiry, November 26, 1759. 



1759] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 393 

Custom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. si. Sals- 
bury, Batchelor from Salem. — TJie Pennsylvania Journal, 
No. 885, November 22, 1759. 

Trenton, November 20th, lySg. 

Stray' D or Stolen, on the gth Instant, from the House 
of Isaac Yard, Tavern Keeper in Trenton, A dark brozvn 
or black Mare, abont 13 Hands High, Paces and Trots, 
her hind Feet white, a Star in her Forehead, a Bob Tail, 
and an E on one of Jier Shoulders. With her zvas taken 
a neiv Hunting Saddle, of the best Sort loith a Saddle 
Cloth, light ColouPd and cross Bar^i, also a nczv Snaffie 
Bridle with brass Boses. Whoever secures the said Alar e, 
Saddle and Bridle and delivers them at Isaac Yard"* s, or 
at the Subscribers in Lombard Street, Philadelphia, shall 
receive Thirty Shillii<igs Rezuard, and if the Thief is 
taken, FoUR POUNDS, and reasonable Charges paid by 

Gunning Bedp^ord. 

— The Pennsvlvania Journal, No. 886, Novcndicr 29, 
1759- 

Run away on the 25th of November at Night, from 
the Farm of John Lawrence, in Mansfield, Burlington 
County, an English Servant Man, named John Stillwell, 
but will be apt to change his Name: Had on when he 
went away, a new Pair of Buckskin Breeches, Sailor's 
Trousers, a blue Jacket, new Felt Hat, and a light 
Coat, better than half worn, with plain Silver Buttons. 
Whoever takes up said Servant, and brings him to his 
Master, or confines him in any Goal, so that he may be 
had again, shall have Three Pounds Reward, and all 
reasonable Charges, paid by 

John Lawrence 



394 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l759 

Taken up the 2d of November by Zacharias Farias, on 
Gloucester Road, a bright bay Mare, lately trimmed, 
with a Bob Tail, shod before, has a Star in her Fore- 
head, her off hind Foot white, she paces, trots and gal- 
lops. The Owner, proving his Property, and paying 
Charges, may have her again, by applying to the Sub- 
scriber, living on Society Hill. 

Zacharias Farias 

■ — TJic Pennsylvania Gazette^ No. 16 14, November 
29, 1759. 

Perth Anibow Nov. 30. This day the regiment raised 
by this province for the last campaign, under the com- 
mand of Col. Peter Schuyler, arrived here from Crown- 
Point, and \vere disbanded pursuant to the act of assem- 
blv. — TJie New AiJieriean Magazine (Woodbridge, N. J.), 
for November^ 1759- 

Neiv- York., December 3. Thursday last Colonel Peter 
Schuyler arrived here from Albany; and the next Day 
set out for his Seat at Second-River, in N^w-Jersey. 

Just published, and to be sold by the Printer hereof. 
Price, Six Pence, 

A Valedictory Oration, pronounced at the 
Commencement, held at Nassau-Hall, in N. 
Jersey, September 26, 1759. By one of the 
Batchelors, a Youth of Eighteen. Published 
by Desire. 

Scheme of a Lottery, 

FOR repairing of the Lutheran Church, in 
Hackensack, erected, and to be drawn near 
Shuter's Island, about Two Miles from Eliza- 
beth-Town Point; consisting of Four Thou- 
sand Tickets, at Two Dollars each: Fifteen per Cent 



1759] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 395 



to be deduc 


ted 


from 


the Prizes 


after 


the Drawing is 


finished. 
















I 




of 


900 


is 




900 




2 




of 


400 


are 




800 




2 




of 


200 


are 




400 




4 




of 


100 


are 




400 




i6 




of 


50 


are 




800 




50 




of 


15 


are 




750 




200 




of 


6 


are 




1200 




67s 


of 

Prizes 


4 

First 


are 
Drawn 


2700 

^5 




950 


Dollars. 


3050 


Blanks 


Last 


Drawn 


^5 


Dollars. 



4000 Sum Total 8000 Dollars. 

The Drawing to commence on the nth Day of 
December inst. if full, under the Inspection and Man- 
agement of Lawrence \^an Buskirk. Jacob Titsort, Jo- 
hannes Demarest, Esquires, Capt. Jacobus Van Bus- 
kirk, Lawrence Van Horn, and John V^anorden; who 
are to be under Oath for the true Performance of the 
Trust reposed in them. 

[Manennaucong Island Lottery] 

Tickets to be sold at the DwelHng Houses of Captain 
Lemuel Bowers and Lieutenant Samuel Mun, at Par- 
sippaning; Robert Gould, Esc^; and Lewis Stewart, at 
Paquannack; who are appointed Managers of said Lot- 
tery. Also by Ebenezer Byram, Esq; at Mendem, and 
Mr. Joseph Day, at Hanover.— 77/^- A^rw' York Mercury, 
December 3 , 1759. 

All Persons indebted to the Estate of John Andrews, 
late of the Town and County of Salem, and Province of 



396 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l/SQ 

New Jersey, deceased, are desired to make speedy Pay- 
ment: And those that have any Demands against the 
said Estate, are desired to l)ring- them in. that thev may 
be adjusted, and paid l)y 

Erasmus Kent, Executor. 

— The Pciui&yha)iia (iazette^ No. 1615, December (i, 
1759- 

Elizabet/i-l^ou'ii, Neiu-Jerse}\ Deeeinber 4. Last Week 
Nathaniel Jones, Esq; came to this Place from Am- 
boy, where he was lately sworn into his (Office of Chief 
Justice of this Province; and Yesterday he was invited 
to a genteel Entertainment, by the Corporation of this 
Borough, when they made him the following Address: 

To the Honourable Nathaniel Jones, Esq; Chief 
Justice of his Majesty's Pro\'ince of New-Jersey. 

Sir, 

The Mayor, Recorder. Aldermen and Com- 
monalty of the Free Town and Borough of 
Elizabeth, chearfully embrace this Oppor- 
tunit}' to demonstrate the Sincerity of their 
Congratulations on your safe Arrival in New-Jersey; 
and to testify that Respect, which the public and digni- 
f\''d Character you sustain, demands of every Subject, 
who would honor the Appointment of his gracious Sov- 
ereign. 

For his Majesty's past Favours, we are impressed with 
warm Sentiments of Gratitude; particularly in his con- 
stituting" an immediate Representative of his Royal 
Person, furnished with ample Talents to execute the 
high Trust reposed in him; and your late designation 
to the first Seat on the Bench, affords a strong presump- 
tion of Abilities adapted to the conspicuous Theatre on 



1759] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 397 

which you are destined to Act. We therefore esteem it 
as a fresh Instance of the King's paternal Indulgence. 

Your Ofihce, Sir, consisting in the indiscriminate Dis- 
tribution of Justice to the Members of the Community 
in general, it would be improper to request peculiar 
Favours to the Borough of EHzabeth: Permit us only 
to express the Confidence we place in your inflexible 
Adherence to the Dictates of Impartiality and Integ- 
rity (Virtues not unfailingly appendant to your eminent 
Station) leaves us no Room to doubt, that the sacred 
Rights of the People will remain unimpair'd, while 
Truth only can byas at the Head of our supreme judi- 
cial Acts. 

As you have been pleased to do Honor to this Town, 
by looking upon it as the most eligible Situation for 
your future Residence, be assured. Sir, we shall take a 
singular Pleasure in rendering your domestic Happiness 
among us, as complete as the Circumstances of the 
Place will admit. To restrain indeed the least Office of 
Friendship and Civility from a Gentleman who is him- 
self susceptible of the kind and bene\olent Sensations, 
we must first suppress in our own Breasts the native 
Sentiments of Plumanity; and the Affection we profess 
to our amiable Sovereign, might justly be esteemed a 
Profesion only, should we so far disregard his Royal 
Commission, as to fail in the Respect due to a Person, 
whom he hath thought worthy to elevate to the second 
Post of Power and Influence in the Government of his 
flourishing Province of New-Jersey. 

In the Name of the Corporation: 

Samuel Woodruff,' Mayor. 

Elizabeth-Town, Dec. 3, 1759. 



1 For a sketch of Samuel Woodruff, see N. J. Archives, XII., 44. 



398 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l759 

His Honour retuniM the following Answer: 

Gentlemen, 

I Thank you for this affectionate Address, a 
Compliment unexpected by me; but it is 
the most acceptable, as containing Senti- 
ments of Zeal for his Majesty, and the Re- 
gard you pay his Royal Appointment: and I am infin- 
itely obliged to you for the Favourable Opinion you en- 
tertain of me, tho' a Stranger to you all. 

On this Occasion, I should chuse rather to manifest 
my Gratitude by a due Discharge of my Duty, in an 
impartial Administration of Justice, than by a verbal 
Declaration of my real Intentions. My principal Con- 
cern will be to promote the Peace and Welfare of this 
Province, and to support the Rights and Liberties of 
every individual, as far as my Power extends; resolving 
to prefer the public Good to my own private Interest. 

My Residence among you will be rendered happy, be- 
cause you are not devoid of Humanity, but apparently 
practise the Religion you profess. The Confidence you 
repose in me, will influence my Conduct so as to merit 
your Esteem, and attach me by an inviolable Fidelity. 
I am Gentlemen, 

Your most obhg'd 

Humble Servant, 

N. Jones. 

Nezv-York% Dccciiibcr 10. We hear that his Excel- 
lency Major-Gencral Amherst, arrived at Albanv, from 
Crown-Point, but last from Fort-Edward; that he in- 
tended to embark for this Place in a Day or Two; and 
that the three following Regiments might be expected 
hourly down, viz. 

The Second Battalion of the Royals, to be quartered 



1759] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 399 

in East-New-Jersey; Colonel Montgomery's High- 
landers to be quartered on Long-Island; and the 55th 
in this City. — TJic Neiv York Mercury^ December 10, 

1759- 

Custom-Honse, Philadelphia, Entered In. Brig Ex- 
periment, Robert Boyd from Burlington. — The Penn- 
sylvania Journal, No. 888, December 13, 1759. 

New-York, December 3. 

Since our last a Number of the Provincials belonging 
to this Province, and the Jerseys, have arrived in Town 
from Albany. — The Pennsylvania Gazette., No. 16 16, 
December 13, 1759. 

Nezv- York, December 17. Friday last the Second Bat- 
talion of the Royal Scotch passed by this City in five 
Sloops, on their Way to New-Jersey, where they are to 
be cjuartered for the Winter; and we hear New-Bruns- 
wick is intended to be their Headquarters. 

HEREAS the Drawing of the Manennaucong- 
Island Lottery was por.tponed until the 
Twentieth of May next. This is to inform 
the Public, that the Managers of said Lot- 
tery not finding so many Tickets on hand as they im- 
agined, have concluded said Lottery shall commence 
drawing on Monday the 25th day of February next. 
Weather permitting. There is still a few Tickets unsold 
in the hands of the Managers, and printer hereof, which 
it's hoped all well disposed persons will become Adven- 
turers in so laudable an Undertaking, for the Propaga- 
tion of the Gospel. — The iVeii' York Merenry, December 

17, 1759- 




400 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1/59 

Ciistoni-Hoiisc, Philadel]:)hia, Entered In. Schooner 
Polly. Samnel Horton from Salem. Schooner Adven- 
ture, E. Jackson from Piscataway. — TJie Pennsylvania 
Journal^ No. 889, December 20, 1759. 

To be sold by public vendue on Monday the 31st inst. 
at the London Coffee-PIouse, at 4 o'Clock in the after- 
noon, I -7th part of a Coppermine at New-Brunswick, 
called French's mine/ and 5-8ths of another Coppermine 
called Cornelius Van Horns mine, i-i2th part of another 
copper mine called Tenicks mine, near Bound Brook, all 
in the province of New-Jersey, with all the ore that is 
above ground, pumps, mills and other utensils respect- 
ively belonging to each mine in the condition they may 
be in at the time of sale, for further particulars enquire 
of 

John Reynell, 
John Kidd, 
David McMurtrie. 
— TJie Pennsylvania Joiirnah No. 889, December 20., 
1759- 

Whereas Francis Chat tin, late of Woodbury, in New- 
Jersey, Blacksmith, hath left the Country, and hath im- 
powered me the subscriber to ask, demand, sue for and 
recover all his Debts, Dues or Demands whatsoever or 
wdieresoever; now these are to desire all Persons that 
are indebted to him to come to me and settle their Ac- 
compts, and pay off their respective Ballances in three 
Weeks after Date, in order to enable me to settle with 
his Creditors, otherwise they may expect to be pro- 
ceeded against as the Law directs . . . And all 
Persons that are indebted to me the Sul)scriber, upon 



'This mine is .said to have been discovered from a mysterious flame 
rising from it at night, which was perceived by a belated passer-by. 
The story is related in Morse's American Geography, 1789. 



1759] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 4OI 

my own Account, are desired to come and make Pay- 
ment, otherwise they may expect immediate Trouble. 

Abraham Chattin, junior. 
— The Pcniisylvaiiia Ga::;cttc^ No. 16 17, December 
20, 1759. 

Hackinsack Lottery Tickets to be sokl by Mr. 
Peterson on Canon's Wharf, and the Printer hereof. 



G 



OOD Encouragement given by Hawxhurst 
and Noble, at Sterling Iron Works, for 
Wood-cutters, Colliers, Refiners of Pig and 
Drawers of Bar Iron. Also a Person well 

recommended for driving a four Horse-Stage between 

said Works and the Landing. 

N. B. • Pig and Bar Iron, and sundry English Goods 

to l)e sold by William Hawxhurst in New-York. 

CHOICE Deer Skins, of all Sorts, to be sold 
by David Ball, and Martha Swain, at Spring- 
field, in the Borough of Elizabeth, New- 
Jersey, for Cash only. — The Nezu York Mer- 
cnry, Deceuibcr 24, 1759. 

New-Jersey 

PertJi-Auihoy., Nov. 30. On Tuesday Morning the 6th 
of Novem1)er, a young Man, genteelly dressed, shot 
himself in the Church Yard at Burlington: He had ar- 
rived at Philadelphia from Ireland about three Weeks 
before, and had not l3een in Burlington above a Day or 
two: He attempted to shoot himself with a Pistol the 
Night before, but was prevented by the People of t'he 
House where he lodged: The Coroner's Inquest sat 
upon the Body and brought in their Verdict, Felo de se. 



402 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [l759 

He accomplished this unnatural Act of Suicide in the 
following Manner: He had procured a short Fowling- 
piece loaded with large Duck Shot, and raising himself 
upon a Grave in the Church Yard, he fixed the Muzzle 
under the left Side of his Breast, and with the Ram-rod 
forced the Trigger, whereby the whole Charge entered 
his Body, and (as is supposed) shattered his Heart to 
Pieces; for he expired immediately. By a Letter found 
in his Pocket, wrote to his Father/ his Name appears to 
be James M'Namara, and that he left Ireland upon some 
Family Discontent. — The Pcinisylvania Gazette, No. 
\6\?>, Deeeinber 2^, 1759. 

Neiv- York, Deeeinber 3 1 . Thursday last a Boat be- 
longing to Mr. Randle, at the Blazing-Star, in New- 
Jersey, in endeavouring to beat out of this Harbour, 
overset almost opposite the Exchange, and turned Bot- 
tom upwards: There were four People in her, three of 
which got on her Bottom and remained there until they 
were taken off by Mr. Watson, in his own Boat, wdio 
then lay at the Wliite-Hall-Slip, and boldly \entured to 
their Relief; The fourth Person, named Nugent Kelly, 
a Schoolmaster, at Woodbridge, perished, he having 
missed the Boat when she turned over, but supported 
himself on one of the Hatches, where he died of the Cold, 
but was taken up by a Boat belonging to his Majesty's 
Ship the Loe, now^ in our Harbour, who put ofT to the 
Boat as soon as she overset. 

The Snow that was cast away on Cape-May. in the 
late hard Weather, was from Bristol for North-Carolina, 
and not from London for this Port, as was reported: 
She sprung a Leak, and endeax'oured to put in here, but 



1 This letter i.'^ iniblished in the Ych' Aiiiriiraii Magazine for December, 
1759. 



1760] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 4O3 

after taking in one of our Pilots, the Outside of Sandy- 
Hook, was blown out to sea again, and was forced on 
Shore at the Place Sibovementioned.— T/ie Ni^zc Vork Mcr- 
c?ny, December ^\^ 1759- 

Lis r of Letters remaining in the Post-Office, in 
PhiladelpJiia. 

Mary Clapham, (2) Bordeulowil ; James Cozie, New-Jersey. 
Thomas Donnel, Cumberland County. 
Captain Jos. Ellis, New-Jersey. 

Joseph Green and Timothy Green, in Cumberland County. 
Mary Hyndshaw, West Jersey; Samuel Huey, Hunterdon County. 
Moses Jampson, Cumberland County. 

Conrad Kuendzly and Mary Kelly, in Cumberland County. 
Mary Lake, West Jersey. 
William Maxwell (2) New Jersey. 
Andrew Reed (2) in New Jersey. 

Mary Walker, Cumberland County. Ann Wheeler, Burlington, 
Edmund Wetherby, Esq; New- Jersey. Susannah Willdridge, Gloucester. 

— The Pennsylvania Gazette^ No. 161 9, January 3, 
1760. 

Nezv Brnnsu'iek, December 20. Last Tuesday Even- 
ing" was married Dr. Ro1)ert Harris, of this Place, to 
Miss Gibbs, a young Lady of Beauty and a handsome 
Fortune, and endowed with every Qualification to ren- 
der the Marriage State agreeable. — A^. Y. Gazette or 
Weekly Post Boy., January 7, 1760. 

TO be sold at publick Vendue, on Thursday 
the 20th Day of March next, at the House of 
the Widow Sarjant, in Perth-Amboy, or at 
pri\ate Sale any Time before; Three Tracts 
of Land in the County of Monmouth, and Province of 
New-Jerse}', one contains 1200 Acres of Up-land and 
Meadow, with some Improvements thereon, and a val- 
uable Cedar Swamp, and adjoins Tom's River, and Bar- 




404 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1760 

nagat Bar: Tlic other Two contain 280 Acres each. & 
adjoin Assanssink Brook, and the Plantation of John 
Ely, near Allen's-Town: Also, a Tract of 400 Acres in 
the County of Middlesex, and Corporation of New- 
Brunswick, 100 Acres of which are cleared, with a House 
and Barn thereon; also a Tract of 50 Acres of Salt- 
Meadow on the South Side of Rariton-RiA'cr, and sev- 
eral Water Lots in Perth-Amhoy. For further Partic- 
ulars en(|uire of James Parker, in New-York, or Andrew 
Smith, in South-Amboy. 

HEREAS the Managers of IVIr. Gordon's Lot- 
tery, hath met from Time to Time, with an 
Expectation of being able to draw at the 
Time last appointed, but finding too great 
Numl)er of Tickets unsold, and having very good En- 
couragement from several Gentlemen who have prom- 
ised to take a large Numl)er of Tickets themselves, and 
also to use their Endeavours to dispose of as many to 
others as they can, before the Day of Drawing, which 
will be on the Eleventh Day of February next, or sooner 
if it be full, which we now have good hopes of its being 
so. — TJic Nczv York Mercury^ January 14, 1760. 

PhiladelpIILV, January 17. 
A Ship, Snow and two Brigs, are said to be arrived at 
Cape-May; and the Cornelia, Pat ton from Halifax is 
near Manus Hook. 

To be Sold or Lett for a Term of Years. 
By William Al'Ilvaine. t)f the City of Philadelphia, 
Merchant, an Lsland lying and being near the Borough 
of Bristol, and opposite to Burlington, commonly 
known by the Name of the Great Island, containing 
about joo Acres, 100 of which is bank'd Meadow, of the 



1760] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 4O5 

richest Kind, such as never requires Dung; aU cleared, 
and in good Grass, such as Timothy and Blue-grass, the 
other Part is a level Upland, natural to White Clover, 
50 Acres of which is cleared, and in good Order; and 35 
Acres out of the 50, is richly and strongly manured, and 
yields very fine Clover fit for the Scythe: There are two 
good Dwelling-houses on the said Island, with a framed 
Barn and Stables, with a Brick Milk house and Granary, 
together with a fine young Orchard, of the best Fruit 
of some Hundreds of Trees. For Terms apply to the 
abovenamed William MTlvaine. 

N. B. There is betwixt forty and fifty Acres of up- 
land more adjoining the End of the Bank next to Bris- 
tol, and adjoining the late Abraham Denormandie's 
Land, all lately cleared. Part whereof is now in Grain, 
will be Sold or Lett with the above Island. — TJtc Pcnn- 
sylvcDiia Gacctte, N'o. 1621^ January 17, 1760. 

New-York, January 7. 

Saturday last a man came over in a Jersey Boat, having 
a Bag of Dollars with him, for Surety kept it in his Arms; 
but the Wind being pretty high and the Man on Deck, 
his Feet slipped from him, when the Bag of Dollars 
tumbled over board. — The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 
"^(^^^^ January 17, i 760. 

New-York, January 14. 

Yesterday Morning a Brig from Fyal, in coming up 
from the Hook, was struck l)y a Cake of Ice in the 
North-River, which knock'd in Part of her Bows and 
damaged her so much, that before she could come up 
to any Wharf, (being likely to sink) the People on board 
were glad to run her aground near the White-Hall-Slip: 
but it is hoped the Cargo and Vessel will be saved — TJie 
Pennsylvania Jour )ial, Ah). ?>()^., January 2^, 1 760. 



406 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1760 

Notice is Jicrcby given tJiat IHo/iday, tJie wtJi Day of 
February next is appointed to pay off the Company of Cap- 
tain Alexander Anderson^ of t/ie New- Jersey Forces^ at 
tJic House of NatJianicl Parker in Trenton ; therefore all 
coneerned^ are desired to at tend. 

Alexander Anderson, Captain in the Jersey Regi- 
ment. 

— The Pennsylvania Gazette^ No. \62T), January '^i, 
1760. 

Burlington, January 21, 1760. 

Andrew Konkel herel)y gives Notice. That he, and 
his Brother, Peter Konkel, arrived in Philadelphia, from 
Holland Servants, Ijetween five and six Years ago: 
since which all he has been able to learn of him is, that 
he was sold to one Isaac Garrett, a few Miles over 
Schnylkill: These are therefore to request him, the said 
Isaac Garrett, or an}- other Person, knowing Peter Kon- 
kel, to be so kind as to let the Advertiser know' where 
he may be found; or if they would leave Word at Sam- 
uel Shoemaker's Store, in Philadelphia, it would do as 
well; which would greatly oblige their humble Servant, 

Andrew Konkel. 

N. B. The Advertiser lives with Samuel Smith, in 
Burlington. West New Jersey.— r//*!' Pennsylvania Ga- 
zette, No. \62},^ January 31, 1760. 

Elizabeth-TOW'N LOTTERY. 

FOR the Benefit of St. John's Church, consist- 
ing of 3334 Tickets, at 4 Dollars each, 853 
Prizes, the highest 1000 Dollars, the lowest 
8, without any Deduction, which was pro- 
posed to be drawn near Shutter's-Island on the 5th Day 



1760] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 407 

of February Instant, but by Reason of the Inclemency of 
the Season, and some of the Tickets being yet undis- 
posed of, the 14th Day of March next is fixed upon for 
the Drawing, by which Time it is confidently hoped all 
Things will be in readiness to draw without Delay. 
Those who are willing to encourage the said Lottery, 
may be furnished with Tickets by writing, sending, or 
applying to the Managers, Jonathan Hampton and John 
Deheart, Esqrs, or the Reverend Mr. Chandler, in Eliz- 
abeth-Town; Bernardus Legrange, Esq; at Rariton 
Landing; John Allen. Esq; at Trenton; Cortland Skin- 
ner, Esq; at Perth Amboy; Mr. Elias Boudinot, at 
Prince Town; Dr. Samuel Tuthill, at Morris-Town; 
and Mr. John West, at Elizabeth-Town-Point. — The 
Nczv York JMcrcury, February a^^ 1760. 

' To be sold b}- puJjlick vendue the i6th of February 
at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, on the Premises. A lot 
of ground whereon is erected a good two story house, 
a stable, a horse grist mill (having a shed over the same) 
with a pair of good mill stones, one whereof was a cul- 
len, and a well finished boulting mill. The al)Ove lot is 
situated in. or near Moyamensing township, and a quar- 
ter of a mile off the New-Market on Society Hill. It 
contains in Front 46 Feet on Second street continued, 
and in depth 200 feet and is subject to a yearly ground 
rent forever of five pounds 3|6 Pennsylvania currency. 
Any person inclining to purchase the above described 
lot and Buildings before the day of sale, are desired to 
applv to Baynton and Wharton merchants in Philadel- 
phia, who will advise them of the terms, or to Alexander 
Crawford in Prince Town, New-Jersey. — The Pennsylva- 
nia Journal^ No. 896, February 7, 1760. 



408 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [ 1 760 

THESE are to notify all such Persons as belong- 
to Captain \\'illiam McDonald's Company, 
in the New-Jersey Regiment, that they are 
desired to meet the subscriber at the House 
of Mr. Thomas Johnson, at Amboy, on the 21st and 22d 
instant, in order to receive such Arrears of Pay as may 
be due to them; where proper Attendance will be given: 
Such as do not then attend must not expect to be paid 
without the Trouble of calling on the Subscril)er at his 
usual Place of Abode. 

William McDonald. 
Bedminster. Feb. 2, 1760. 

— The A^cw York Mercury^ February 11, 1760. 

Custom-House, Philadelphia, Cleared. Schooner 
Polly, Samuel Horton to Salem. Schooner Ad\enture, 
Ebenezer Jackson to Piscataway. — The Peiiiisylvaiiia 
Journal, No. 897, February 14, 1760. 

Fnioii Iron Works, February 2, 1760. 

Desert eel from Lieutenant J ohu Hill, of His Majesty"^ s 
First or Royal Regiment^ reeruiting ?iear the Union Iron 
Works, U\st Nezi< Jersey, Flijah Nelson, about 30 Years 
of Age .^ five Feet^ five Inehes higJi^ HgJ^t coloured Hair., 
fair Complexion.^ and crooked Nose ; said he had i/disted 
for, and served a Year in the Rangers, and had come 
doivn from Albany loitJt Lieutenant Holmes of the said 
Corps. He %vent ofi^ in a ivide blue Coat, Buckskin 
Breeches., a new Felt Hat., and a Pair of old Shoes, zoith 
Silver or zvhite Metal Buckles. Whoever apprehends and 
secures the above Deserter, by applying to the Comniandijig 
Ofiicer of tJie Regiment, at Brunsiciek, or to Lieutenant 
Hill shall receive Tiventy Shillings Rcivard, over and 
above zvhat is allozvcd by Act of Parliament. 

N. B. If the above Nelson zvill voluntarily return to 
the Party from zvhom he deserted, or zvill zvithout Loss of 



1760] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 4O9 

Time, join iJic Rcgiviciit at Bnnisicick, lie may depend 
upon Intereession being made for his Pardon. 

John Hill/ 

— T/ie Pennsyhania Gazette., No. 1625, February 

14, 1760. 

London., St. /ames's, Nov. 27. His Majesty in Coun- 
cil was this Day pleased to appoint the following" Per- 
sons Governors in America, viz 

Thomas Pownall, Esq; to be Captain General and 
Governor in Chief of his Majesty's Province of South- 
Carolina, in the Room of William Henry Lyttleton, Esq; 

Francis Bernard, Esq; to be Captain General and Gov- 
ernor in Chief of his Majesty's Province of the Massa- 
chusetts-Bay. in the Room of Thomas Pownall, Esq; 

And Thomas Boone. Esq; to be Captain General and 
Go\'ernor in Chief of his Majesty's Province of New- 
Jersey, in the Room of Francis Bernard, ¥.si[;—The New 
York Mercury., February 18, 1760. 

Philadelphia, Fel)ruary 18, 1760 
Broke out of the Goal of Hunterdon County in New- 
Jersey, at Trenton, on the i8th Instant, one Redmond 
Magre, al)out 22 Years of Age, fair Complexion, a down 
Look, with light Hair: Had on a blue Coat and Breech- 
es, the Coat trimmed with Gold Cord, and the Breeches 
with Gold Lace at the Knees, a Buff coloured Jacket, 
with Gold Button holes, black or blue Stockings, and a 
half worn Hat. Whoever secures the above Person in 
any Goal, so that he may 1)e had again, shall have Five 
Pounds Reward, paid l)y 

Moore Furman, Sheriff. 

— The Pennsylvania Gazette^ No. 1626, February 

21, 1760. 

1 John Hill was commissioned Lieutenant of the First Regiment, April 
9, 1756, and Adjutant, Oct. xj. ITtJO. 



4io new jersey colonial documents. [1760 

Adam Arey, 
The New-Jersey Post, herein- giYes Notice, That 
the Year for which he agreed to ride, will expire the Fif- 
teenth Day of Alarch next; and therefore request those 
Gentlemen who have their News-papers and Letters 
carried by him, that the}' will be so kind as to leave their 
respective Monies at the different Places wdiere their 
Papers are left, w hich will greatly oblige their very hum- 
ble Scr\-ant, 

Adam Arey. 

N. B. He proposes to ride another ^"ear, if proper 
Encouragement is given. — TJtc PciDisyhaiiia Gazette, No. 
1626, February 2\^ I 760. 

Manennaucong Island Lottery, 

TOWARDS purchasing a Lot of Land in Parsip- 
panning. Morris-County, for a Parsonage and 
P>uilding a House thereon. The Severity of 
the Season not jiermitting to draw said Lot- 
terv the 25th of this Inst, as proposed: Those con- 
cerned may depend that on Friday the 7th of March 
next, the Tickets will be put in the Boxes, and the 
Drawing to commence on the i8th following: There are 
a few l^ickets in the Hands of the Managers, those that 
incline to become Adventurers must be speedy in their 
Apphcation. 

ST New-Brunswick is taught, reading, writ- 
ing and arithmetic, \'idgar and decimal; and 
in a separate Room, Geometry, Na\'igation, 
Surveying, and Book-keeping, after the true 
Italian Method; Algebra, and several other Branches 
of the Mathematicks; and young Gentlemen may be 
boarded reasonably by Edward Cooper. — TJie New 
York Mereury^ February 25, 1760 



\-/ftO] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 4II 

Custom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Slooj) Bcl- 
lona. Andrew Herrick from Salem. — The Pennsylvania 
Journal^ No. 899, Fcbrna7-y 2%., 1760. 

As some Recruits are now wanted to complete His 
Majesty's First and Royal Regiment, at present 
quartered in the Jerseys, this serves to inform the Pub- 
lic, that any Gentlemen Volunteers, who are desirous 
of ser\ing- in said Corps, from 17 to 35 Years of Age, 
well made, above five Feet, five Inches high, will be ac- 
cepted of by Captain Gordon's recruiting Party, on the 
other Side of the River Delaware, or may at any Time 
hear of the Captain, at the King's Arms, in Second 
street, Philadelphia, from whom they may expect the 
best Treatment, shall enter into present Pay and free 
Quarters, daily Pay, with Provision Money allowed, 
amounting to more than One Shilling and Four-pence 
per day, will immediately receive new Cloathing from 
tiead to Foot, Arms, &c, for their further Encourage- 
ment Five Dollars will be given to each of them, to be 
disposed of as they may think proper, and six Dollars 
will be given if of Grenadier Size. If any Man brings a 
good Recruit to said Party, he shall receive a Dollar for 

his Trouble. 

Patrick Gordon, Capt. in the Royal. 

— The Pennsylvania Gazette^ No. 1627, February 
28, 1760. 

Scheme of a Lottery 

ERECTED and to be drawn on or near Shuter's- 
Island, for raising 750 Dollars, to be applied 
to the Finishing the Presbyterian Church at 
Bound-Brook, in East-New-Jersey, and to 
the Paying off sundry Arrearages, in erecting- the Par- 
sonage House thereto appending. The Lottery con- 



412 



NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1760 



sists of 2500 Tickets, at 2 Dollars each, 713 of which are 
to be fortunate, without any Deduction, so that there 
will be scarcely two Blanks and a half to a Prize, as more 
particularly appears from the Scheme following: 



Num 


ber of Prizes. 




D 


ollars 




Dollars 




I 








250 




250 




2 








100 




200 




4 








50 




200 




8 








25 




200 




10 


- of 






20 


^ are 


200 




14 








15 




2 10 




40 








8 




320 




104 








5 




520 




530 . 








4 . 




2 120 












F"irst drawn, 


15 






Prizes, 


713 








Last drawn, 


15 


Blanks 


1787 
































4250 








2500 




Pro 


fits 


of th 


e Lottery, 


750 



Total amount of 2500 Tickets at two Dol- 
lars each 5000 

The Drawing to commence the hrst Day of Alay next 
at farthest, or sooner if sooner full: The whole to be 
conducted under the Inspection and Alanagement of 
Col. Philip \'an Home, Benjamin Thompson, Tol)ias 
Van Norden. James Hude, jun. William Thompson, 
Esqrs, and Capt. John Harris, who are to l)e under Oath 
for the faithful Discharge and Execution for their Trust. 
— The Neiv York Mercury, Marc/i 3, 1760. 



Charlcs-Toivii, February 16. AVe hear, that Thomas 
Boone, Esq; lately appointed governor of New-Jersey, 
who is now in this province, where he has a very large 
estate, will speedily depart hence for his government. — 
— The N CIV York Mercury^ March 3, 1760. 



1760] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 413 

Cnstom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Sloop Eliz- 
abeth, Joseph Sewall from Piscataway. 

Cleared. Sloop Bellona, Andrew tiarrick to Salem. 
— The Pcniisylva)iia Journal^ No. 900, March 6, 1760. 

Run-away on the 5th Inst, from Joseph Burr, living 
in Burlington county. A Mollatto servant man, named 
Jack, about twenty-two years of Age, near 5 feet nine 
inches high, has a seam on liis under lip, and is round 
shouldered. Had on when he went away, a felt hat, 
light coloured coat and jacket, dark coloured camblet 
ditto, white shirt, leather breeches, blue worsted stock- 
ing, calfskin shoes with round toes, and square carved 
mettal buckles, he has an old great coat and other 
cloaths not well known. Whoever takes up the said 
servant and secures him, so that his master may have 
him again, shall have three POUNDS reward, and rea- 
sonable charges paid by me. 

Joseph Burr. 

— The Pcniisyk'aiiia /fliinial, No. 901, March 13, 
1760. 

New-York, March lo. 

By Captain Hall, who arrived at Boston last Sunday 
Week in 25 Days froni St. Kitts, we have the following 
List of Prizes taken and carried into Martinico, between 
the 4th and 30th of Jan last, viz. Ship Quebec from 

Salem for St. Kitts — TJie Pennsylvania J our- 

nal^ No. 901, March 13, 1760. 

To be sold by the subscriber, living near Bordentown, 
Two hundred acres of very good land, exceedingly well 
timbered, a great deal of good ship timber on it; there 



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may be made 20 acres of good meadow, and lies about 
a mile from the town, where there is a good landing to 
take wood for Philadelphia, and joining the stage road 
from that to Amboy. Any gentleman inclining to pur- 
chase, Ijy applying soon, shall have an indisputable 
title (upon terms) given by 

John Edwards. 

— TIic Pennsylvania Gazette^ No. 1629, March 13, 
1760. 

To be sold, a likely Negro Wench, about 18 Years 
old; enquire of William P. Smith, Esq; at Elizabeth 
Town. She has had the Small-pox and Meazels. 

TO be sold by Jonathan Hampton, of Elizabeth 
Town, in New-Jersey, Agent and Attorney 
for the Honourable Thomas Pcnn, and Rich- 
ard Penn, Escjrs, about five Thousand Acres 
of choice Timber Land, and the best graising Land in 
Jersey; being chiefi}' a Timber Swamp, some good plow 
Land upon it, plenty of Oak fit for Staves, Ship-planks, 
Building and Fencing; also great plenty of fine Chest- 
nut, Black-Ash, and Hickery; the improved Part has 
raised good Indian Corn, and is capable of raising Hemp, 
or any kind of Grass sowed thereon. There is plenty of 
Mills around the Swamp, and several Iron Works near 
it; four Meeting-houses near it, on the four different 
Quarters: It lays on the Head Branches of Passaick- 
River, and has good Streams of Water running thro' it. 
Upon Part of the Money's Ijeing paid and the Rest se- 
cured on Interest, a good \Yarrantee will be given, by 
the said Thomas and Richard Penn, to the Purchaser. 
For further Particulars enquire of said Jonathan Hamp- 
ton — The New York Mercury, March 17, 1760. 



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Philadelphia, March 4. 1760 
Run away from Richard James, of Upper Freehold, 
in the County of Monmouth, and province of East New 
Jersey, on the first of this instant, a Negroe man, named 
Dick, about 23 years of age, of a middling stature, thm 
faced, and can talk Dutch. Had on when he went away 
two jackets, the outside one black, the other white, 
leather breeches, a pair of ribbed stockings, a pair of 
shoes, and a felt hat. Whoever takes up the said Ne- 
groe, and brings him to his master, or secures him so 
that he may have him again, shall have Twenty Shillings 
reward, and all reasonable charges. All persons are for- 
bid to conceal or carry off said Negroe, upon the pen- 
alty of the law. 

Richard James. 

— The Pennsyhaiiia Gazette^ No. 1630, March 20, 
1760. 

All Persons indebted to the estate of Josiah Davison, 
late of the county of Middlesex, deceased, are desired 
to make immediate payment to the subscribers, without 
further notice: And those that have any demands 
against said estate, are desired to produce their ac- 
counts, so that the}' ma}- be adjusted by Jacob Scuddcr^ 
and Joseph S/cc/to^, Executors. « 

To be sold by said executors, A house and lot, in 
Prince-Town, fronting the New Jersey College, now 
in the tenure of the Widow Gregory. — The Pomsyl- 
vania Gazette^ No. 1630, March 20, 1760. 

New-York, March 17. 

The Detachment from the Royal Scots, consisting 
of 600 Men also, are to embark at Amboy, on board the 
Ship Thornton, Gilchrist; Snow Albau}-, Belton; and 
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They are to be conveyed by His Majesty's Sloop of 
War. the Albany, Captain Jervis. and we hear will be 
clear to sail from Sandy Hook To morrow, or Wednes- 
day at farthest. 

The Snow Argo, Captain Parker, has on board Pro- 
visions (Sec. and sails with the Fleet. — The Pciuisylvaiiia 
Gazette^ No. 1630, March 20, 1760. 

By Virtue of a Writ of Fieri Facias^ issuing on a Judg- 
ment obtained in the Supreme Court of the Provinee of 
Nezv Jersey., there ivill be exposed to Sale, at a publiek 
ve)idue., on Tuesday., the first Day of April next^ at 2 
o'' Clock in the Afternoon on the same Day, on the Prem- 
ises, several Lots of Land, situate., lying and being in 
Priticc- Toicn., in the County of JlLiddlcscx, and Province 
of Nezv Jersey aforesaid., adjoining the Lot on ivhieh the 
College stands, being a Part of the real Estate of Samuel 
Hazard, late of the City of Philadelphia, Merchant, 
deceased, and taken in Execution by Evan Morgan, fun. 
WiLLLVM Crawford, Sheriff. 
— The Pouisylvania Gazette, No. 1630, March 20, 
1760. 

' John Devan, 
Skinner and Leather Breeches- Alaker, from New- 
York, 

HAS set np his Business in Elizabeth-Town, 
about 2 JMiles from the Court-House, on the 
Post Road to Woodbridge, opposite Captain 
Ephraim Terril's. Any Gentlemen, or oth- 
ers, that will favour him with their Custom, may depend 
on being served in the best Manner, and in the newest 
Fashion. ; All Persons that have any Demands on the 
said Devan, are desired to send him their Accounts, that 
they may be paid. — The Nezv York j\Lercury, March 
24, 1760. 



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Nciv-York^ March 31. The Elizabeth-Town Lottery 
will be drawn tiie loth Day of April. The Managers 
have yet a few Tickets to sell. 

We learn from Perth-Amboy, that Tuesday the i8th 
Instant, being the tlrst of the A/farch Term for holding 
the Supreme Court at that City, for the Province of 
New-Jersey, the Hon. Nathaniel Jones, Esq; appeared 
in the Court-House there, with his Majesty's Commis- 
sion appointing him Chief Justice of that Province, and 
demanded the necessary Requisites for the Exercise of 
that Ofifice, before the Hon. Robert Hunter Morris, 
Esq; Chief Justice of the Province, and the Hon. Sam- 
uel Nevil, Esq; Second Judge of the said Supreme Court: 
Whereupon the Commission appointing Mr. Morris to 
that Of^ce. was read, and also Mr. Jones's; and that of 
Mr. Morris being found to be during good Behavionr, 
and no Instances of his Misbehaviovu^ appearing against 
him; after some learned Debates in the Law. it was the 
Opinion of the Court, that as Mr. Morris was never le- 
gally superceded, Mr. Jones could not be admitted to 
the Execution of that Office.' 



iThe circum.stanees attending the appointment of Nathaniel Jones to 
the office of Chief Justice of New Jersey, and his futile effort to assume 
the position, make one of the most interesting episodes in the history 
of our Supreme Court. 

Soon after Gov. Lewis Morris entered upon the duties of his office of 
Governor of New Jersey, he issued a commission, dated March 12, 1738, 
appointing his son, Robert Hunter Morris, to the office of Chief Justice 
of the Province, "for during good behaviour in the same," although 
hia predecessor, Robert Lettice Hooper, had been commissioned by 
royal warrant dated February 29, 1727-8, only "during the royal pleas- 
ure."— A'. J. Archives, IX.. 206-7, 2.30, 235. In a letter dated Amboy, August 
10, 1760, to Gov. Thomas Boone, Morris gives these interesting details: 

"In 1738 I was appointed Chief Justice of this Province, during good be- 
hnviour; and Continued in the Exercise of that Office till 1749, when at 
the request of His Majesty's Council, I went to England, to lay before 
the Ministry the state of the Colony, then disturbed by frequent Riots, 
and thrown into the utmost disorder and Confusion. 

"In March 1754, Just before I was named to the Government of Pen- 
silvania, I wrote to the Board of Trade, desiring their Lordships 'would 
give me Leave to Resign the Office of Chief Justice.' I had no answer 
to that Letter; And therefore as I passed through New Jersey to Pen- 
silvania, I made the same request of the Governor and Council: But 
they declined Accepting my Resignation, Saying the Offices were not 
incompatible, and the Provinces only separated by a River. 

"I went on then in the Discharge of the Duties of the Place, as well 
as the Perplexed Affairs of Pensilvania would permit, till 1756, when 
having Resigned that Government, I Returned to New Jersey and 
Remaind in the full Exercise of the Office till October 1757. 

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We have certain Advice from l*erth-Amboy, that the 
General Assembly of the Proxince of Ne\v-Jersey, have 
agreed to raise the same Number of Men for the ensuing- 
Campaign, that they did last Year; and to give the 



"I beg leave to observe that in All this time; a space of near four 
years, I had not the least Intimation, that the Board of Trade con- 
sidered my Request of March 1754 as a Resignation. 

"In October 1757, I obtained Leave from the President of the Council 
to go to England; During my stay there, I Received Information from 
America, that Mr. Ainsley was.^Pursuant to his Majesty's Mandamus, 
Appointed Chief Justice of this Province: I Expressed my surprise 
thereon to your Predecessor, then in London; And Endeavoured to see 
the Earl of Halifax, but was so unfortunate as not to have an oppor- 
tunity of speaking to his Lordship upon the subject."— JV. J. Archives, 
IX., 235-6. See also ibid., 206-7. 

He had used substantially the same arguments in an interview with 
Governor Bernard, who in a letter to the Lords of Trade, Feb. 25, 1760, 
makes these shrewd comments on his position: 

"The whole amount of it is that, as he proposed a resignation on ac- 
count of his taking the government of Pennsylvania & he quitted that 
government & returned to New Jersey before your Lordships had ac- 
cepted his resignation, the reasons of it ceasing, the resignation itself 
was revoked. But I observed to him that in his letter to your Lord- 
ships. He did not attribute his desire to resign the oflice to his taking 
the Government of Pennsylvania, but to his private affairs not per- 
mitting him to attend the duties of it: And therefore your Lordships 
could not take notice of his quitting that government as a ceasing of 
his reasons for his resignation; if it were so he should have signified it 
to your Lordships & prayed leave to withdraw his resignation. As he 
did not. all this misunderstanding has arose from his own omission."— 
Ibid., IX., 210-211. 

As for Morris's assertion that he "went on in the Discharge of the 
Duties of the Place, as well as the Perplexed Affairs of Pensilvania 
wouM permit, till 1756." this is contradicted by Governor Bernard, who 
says that after Morris "took upon him- the government of Pennsyl- 
vania," "he never sat as Chief Justice, till after he had relinquisht tiiat 
government. After that He sat once in Novr Term 1756. and divers 
times in each of the Terms in March May &. August 1757. Soon after the 
last he went to England."— /6(d., 212. 

The records of the Court fail to show that Chief Justice Morris sat in 
the Court during 1754, 1765 or 1756. Whatever duty he performed in re- 
spect to the office must have been attended to off the bench, possibly 
in consultations with his associates, or in advising the Governor and 
Council, or in signing papers. 

The Lords of Trade, in an address to the King. June 17. 1760, state 
that Morris, after residing in England a considerable time, "bv his 
Letters to us dated the 31st of March, 1754. desired Leave to resign his 
said Office, as his private Affairs would not permit him to attend to the 
Duties of \t."—Ih'Hl., 230. Quietly ignoring the evident fact that Morris's 
resignation was not accepted, they excuse that omission on the plea 
that "It was not till the beginning of the year 1757, that we were en- 
abled to recommend to Your Majesty a proper person to supply the 
Vacancy Occasioned by this Resignation." Referring to the appoint- 
ment of William Aynsley as Chief Justice, on February 16, 1757. and 
his subsequent performance of the duties of that office during the 
March and May terms, 175S. and until his death, they make the very 
good point: "it is remarkable, that, during this Course of time Mr. 
Morris neither contested the Appointment of Mr. Aynsley here, nor set 
up any Claim of prior Right in the province." — Ihid.. 231. 

Chief Justice Aynsley having died in May, 1758, the Lords of Trade 
proposed to the King the appointment of Nathaniel Jones for the 
succession, May 22, 1759, saying he had been "recommended to us as a 
Person well qualified to serve Your Majesty in that Station." — Ihid., 
173. He was appointed May 24, and the appointment was approved In 
Council, May 31, 1759. — Ihid. This selection for so important an office 
immediately aroused the strongest opposition in the Province, and was 
viewed with manifest apprehension and alarm, if we may judge from 



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same Bounty of Twelve Pounds Proclamation to all who 
shall voluntarily inlist. 

Since our last we have received the following disa- 

the few guarded criticisms of the King's action that have come down 
to us, and which suggest much more than is expressed. In a letter 
dated Perth Amboy, December 16, 1761, published in the Pennsylvania 
Journal of January 7. 1762, Jones is contemptuously described as having 
been a "Newgate Solicitor" at the time of his appointment. This letter 
was probably written by Morris. The statement is accepted as true by 
William Smith, the New York historian.— //i.sf. of N. Y.. 1S30, II., 347. 
According to his own account. Jones was of the Middle Temple, a bar- 
rister at law. — N. J. Archives, IX., 342. We have no other particulars 
regarding his standing at the bar. 

Mr. Morris's attitude was described in a letter from Gov. Bernard, 
dated Perth Amboy, August 28, 1759. to the Lords of Trade: "Some few 
days ago Mr. [Robert Hunter] Morris arrived in this province [from 
England] & soon after signified to me that he proposed to resume his 
office of chief .iusUce by virtue of his former patent, which, he said 
was not surrendered or otherwise determined. ... I repeated to him 
the confusion that would be the consequence of his resuming this of- 
fice against my protestation, and he expressed his earnest desire to 
do nothing which should embarrass the government upon which we 
came to the following agreement: that he should suspend his purpose 
until I could write to your Lordships and receive your commands; and 
that I would not in the meantime appoint any other Person, unless I 
received the King's command threfor. ... I have not seen Mr. 
Morris since advices arrived of the appointment of Mr. Jones: I imag- 
ine that he will contest Mr. Jones' appointment."— A^. J. Archives, IX., 
176-7. In reply, the Lords of Trade wrote to Governor Bernard, Decem- 
ber 14. 1759: "Mr. Morris's conduct appears to us to highly reflect upon 
His Majesty's Honor and Justice, in the subsequent appointments 
which have "been made, founded upon Mr. Morris's resignation."— A". J. 
Archives, IX., 192. 

Mr. Jones subsequently stated that upon receiving his appointment he 
"Relinquished his business in the Law in England, to attend the Duty 
of his Office, and at a vast Expence, repaired to America, in which he 
was unhappily obliged to break in on the future Dependance of a most 
Valuable Wife, and her Children, in Order to Discharge the Trust re- 
posed in him, with Dignity and Fidelity."— /i<iV7.. 342. He arrived in 
New Jersey in November, 1759, and proceeded to Perth Amboy, where 
he received a commission under the great seal of the Province, dated 
November Ifi. 17.59. at the hands of Gov. Francis Bernard.- JV. J. Archives, 
IX., 214: XX., 391. 

It was customary to tender so important a representative of the King 
a series of ovations and addresses on his coming into the Province. The 
only demonstration of the kind offered to Mr. Jones was by the Mayor, 
Recorder, Aldermen and Commonalty of the Borough of Elizabeth; 
he had intimated a purpose to make that town his place of residence, 
and having gone thither on a visit the Corporation invited him to "a 
genteel Entertainment." on December 3, and presented him with an 
address which is singularly guarded and non-committal, and free from 
the usual adulatory compliments on such occasions. "Tour late desig- 
nation to the first Seat on the Bench." they cautiously say. "affords a 
xirrinfi pnsnmptinn of Abilities adapted to the conspicuous Theatre on 
which you are destined to Act," and they conclude with a perfunctory 
declaration of their "Respect due to a Person, whom [the King] hath 
thought worthy to elevate to the second Post of Power and Influence 
in the Government of his flourishing Province of New-Jersey." — Antr, 
396-7. In all this there is a remarkable reserve which is highly signifi- 
cant under all the circumstances. The authorities of Elizabeth were 
willing to pay the respect due to the King's appointee, but they would 
not commit themselves to any endorsement of the individual. The 
dissatisfaction over his appointment, occasioned by his low reputation, 
was greatly enhanced by his conduct after his arrival in the Province. 
Even Gov. Bernard, who naturally disliked to reflect upon the new 
Chief Justice, in a letter to the Lords of Trade declared: "Mr. Jones 



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grceahlc Account. \iz. That in the Snow Storm on Sun- 
day, the i6th Instant. Captain Jones, in a Shij) from Lis- 
bon; Captain Brown, in a I)ris;-. ])Ound to Jamaica; 
Captain Cotton, in a Schooner, for Cibralter; and Cap- 



has been so unfortunate, that there is an universal dissatisfaction at 
his appointment: so it seems to me it will be difficult for him to hold 
the office, even if he will serve it for nothing."— /?*((?.. TX., 210-2n. More 
emphatic were Chief Justice Morris's comments, in a letter to Governor 
Thomas Boone. Aug'ust 10. 1760: "The Character of Mr. Jones which 
came here before him, and the Absurdity, to say no worse, of his be- 
haviour, after his Arrival, s'reatly alarmed the People of all Ranks; 
And Occasioned the strongest Solicitations from the most considerate 
men in the Province. That 1 would insist on the Tenure of my Com- 
mission, and Resume the Bench."— /hirf., IX.. 236. As already stated. 
Mr. Morris had called on Gov. Bernard immediately upon his return 
from Engrland. in August. 1759. and "signified that he proposed to re- 
sume his office of chief .iustice by virtue of his former patent." As he 
put the matter himself, in his letter of August 10. 1760. quoted above: 
"When I returned to New Jersey. Mr. Ainsley was Dead, and tho" I 
had no doubt of my Right to Resume the Bench. Yet. as Mr. Barnard 
apprehended it migrht Embarras his Administration. I declined it till 
he should hear from England."— /?)iVf.. 2;i6. That is to say. as stated by 
the Lords of Trade in a letter to the King. June 17. 1760: "Tt was at 
length agreed between them, that Mr. Morris should suspend his pur- 
pose and that the Governor should not appoint any other Person to 
the Office, until further Directions should be received from hence."— 
fbifl.. 232. Mr. Morris says that Gov. Bernard, "being soon after in- 
formed of Mr. Jones's Nomination, told me. I was quite at Liberty to 
take anv measures I thought Proper, And that he wish'd nothin.g more 
than to" see me established upon the Bench."— 7?(i(7.. 2.36. Mr. Jones's 
manifest unfitness increased the pressure upon Mr. Morris to prevent 
the induction of the new-comer into office, even by the settin.g up of 
his own extraordinary claim that he was still entitled to the position 
bv virtue of his ancient commission. As he had been perfectly open 
with the Governor in this matter, he wrote him a letter, February 'J'.', 
1760. notifving him of his intentions, and setting forth again his reasons 
for the proposed step.— /')i(7.. :\i6-7. When the next term of the Supreme 
Court was about to open, at Perth Amboy, on Tuesday. March IS. 176(i, 
he called on Gov. Bernard, in the morning, before the openin.g of the 
Court, and once more announced his intention of interposing his claim, 
in order to keep Mr. Jones off the bench. The Governor, in a letter 
dated March 22. 1760. to the Lords of Trade, thus describes the inter- 
view: "Mr. Morris came to me and said that the people in general were 
so uneasy at Mr, Jones's takin.g his seat as Chief Justice, that he could 
not resist their solicitations for him to take the seat and thereby pre- 
vent Mr. Jones. I reminded him of his promise to me that he would 
not interrupt Mr. Jones in taking his seat. He said that he entred into 
that en.gagement upon account of his desire not to undertake any busi- 
ness that was like to give me much trouble: but that, as T was remov- 
ing from the Province it not like to be affected by this contest. He 
thought he should be remitted of his liberty of prosecuting his right In 
such manner as he should see occasion. T said that, to be siu"e, I should 
release him from this engagement so far as I was concerned: but T 
thought it was extended much beyond me. Tt seemed to me that Tour 
Lordships had an intrest in it. as T had acquainted you with it more 
as a public than a private transaction, and that Mr. Jones was intrested 
in it. as most probably he had staid iti the Country in dependence that 
Mr. Morris would not obstruct him in taking the office. He replied that 
his engagement was made only to me and on my account & that, as 
my intrest in it ceased & T had released him from it. he considered 
himself as quite free from it."— Ibid.. 212. Mr. Morris says of this inter- 
view: "Mr. Barnard ... in Presence of Mr. Ogden and Mr. Read, 
Acquitted me Again, of any Engagements to him on the Occasion: and 
at the same time was Pleased to thank me for the tenderness and Re- 
gard I had shown to his Administration."— /fiirf.. 237. David Ogden and 
Charles Read, here referred to, were two of the ablest and most ex- 



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tain Cochran in a Brig for Limerick, were all drove 
ashore at the Capes; and that Captain Albertson, in a 
Sloop for New York; and Captain Robertson, in a Sloop 
for Halifax were lost near Cape May. Captain Brown's 

perienced members of the Governor's Council; Mr. Ogden was one of 
the leading- lawyers In the Province. 

When the Supreme Court met the bench was occupied by Chief Jus- 
tice Morris and Second Justice Samuel Nevill; the Third Justice, Mr. 
Saltar, was in too infirm health to attend. Mr. Jones presented his 
commission, and requested to have it read. Then the record of Chief 
Justice Morris's commission was read, .showing: that he had been 
appointed during good behavior. The commission of Nathaniel 
Jones was next read, from which it appeared that he was appointed 
"in the room of William Aynsley Kscjr. deceased," to hold office "for 
and during our pleasure and your residence within our said province." 
Mr. Jones thereupon prayed to have the oath of office administered to 
him and to be admitted. At his request the commission of Chief Jus- 
tice Aynsley was also read, and the records of the Court, showing that 
he sat as Chief Justice at the March term, 17.58, and at the term follow- 
ing. Chief Justice Morris, although sitting, with a proper delicacy de- 
clined giving any judgment on the application of Mr. Jones, and the 
opinion of "the Court" was delivered by Second Justice Nevill.— //<i(Z., 
214. But the whole proceeding is so extraordinary that it is worth while 
to reproduce the exact language of the minutes of the Court, now In 
the Clerk's office at Trenton: 

March 1760 

At a Supreme Court of Judicature held at Perth Amboy in & for the 

l^rovince of New Jersey, of the Term of March in the thirty third Year 

of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Second &c. 

3d Tuesday March 18 17^0 

The Court opened 

The Honble Samuel Nevill Esq. 2d Justice 

Adjourned to two o.c. p. m 

The Court mett according to Adjournment 

Present 

The Honble Robert H. Morris Esqr. Chief Justice 

Samuel Nevill Es-jr. 2d Justice 

Nathaniel Jones Esqr Offered to the Court a Commission under the 
Great Seal of the Province of New Jersey, bearing date of the Sixteenth 
of November 17."j9, appointing him Chief Justice of the said Province & 
prayed that the Same might be Read. 

Whereupon the Record of a Commission Dated March 17th 1738 ap- 
pointing Robert Hunter Morris Esq. Chief Justice of the Provmce of 

N. J. (during his good Behaviour in the same) was read: 

Then the Commission appointing Nathaniel Jones Esqr. was read: . . 
Whereupon the said Nathaniel Jones Esq. pray'd to have the Oath 
of Office administered to him and to be Admitted. Then an Entry 
in the Minutes of this Court of March Term 175S at the request of 
Nathaniel Jones was read (in these words) A Commission appointing 
William Aynsley Esq. Chief Justice of the Province of N. J. was openly 
read, also other Entrys shewing that Wm Aynsley Esqre Deceas'd sett 
as Chief Justice for the said Term of March 1758 and the Term next 
following and that Mr. Nevill Sett as 2d Justice of the said Court. 

As the Motion of Mr. Jones might Effect M. Morris he declined giving 
any Judgment thereon, and Mr. Nevill, Second Justice, delivered the 
Opinion of the Court as follows, that since the Commission to Mr. 
Morris grants him a ffreehold in the Office of Chief Justice of this Prov- 
ince of N. J. and Nothing was shown legally to Divest iiim thereof, 
this Court therefore Cannot administer the Oath of Office to Mr. Jones 
nor admitt him to Enter into the Execution of said Office of Chief Jus- 
tice, but Leave his right to said Office if any he has to be determined 
by a Due Course of Law. 

Mr. Morris requested David Ogden and Charles Read Esqres to Enter 
his appearance to and Defend any Action or suit that shall or may be 
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Vessel, it is feared, will be lost ; there are some Hopes of 
saving Captain Jones's Ship; Captain Cotten will be 
saved; and the Irish Brig, by unloading, we hear, will 
be got ofif. — Tlic Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1631, Marcit 
27, 1760. 



At the request of Nathaniel Jones Its ordered that he have a Copy of 
the foregoing- Entrys. 
The Court adjourned 

Gov. Bernard was very well satisfied with tlie action of the Court, 
there is little doubt. But to relieve himself from culpability he wrote 
in this strain to the Lords of Trade, Marcli 22, 1760, after detailing the 
above proceedings: "It may seem to your Lordships that I ought to 
have interposed the Copy of Mr. Morris's Resignation. But. besides 
that there was no time given me to order the Attorney general to in- 
tervene for the King, I could not have introduced that copy, because 
being a copy and no way authenticated, it would not have been per- 
mitted to be read in a Court, tho' its authority would be undoubted 
everywhere else. 

"Altho' this business will soon cease to be my concern [referring to 
his transfer to Massachusetts] yet I must think it my duty to enter a 
public protest on the behalf of the King against this order of the 
Supreme Court. The proper method for doing this appears to be, to 
order the Attorney General to sue out a writ of error & bring this 
order before the Governor & Council, from whence, if there should be 
occasion, it may be carried to the privy Council in England either by 
the Attorney general or by Mr. Morris."— ^^ J. Archives, IX., 214. 

Chief Justice Morris put the boldest front on the whole matter. In 
his letter to Gov. Bernard, of Feb. 22, 1760, he says: "The income of the 
office is now & ever has been, too inconsiderable to make me in the least 
anxious about it. I took the office & have held it, rather to Prevent it 
falling into contempt than expecting any Support from it, and am 
therefore, as I have more than once assured your Excellency (as to 
myself) Extreamly Indifferent about it, but cannot help wishing, for 
the sake of the province, that an Office of such Consequence and in 
which the people are so nearly intrested. May always be in the hands 
of a Man of independent fortune, & Known Integrity."— /6id., 206-7. 

Again, in his letter to Gov. Thomas Boone (successor to Gov. Ber- 
nard), August 10, 1760, after referring to the public uneasiness over the 
reputation and unbecoming conduct of Mr. Jones, he says: 

"Your Excellency will be no Less Surprised at the Earnestness and 
Apprehensions Expressed on this Occasion, as you are sensible the 
first seat in the Highest Court of Common Law, in the Province, is of 
great Importance to the Privileges and Properties of the People, and 
may Essentially Affect the Rights and Prerogatives of the Crown. 

"It may not be improper here to inform your Excellency, that the 
profits of the Office fall short of one hundred pounds Sterling A Year a 
sum, by no means adequate to the trouble and Expenre attending the 
Employment. — I was therefore very indifferent .as to the benefits arris- 
ing from the Office, But could not be so, when the Publick safety was 
at stake, and the Royal Authority ready to fall into hands that must 
have brought it into the utmost Contempt 

"My own and the Conduct of my family, who have been Constantly 
ingaged in Support of the Royal Authority, in these Colonies, when it 
stood in need of every aid. Render it unnecessary to vindicate myself, 
even from the surmise of Opposition to Government: For this I may 
Appeal to the Minutes And papers of the Board of Trade, and to the 
Records of this and the Neighbouring Provinces of New York and Pen- 
silvania.— Besides, a People unused to the Necessary Subordinations of 
Government, are in danger of falling into Levilling and Democratical 
Principles. And I am too Sensible of the Mischievious Tendency of such 
a Spirit, to be led into Measures that might encourage it; And which. 
by weakening the Administration must destroy the Peace and Happi- 
ness of the Provinces." He concludes with this manly assurance: 
"Upon the whole Sir as I know you have nothing so much at Heart as 
to maintain the Dignity of the Crown and promote the Prosperity of 



1760] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 423 

Penns-neck in Salcni County^ March 21, 1760. 

This is to give NOTICE 

TJiat some time last Month zvas taken up a Pilot Boat^ 
snnk in the Ice in Delazvare River ^ a little beloiu Deep- 

the Province, I beg Leave to Assure your Excellency, That whatever, 
the Issue of this Atfair may be, you will find me ever ready to Concur 
in every measure Conducive to those Salutary Ends."— /6(d., 235-238. 

There is little doubt that Mr. Morris was perfectly sincere in his pro- 
fessions of disinterestedness in this proceeding, and that he was actu- 
ated by purely patriotic motives. 

The Liords of Trade, upon receipt of Gov. Bernard's letter of March 
22, 17G0, laid the whole matter before the King, in a letter dated June 
17, 1760, embodying the Governor's suggestion as to the proper steps to 
be taken: "We have only further to offer our humble Opinion, that 
your Majesty should be graciously pleased to referr the whole matter 
to your Attorney Genl, with Directions to consider and report what 
Measures are most proper to be taken in Order to support your Maj- 
esty's Right of Nomination against the extraordinary and unprece- 
dented Claim of Mr. Morris."— i&i(/., 230-235. 

All the facts in the case appear to have made it impolitic, if not im- 
possible, for the Ministry to sustain so inferior and so objectionable a 
person as Mr. Jones in his very natural attempt to vindicate the ap- 
l)ointment of the King, and the unfortunate affair was quietly dropped, 
to the great satisfaction of the authorities of New Jersey. The atti- 
tude of Mr. Jones bears out the presumption of his unfitness for the 
high station to which he had been assigned. Indeed, he seems to have 
realized the fact himself, for after his claim to the office had been de- 
nied by Second Justice Nevill, and notwithstanding the formal backing 
of Gov. Bernard, he did not have the courage or address to attempt to 
possess himself of the office. The minutes of the Supreme Court make 
no further mention of Mr. Jones or his claims, but do show that Chief 
Justice Morris was on the bench during every sitting of the Court in 
1760, except May 16 (when Justice Saltar sat), August 12 (when Justice 
Nevill sat alone), and November S and 10, when Justice Nevill presided. 
By a letter from Nathaniel Jones, dated January 2, 1761, and addressed 
to the Earl of Hillsborough, we learn that Jones was then in England. 
In this letter he sets out his appointment as Chiff Justice of New 
Jersey, the "vast Expence" he had incurred in giving up his law prac- 
tice in England and in repairing to America, and "Mr. Morris's proceed- 
ings, as illegal, and Unwarrantable, as he absolutely prevented vour 
Memorialist in Execution of his Office. 

"That through the heavy Expences your Memorialist hath Sustained, 
his whole Substance is Exhausted, and he was constrained to return 
to England, in Vain to Attempt the Recovery of his lost business in 
the Law, through his long absence abroad, which before afforded him 
a Competent Maintenance, nor has your Memorialist received any Sat- 
isfaction, or Compensation whatsoever, for the above Charges, or the 
injury he has suffered by this disappointment, which has reduced him 
to Calamitous Circumstances." But instead of praying that the royal 
authority be vindicated, and that the power of the Crown be exercised 
in installing him in the office to which he had been appointed, he con- 
cludes with this singular prayer: 

"That your Memorialist being informed of a Vacancy of the office of 
Chief Justice of South Carolina, Most humbly supplicates your Lord- 
ship, to consider the premises and your Memorialists perseverance and 
Fidelity, in his Majesty's Service, And that your Lordship will be 
pleased to Recommend him to his Majesty as an Object Meriting his 
Royal favour. And that he may be appointed to succeed in the above 
office now Vacant or have such other relief as in your Lordships be- 
nignity, and wisdom shall seem most meet."— /Wr/., 342. 

The Lords of Trade in a perfunctory address to Lord Halifax likewise 
tacitly confess the unfitness of Jones for the New Jersey office: 

"We should not be so importunate with your Lordship, but the 
bearer, Mr. Jones, is as great an object of your Compassion, as ever 
was, he tells us, which we believe to be true; that by his Voyage to 
and from America, and the great Expence he was at in providing 



4^4 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMEN fS. [1760 

water Point ^ o)i the PciuP s-iicck Shore ^ in Sal cm County^ 
in zvhich were sundry Barrels of Pitch ^ Tnrpcnti)ic and 
Tary which tvere %vith great Difficulty got ashore on the 
Marshy ivJiere they noxv remain, liable to be taken away by 
the high Tides, by which they have received some Damage 
already ; the Casks have likezvise received considerable 
Damage by the Ice, and the Contents wasting ; the Boa} 
is said to belong to one Brown Bennett, zvho lias since 
taken her away, but refuses to intermeddle with the Cargo. 
Therefore, any Person claiming l^ropcrty therein, by ap- 
plying to the Subscribers, i)i Pcnn''s-neck, and proving the 
same, may, by paying the charges accrued thereon, have 
the said Pitch, Turpentine and Tar, othcrioisc the same 
ivill be exposed to Sale by public k Vendue on the 2 \st Day 
of April next to pay off Wages and other expenses, &c. 
Edward Clark, and Cojnpany. 
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1 63 1 , March 27,1 760. 

necessarys for himself and Servants, suitable to his Station abroad, 
that he has spent all his substance, and by his absence so long abroaa, 
he says he has lost all his Business, which he had here, which thougn 
not great afforded him a Competent Maintenance, so that he is now 
left destitute of any provision: 

"We desire therefore that your Lordship will be so good to recom- 
mend him to some of the Offices now Vacant, or that some provision 
may be made for him, as we think we could not ask it, for one who 
deserves it so well: 

"We hope your Lordship will not consider this as a Letter of Course; 
for we are really concerned for this Poor Gentleman; and whatever 
favour you bestow on him, we shall Esteem it an Obligation lain on 
us."— 76 Id. . 342-344. 

No further mention has been found of Nathaniel Jones. He seems 
to have sunk again into the obscurity whence he was lifted up to be 
Chief Justice of New Jersey. 

When Governor Josiah Hardy arrived in the Province, in 1761, he 
found the situation and his necessary action in consequence thereof to 
be as set forth in this letter to the Lords of Trade: 

"1 found there was a total Stop to the Administration of Justice in 
the Supreem Courts, by the Judges Commissions not having been re- 
newed since the death of his late Majesty, and a Rumour began to be 
spread that the Judges were not qualify'd to act. I therefore (for fear 
of any bad consequence, and to quiet the minds of the people who ap- 
peard much dissatisfy'd) thought it best for his Majesty's Service as 
well as the good of the Province to order the Commissions to be re- 
new'd in the same manner as they have hitherto been granted, which 
is during good behaviour; I must observe to your Lordships likewise 
that I found the General Assembly had come to a resolution not to 
make any provision for the Judges in the bill for Support of Govern- 
ment if they accepted Commissions during pleasure; I therefore hope 
I shall have his Majesty's & Your Lordships approbation for what I 
have done. I likewise found it absolutely necessary to renew Mr. 
Morris's Commission of Chief Justice and I cannot help observing that 
he is certainly a very proper Person for this Post which ought to be 
held by a Man of Abilities & character."— 2V. J. Archives, IX., 346-347. 



- 1760] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 425 

New-York, March 24. 

Monday last Part of the Royal, or first Regiment, em- 
barked at Perth-Amboy, in order to proceed to South- 
Carolina; the next Day, one of the Transport Ships got 
a-ground, in endeavouring to go out ; but on Thursday 
Morning, the Wind being fair, she sailed again in order 
to join the others in Parmaceti Cove. And as the Wind 
continued fair all that Day, it is supposed they have pro- 
ceeded on their Voyage. — TJic PciuisylvcDiia Gazette, No. 
163 I , MarcJi 27, I 760. 

Perth Amboy, March 25, 1760 

This Day his Excellency the Gover)ioi\ ivas pleased to 
give his Assent to the folloi^'ing Aet^ in the Presoice of 
the Council and General Assembly, viz. 

''^An Act for raising One Thousand effective ]\duntecrs 
{Officers included) for His Majesty s Service in the ensu- 
ing Campaign, and for other I^urposcs therein mentioned.'' 
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, N'o. 1632, April ^, 1760. 

Neu'-York, April 7. Saturday last, his Excellency 
Francis Boon,' Esq; Governor and Commander in Chief 
of the Province of New-Jersey, came up to Town in a 
Pilot Boat from Sandy-Hook, where he arrived the same 
Day in a Schooner from Charlestown. in South Caro- 
lina, in 5 Days. 



T 



O be sold, a certain Tract of Land, situate 
and laying in Baskinridge, in the County of 
Somerset and Pro\-ince of New-Jersey, con- 
taining 436 Acres of extraordinary good 
Land, about 160 Acres of which are cleared, and in good 
Fence, with three good frame Dwelling-houses, a Wag- 

1 Thomas Boone. 



426 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1760 

gon-Hoiise, and a large new Dutch Barn, a good bear- 
ing Orchard, and also about 30 Acres of good Meadow, 
well cleared, in good Fence, and a great deal more may 
be made: The whole is well watered and timbered, and 
very convenient for Mill and Market. An indisputable 
Title will be gi\'en for the same, by 

William Annin. 

Custom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Sloop 
Duck, Benjamin Donnell from Piscataway. — Tlie Penn- 
sylvania Journal^ No. 904, April ^.^ 1760. 

TO be sold, a good Plantation lying on the 
South Branch of Rariton. in the County of 
Hunterdon and Western Division of the 
Province of New-Jersey, containing upwards 
of 800 Acres of Land, about 250 of which are cleared, 70 
Acres of Meadow, a1)out 25 thereof watered with 
Springs, all under Clover and Timothy Grass, sufficient 
to keep one Hundred Head of Cattle, a good orchard 
and Tan-yard, that may tan about 400 Hydes. There is 
a good Lime-Rock and Kiln on the Premises, by which 
Manure may be made for the Land, if wanted; two 
Dwelling-Houses conveniently situated for dixiding the 
Place into two Farms, with two other Tenements, the 
one with 14 Acres of Land lets for f . 20 per Annum, the 
other with one Acre, lets for f . 4, all in good Repair, and 
a clear Title. For further Particulars enquire of Sam- 
uel Bowne, Merchant, in New-Vork, or the Subscriber, 
at the Premises. 

Jonathan Robeson. 

— The New York Mereury., April y., 1760. 



1760] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 427 

For the NEW Jersey Regivictit^ 

Under the Coiiunand of 

Colonel Peter Schuyler, 

To every able Volunteer will be given Tzvehe Pounds 
Proclamation Money, and Clothes, a Blanket, and other 
Necessaries, to the Value of Eight Pounds more; and 
they are to be inlisted only to the tirst Day of Novem- 
ber next, so that the Bounty Money, Clothes and Pay 
will amount in the Whole to Five Pounds a Month, that 
is, Tliree Shillings and Four-pe)iee a Day, besides Sub- 
sistance. All Persons who are willing to serve their 
King and Country upon this Occasion, are to repair to 
some of the Ofificers who have Warrants to recruit for 
this Service. New Jersey, April 2d, 1760. 

Custom House, Philadelphia. Inward Entries. 
Swallow, Thomas Lettson, from Ambov. — The 



Pemisylvania Gazette .^ No. 1633, April 10, 1760. 

By his Excellency Francis Bernard, Esq; Captain 
General and Governor in Chief in and over the Province 
of Nova-Caesarea, or New-Jersey, and Territories there- 
on depending in America, Chancellor and Vice-y\(lmiral 
in the same, &c. 

A Proclamation. 

E cannot reflect on the extraordinary Bless- 
ings with which GOD hath lately favoured 
us, without a due Sense of our own Unwor- 
thiness: It therefore behoves us, in the 
Midst of Joy and Thanksgiving, to be mindful of our 
Infirmities, and deprecate the Wrath due to our Of- 
fences. Wherefore I have thought fit to appoint, and 
by and with the Advice of His Majesty's Council, I do 




428 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1760 

appoint Friday the TwQwX.y -fiftJi of April next, to be a 
Day of Fasting and Humiliation, wherein the Ministers 
of the Gospel within this Province, with their several 
Congregations, shall prostrate themselves before the 
Throne of Grace, humbly praying Forgiveness for their 
manifold Sins and Supplicating that they may not on 
Account thereof be deprived of the further Assistance 
of the Divine Providence in the necessary Prosecution 
of the War, until a just and honourable Peace shall be 
obtained. And I do order and enjoin all Magistrates 
and Officers, that they take due Care, that the said Day 
be observed as a Day set apart for Religious Duties, and 
that no ser\'ile Labour be performed on the same. 

Given under my Hand at Perth-Amboy, in New- 
Jersey, the Thirty hrst-Day of March, in the Thirty- 
third Year of His Majesty's Reign, Anno Domini. 1760. 

Francis Bernard. 

By his Excellency's Command, 
Charles Read, Secy. 

God Save the King. 

His Excellency was also pleased to order, that all 
Ministers of the Church of England, do and may use 
proper Psalms and Lessons suitable to the Occasion, 
at their Discretion, and that the three Prayers in the 
Communion; O Lord, wc bcscccJi tJiee^ &c. O most 
migJity God, &c. and Turn thou iis, cSr. , are to be used 
in a Litany after the Collect, ]Vc liuuibly bcscccli tJict\ cro. 

HEREAS a Numl)er that have borrowed 
Money out of the publick Fund belonging 
to the first Presbyterian Church in Newark, 
are very deficient in paying Interest: This 
is to give Notice unto all whom it may concern, that the 
Bonds that have a Year and six Months Interest due 




1760] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 429 

upon them, will all soon be put into an Attorney's 
Hands, unless proper Interest be paid. 

N. B. The Interest only, and not the Principal, is 
wanted. — TJic Neiv York Mercury^ April 14, 1760. 

By Order of his Excellency 

General Amherst, 

Co7ni)ia}ider in Chief of all His Majesty's Forces in 
North- America. 

The Soldiers under-named, having' out-staid their 
Furloughs, are hereby ordered and directed to return 
forthwith to the Detachments of their respective Regi- 
ments now at Elirjcibeth-Toivn, \n East-Jersey^ or they 
will be deemed Deserters, and treated as such 

Mens Names Regiments Furloughs expired 

Henry Wicklow, 2d Batt. R. A. R. Jan. 17, 1760. 

Martin Creamer, Ditto Feb. 1, 

Christoplier Connor, Otway's or 3oth, Feb. 10, 

Joshua Wood, Ditto Feb. 14, 

Henry Higgins, Ditto Feb. 21. 

Any Person detaining or harbouring any of the above- 
named Soldiers, will be punished as the Law directs. 

By the GoieraF s Command^ 

Horatio Gates, M. B. 

Frederick County, Maryland, Alarch 29, 1760. 

Notice is hereby given that a certain John Michael 
Troutman, in the year 1751, was bound to a certain 
Johannes Gronendyk, living near Kingston, 16 Miles 
above Trenton, for the space of 8 years, by his parents 
Leonard Troutman, and Ann Troutman, now lixing on 
Fishing Creek, Monokosey, and now they know not 
whether he is living or dead, they therefore desire that 



430 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1760 

the said John Michael Troutnian (if he is living) will 
come to them, or send them word where he is. 

Leonard Trontman, Ann Troutman. 
— The Poiiisylvaiiia Gazette, No. 1634, April 17, 
1760. 

Cnstom-Honse, Philadelphia, Entered In. Schooner 
Charming- Moll}', John Gow^er from Piscataway. — The 
Peiuisylvaiiia Journal . No. 906, April ly., 1760. 

Boston, April 14. His Excellency Governor Pownall 
arrived in good Health last Thursday at New-London. 
Governor Bernard arri\ed there also the same Day. 

New-York, April 21. The Numbers of the Alanenau- 
cong-Island Lottery are come to Hand, and may be 
expected in our next Mercury. 

THE second Class of the Shrewsbury Lottery, is 
postponed to the 14th of May next. The 
Managers have yet a few Tickets on Lland. 
Gentlemen who have had Tickets to dispose 
of in said Lottery, are desired to return all that are not 
sold to the Managers, by the 12th of May. 

THESE are to give Notice, That, at the Eair 
to be held in the City of Perth-Amboy, on 
Thursday the first Day of May next, and the 
Day following, a Plate or Purse of the Value 
of Twenty Pounds, Jersey Money, will be run for, l)y 
any Horse, Mare or Gelding, excepting such as have 
won a Plate or Purse before. Every Person that enters 
any Horse, Mare or Gelding, to run for said Plate or 
Purse, to pay Twenty Shillings Entrance Money, and 
enter four Days before the Day of running, w'ith Alex- 
ander Watson, and William Eandrill, in the said Citv 



1760] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 43 1 

of Perth-x\mboy; and those that enter after, to pay 
35s. Entrance Money. The Horses are to rnn three 
Heats, and two Miles at each Heat; and the Horse that 
wins 2 Heats, and saves his Distance the Third, is to be 
entitled to said Plate or Purse; each Horse to carry ten 
Stone Weight. The Entrance Money will be run for on 
the second Day of the Fair, the Horse winning said 
Plate or Purse, and those that did not save their Dis- 
tance, only excepted. The Race to begin at One of the 
Clock in the Afternoon, and not less than four Horses 
to be allowed to run for said Plate or Purse. 
Perth-Amboy, April 15th, 1760. 

— TJie New York Mercury, April 21,1 760. 

To be exposed to Sale, the 7th of May next, on the 
Premises, a Plantation, late Henry Woods's, situate in 
the Township of Deptford, in the County of Gloucester, 
in New-Jersey, about five Miles below Gloucester, and 
one and an Half from \Voodbury, containing about 220 
Acres of Land, near 100 thereof the best Meadow- 
ground our Country affords, Ijeing made dry by stop- 
ping a Creek whereon it lies: There is on said Planta- 
tion a pretty large new Brick House, and other Build- 
ings: The Premises under pretty good Fence. Attend- 
ance will be given, and the Conditions of Sale made 
known at Ten o'Clock the said Day, by William ^Voocl, 
and Ruth Wood, Execut. — The Pennsylvania Ga::cttc^ 
No, 16:^1^, April 24, 1760. 

A^ezc'-York, May 12. Last week Mr. Hugh Wallace, 
of this City, Merchant, was married to Miss Sally Low, 
Daughter of Cornelius Low, of Rariton, in New-Jersey, 
an agreeable young Lady endow-'d with every Qualifica- 
tion requisite to render the Marriage State happy. — The 
Nezv York Mercury,, May 12, 1760. 



432 new jersey colonial documents. [1760 

The Lottery, 

FOR making Addition to, and repairing St. 
John's Chnrch. in Elizabeth Town, Erected 
and to be drawn near Shuter's Island, about 
two Miles from Elizabeth-Town Point, con- 
sisting of T,^T,4 Tickets, at four Dollars each. 

No. of Prizes 
I 
2 

4 



16 
79-2 





Value of e 


ach. 




Total Value, 


of 


1000, 




is 


1000 


of 


500, 




are 


1000 


of 


200, 




are 


800 


of 


100, 




are 


800 


of 


50. 




are 


800 


of 


20, 




are 


600 


of 


8, 




are 


6336 



853 Prizes from which there is to be no Deduction. 

This Lottery was to have been drawn on the loth' 
of April Instant, but the Managers finding it imprac- 
ticable to draw at that time, were under the necessity of 
postponing the drawing to the 21st Day of May next, 
at which time those concerned may be assured the 
Drawing will certainly begin, under the Inspection of 
the Revd. Thomas B. Chandler, Colonel William Rick- 
ets, and Matthias Williamson, Esqrs, and under the 
Direction and Management of Jonathan Hampton and 
John De Heart, Esqrs, who are under Oath for the 
faithful Discharge of their Trust; the Fortunate Tickets 
will be published in the New-York Mercury and Ga- 
zette, and paid by the Managers to the Possessors 
thereof. The Tickets will be put into the Boxes on the 
1 2th Day of May next. 

Those who have had Tickets to (lis])Ose of, are de- 
sired to send an Account thereof; and if anv should be 



1760] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 433 

left unsold, to return them to the Managers before the 
time of Drawing'. 

A few Tickets may yet be had of the Managers, or Mr. 
John West at Elizabeth-Town Point. 

Dated April 21, 1760. 

— TJic Ncxv York Mercury, April 2?,, 1760. 

Run away, on the nth Day of April last, from the 
Sul)scriber, living in Gloucester County, in East Jersey, 
a Servant Man, named John Howell, has lost two Joints 
of the Fore-finger of his Left-hand, has a long Visage, 
])rown Hair, slow spoken, born in Ireland, and supposed 
to be gone towards Lancaster, and will probably change 
his Clothes. Whoever takes up said Servant, and se- 
cures him in any Goal, so as his Master may have him 
again, shall have Forty Shillings Reward, and reason- 
able Charges, paid by Samuel Burrows, or Thomas 
MULLAN, at the Sign of the Anchor and Hope, in Phila- 
delphia. — The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1636, May i, 
1760. 

Saturday last the 26th Listant (April) the Subscriber 
took in the Market through Mistake, A Bill of consid- 
erable Value, which was passed by the Owner for one 
of a few Shillings. The Person who made the Mistake, 
by applying to Joseph Warrington, living near 
Moores Town in New-Jersey, and describing the Bill, 
may have it again. — TJie Pennsylvania Journal, No. 908, 
May I, 1760. 

Since our last arrived here Captain Quoys, from Bar- 
bados, by whom ice have the following LiST of Vessels 
taken and carried into St. Pierre's Harbour in Martinico, 
from the \6th ^?/ February to the 2d of Mdivch follozving. 

Schooner Bonetta, Jonathan Cook from Salem to 
Barbadoes. — The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 909, May 
8, 1760. 

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434 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1760 

Philadelphia, May 15. 

On Thursday, the hrst Instant, the public Commence- 
ment was held in the College of this City, before a vast 
Concourse of People, of all Ranks and Distinctions. . . . 

At the same Time also, the hono7'ary Degrees of 
Master of Arts were conferred on the following Gentle- 
men, viz. Rev. Mr. Samuel Davies, President of the 
College in New-Jersey; Rev. Mr. Philip Reading, at 
Apoquiniminck; Rev. Mr. Thomas Barton, at Lancas- 
ter; Rev. Mr. Samuel Cooke, at Shrewsbury, Rev. Mr. 
Robert MTvean, at Brunswick; Rev. Mr. Samson 
Smith, at Chestnut-Level; Rev. Mr. Matthew Wilson, 
in Kent County. 

Strayed away, on the fifth instant, from a pasture 
about two miles below this city, on Gloucester road, a 
dapple grey horse, four years old, had neither brand nor 
car mark when he went away, has been lately trimmed, 
has a bob tail, shod before, about 15 hands high, a nat- 
ural pacer, but will trot at times. Whoever takes up 
the said horse, and brings him to Robert Towers, in 
Market-street, Philadelphia, shall receive Fifteen Shil- 
lings reward, and reasonable Charges, paid by 

Robert Towers. 

Run away from his bail, on the loth day of April last, 
one Joseph Cardey, about 25 years of age, about five 
feet high; a Bricklayer by trade, his head is in a manner 
bald, and what hair he has is of a yellowish colour: Had 
on, when he went away, a black wig, a thickset coat and 
vest of a snufT colour, and a pale blue coat and vest with 
him. Whoever takes up said Cardey, and brings him 
to the subscriber, living in Deerfield, in the county of 
Cumberland, and province of West New-Jersey, shall 



1760] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 435 

have P'ive Pounds reward, and reasonable charges, paid 

by 

Jonathan Harris. 

May 7, 1760 
Whereas Susannah, the wife of the subscriber, of 
Kingwood, in the county of Hunterdon, in West New- 
Jersey, hath lately eloped from her said husband (having 
left four small Children with him) and as it is not im- 
probable that she, the said Susannah, may be credited 
on his account. These are therefore to forewarn all per- 
sons not to trust her on his account, as he will pay no 
debts of her contracting after the date hereof. And all 
persons are forbid to harbour, secrete or entertain her, 
or may expect to be prosecuted as the law directs by 

John Smalley 

Bordentown, May 7, 1760. 
The Subscriber, intending for Europe, desires all Per- 
sons that have any Demands against him to send in their 
Accounts, in order to be adjusted; and all those that 
are indebted to him, are desired to make speedy Pay- 
ment. 

John Imlay 

— The Pennsylvania Gar^ette, No. 1638, May 15, 

1760. 

Philadelphia, May 9, 1760 
To be sold by the subscriber, living at Great Timber 
Creek Bridge, near Gloucester, two very likely young- 
horses; the one a very genteel saddle horse; the other 
very suitable for either the saddle or chair. 

George Kemble. 

— TJie Pen)isylvania Gazette., No. 1638, May 15, 

1760. 



436 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1760 

New-York, j\[ay 12. 

Friday last, Transports fell down to Amboy. in order 
to take on board 400 of the Royal Scotch: They are 
bound for Ouebeck, and are to be con\'oyed by the Liz- 
ard, Captain Drake. 

Saturday last four Sloops arrived here from Eliza- 
beth-Town Point, with Part of the Second Battalion of 
the First, or Royal Scots Regiment on board; and Yes- 
terday Morning they proceeded from hence for Albany. 

Custom House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Sloop 
Joanna, William Bartlett from Salem. — The Pciinsylva- 
nm Journal^ aYo. 910, May 15, 1760. 

Custom-House, Philadelphia, (3utwards. Sloop 
Bellona, Andrew Herrick for Salem. 

Cleared. Sloop Bellona, Andrew Herrick to Salem. 

Stray' D or Stolen from the Subseriber in Peiiuiiigtowii^ 
West Nezv-Jersey. A likely bay Horse ^ 14 Hands and an 
Ineh High ; zvitli a zvhite Faee and ivliite Feet behind^ 
abont 6 Years Old. Whoever takes up the said Horse and 
secures hini^ so that the Owner may have him again, shall 
have FORTY SHILLINGS Reivard and reasonable Charges 
paid by 

Nehemiah Howell. 

— The Pennsylvajiia Jonrnal, No. 911, Alay 22, 
1760. 

To be Sold, 
A Plantation, containing" 200 Acres, 18 Acres whereof 
is good banked Meadow, in good Order; a good bear- 
ing Orchard, containing near 150 Trees, a middling- 
good Dwelling-house; a Spring of good Water near 
the House, and sundry other Conveniences. The said 



1760] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 437 

Plantation is situate on Ancocus Creek, in the Town- 
ship of Chester, and County of Burlington, about Half 
a Mile below the Lower Ferry. Any Person, inclining 
to purchase, may be informed as to the Title and Terms 
of Sale, by applying to the Subscriber, living on the 
Premises. 

William Allen. 

— The Pennsylvania Gazette^ No. 1639, May 22, 
1760. 

New-York., May 26. Several Sloops with Provincials 
belonging to this, and the Province of New-Jersey, 
passed by this City in their Way to Albany since our 
last. 

HEREAS the Partnership 1)etween Bryan 
Lafferty. Esq; and John Gaston of Bed- 
minster, in Somerset County in New-Jersey, 
expired in March last; all Persons that have 
any Demands on said Partnership are desired to carry 
their Accounts to the Subscriber, in order that the same 
may be paid; and all those indebted to the said Part- 
nership a1:)ove 12 Months are desired to discharge the 
same to prevent Trouble. 

John Gaston. 

DESERTED from the Independent Company 
of Rangers raised in New-Jersey by Captain 
Ogden, the following Men. viz. Thomas 
Hamilton, but formerly went by the Name of 
Thomas Burck, and often changes his Name: He is 6 
Feet high, round shouldered, and a Blacksmith by 
Trade. Benjamin Moore, 5 Feet 10 Inches high; and 
William Davis, 5 Feet 6 Inches high, both of Brous- 
town, in New-Jersey. John Wickwire. 5 Feet 8 Inches 




438 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1760 

high, lived at a Place called Pursage. Thomas Quick, 
6 Feet 6 Inches high, lived at the Union Iron Works. 
Whoever takes up and secures any of the above Desert- 
ers, so that they may again join their respective Com- 
pany, shall have Five Pounds reward, and reasonable 
Charges paid, by 

Amos Ogden, Captain. 

— TJic Neiv York Mercury^ May 26, 1760. 

New-York, May 26. 

W^e hear from Perth-Amboy, that the New-Jersey 
Regiment is almost compleated, upwards of 800 Men 
having passed the Muster. One Company embarked 
for Albany on Thursday last, and two more were pre- 
paring to embark for the same Place from Amboy, on 
Saturday last. 

May 21, 1760. 
This Day the Managers of Mr. Peter Gordon's Lot- 
tery met, and found, upon an exact Calculation, that 
there yet remain unsold 575 Tickets; therefore they 
take this public Method to request those Gentlemen 
that have purchased in said Lottery, to make Payment 
precisely on the i8th Day of July next, as they purpose, 
without Fail, to proceed in Drawing on Monday, the 
28th of said Month, having sufficient Reason to believe 
that all, or the greatest Part of the Tickets, will be sold 
before the Time limited; wherefore, all Persons inclin- 
ing to become Adventurers in said Lottery, are re- 
quested to make speedy Application to the Managers, 
or to Mr. Peter Gordon, in Prince-town ; the Managers 
being determined to draw sooner than the Time men- 
tioned, if the Lottery is full. — TJie Peimsylvania Gazette, 
No. 1640, May 29, 1760. 




1760] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 439 

Ncxv-York^ June 2. Tuesday last the Lizard Frigate, 
James Drake, Esq; Commander, sailed from Sandy- 
Hook (after lying there 19 Days) for Quebeck, with sev- 
eral Vessels under his Convoy, having on board about 
400 Soldiers belonging to the different Regiments that 
were left at Quebeck, but sent to New-Jersey for the 
Recovery of their Health, most of them being either 
sick or wounded. 

HEREAS false Reports have been spread, that 
T the Subscriber have refused to settle with, 
and pay the Men that were under my Com- 
mand last Campaign, in the Service of the 
Province of New-Jersey: This is to desire all Persons 
that have any Demands on me to call at my House in 
Baskinridge, in New-Jersey, where I shall give constant 
Attendance, and pay every Soldier I am indebted to. 

John Rickey. 
— The New York Mercury^ June 2 , 1 760. 

New York, June 2. 

Tuesday Morning last left the Hook, having fallen 
down thither the Friday before, the Harriot Snow 
Packet Boat, John Dod Bonell, Commander, with the 
Mail for Falmouth; with whom went Passenger Colonel 
Montresor, and his Family. 

Yesterday arrived here the Ship Countess of Berkley, 
Capt. Whitson, in 38 Days from the Land's End to 
Sandy-Hook; and by her we have Advice, that his Maj- 
esty's Ship Penguin was lately taken off of Oporto, by 
two French Frigates and carried into Lisbon. — TJie 
Pennsylvania Gazette, No. \6^\, June 5, 1760. 



440 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1760 

List of the fortunate Nnm1)ers in the EHzabeth-Town 
Lottery for St. John's Church. 

[Here fohows Hst.] 

— TJie Neiv York Mercury, June ()^ 1760. 

New-York, June 9. 

We hear from Albany, that two Indians (the one be- 
longing to New-Jersey, and the other to the Massachu- 
setts) taken Prisoners at Fort William Henry, had come 
in from Montreal, which Place they deserted the i8th 
of May: They say, that for some Time before they 
came ofif, the Accounts received from the French Arm} 
before Quebec, were, that they had had two or three 
Engagements with the English on the Plains of Abra- 
ham, in which though they were beat off in one or two of 
them, yet they took a Number of Cannon from the 
Enoflish, and drove them back into the Town, with the 
Loss of a great many Men. But that on the i6th of 
May, other Accounts were received at Montreal, that 
the French Army were actually coming back from be- 
fore Quebec; which, they say threw the People into 
great Amazement, and when they came away, left them 
universally in Tears, lamenting the great Loss of their 
Friends in the Siege; and had given over all Hopes of 
holding the Country. These Lidians further add, that 
the French said they battered Quebec Walls so low- 
that thev could put their Hands on the Top. 
At this Time we suppose Mr. Murray dosed them. They 
also say, that Monsieur Vaudreuille did not go against 
Quebec, but that he remained at Montreal. General 
Amherst was still at Albany: And we are told the fore- 
going Intelligence is very much credited here. 



1760] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 44I 

Whereas Juliana, Wife to Christian VVeisner. of Beth- 
lehem township, in the county of Hunterdon, hath lately 
eloped from her said husband, and as he apprehends she 
may run him in debt, these are to forewarn all persons 
from trusting her, for he will pay no debts of her con- 
tracting" after this Date. 

Christian Weisner 

— The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1642, June 12, 

1760. 

Trenton June 7th, 1760. 
That there will be Sold at Public Vendue, on Friday 
the 27th Day of this Instant, June, in Trenton, by the 
Subscriber. Three Houses and Lots, lying in Trenton, 
one of them being very Large and Spacious, having 
Four large Rooms on a Floor and an Entry through it. 
Two Stories high, built of Stone, with a Kitchin, and a 
large Stable belonging to it, and a fine Lot of 66 feet 
Front on Kings street and 230 feet Front on Second 
street. The other Two Houses are wooden Buildings 
and good Lots belonging to them lying on King street, 
partly over against the Court-House. And also Two 
Lots of Land lying on Lower or Front-street, all be- 
longing to the Estate of John Dagworthv. late of Maid- 
enhead, deceased. The Terms of the \"endue to be 
known at the Time and Place abovesaid. 

Joseph Yard / „ 
Andrew Reed \ Executors. 

— The Peiuisylvania Journal^ No. 914, June 12, 
1760. 

New- York., June 16. Last Wednesday Evening the 
Son of Robert Ogden. Escj; of Elizabeth-Town, a Boy 
of about ten Years old, was drown'd in the Creek, in 
that Place, as he was bathino-. 



442 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1760 

All Persons iiKlcl)ted to the Estate of Dcjctor Charles 
Zeglerin, deceased, who formerly lived at Cooper's 
Ferry, are desired to make speedy Payment, to prevent 
further Trouble; and all those who have any Demands 
against the said Estate, to bring in their Accounts, that 
they may be adjusted by 

Jacol)ina Zeglerin. 
— The Pe)nisylvania Gazette, No. 1643, June 19 
1760. 

TUESDAY last was given to a Negro, by a Car- 
man, to be put on board an Elizabeth-Town 
Boat, a Letter directed to Messrs Woodruff 
and J elf. Merchant, in Elizabeth-Town, which 
Letter has not since l)een heard of: As it contained an 
Invoice of a Quantity of (ioods from England, 'tis 
hoped any Person in whose I lands it may happen to fall, 
will be good enough to transmit the same to the Gen- 
tlemen to whom it is directed, or to the Printer hereof. 

Till': Publick is hereby notified. That the Draw- 
ing of the Lottery, on or near Shutter's- 
Island, for the P>eneht of IJound- Brook Pres- 
byterian Church, will certainly begin on Tues- 
day the jgth Day of July ne.xt : Therefore all Persons 
who have had any Tickets of the said Lottery to dispose 
of, are desired to make account therof to the Managers; 
and those who are indebted to make immediate Pay- 
ment. — The Nczv York Mereiiry, June 23, 1760, 

All Persons indebted to the Estate of Preserve Brown, 
late of Nottingham, in West-New-Jersey, deceased, are 
desired to pay, and those who have any Demands 
against said Instate, are desired to bring in their Ac- 



1760] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 443 

counts, that they may be adjusted and paid Ijy Richard 
Pji-ovvn, at the late Dwehing-house of said Preserve 
Brown, and John Jones, of Philadelphia, Executors. 

To be sold, a convenient Malt and Brew-house, situ- 
ate in the Northern Liberties, between Second and 
Third-streets, just above Vine-street; for Title and 
Terms of Sale, enquire of said Executors. 

Upper-Freehold, June 16, 1760. 
Run away from the Suljscriber, last Night, a Negroe 
Man, named Abraham, about five Feet ten Inches high, 
21 Years of Age, and of a very Ijlack Colour: Had on 
when he went away, a brown Jacket, with Pewter But- 
tons, a half worn Felt Hat, one Pair of half worn Shoes, 
and one Pair of Worsted Stockings. He also took with 
him two Pair of Trowsers, four Shirts, one I 'air of Cot- 
ton Stockings, and one Crajje Neckcloth. Whoever 
takes up and secures the .said Negroe, so that his Master 
may have him again, shall have Forty Shillings Reward, 

and reasonable Charges, paid by nie, 

John Cox. 

Rode away, on the 13th Instant, from tlie House of 
William Vance, in Newark, a bay Mare, near 14 Hands 
high, about .six Years old, with l)reasted Saddle, about 
half wore, a new Curb Bridle, with double Reins, brand- 
ed on one of the vShoulder Blades with N. S. the Fore- 
top, Mane and Tail short. She was taken by a Man, 
named John Williams, supposed to be gone for Pliila- 
delphia: Had on a green jacket, short wide Trowsers, 
and a Wool Hat. Whoever takes up the said Mare, and 
secures the said Man, in some Coal, and gives Notice to 
the Owner of said Mare, ffartman Vreland, living at or 



444 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1760 

near Agqiiackenock, shall receive Six Dollars Reward, 
and reasonable Charges, paid by me 

Hart man Vreland.' 

— The Peiuisylvania Gazette^ No. 1644, June 26, 
1760. 

Mr. Bradford, 

I Jicrc inclose yoii a Copy of a Letter sent to Mr. Hall 
last Week., eontaining a short Aeeount of our present 
MetJiod of treating the SmallPox under Inoeulatioii., 
ivJiicJi please to insert in your next Paper ^ for the Benefit 
of your Readers. 

Sir, 

I AM obliged to you for the Pamphlet you gave me, containing plain In- 
structions for Inoculation in the Small-Pox, published in London, (at the 
Instance of your Friend the Ingenious and public-spirited Mr. Benjamin 
Franklin) by the eminent Dr. William Heherden, F. R. S. and by him 
sent to America, to be distributed gratis. 

I THINK it is a very useful Performance, not only as it tends to promote 
the Practice of Inoculation in general, but as containing some of the best 
general Rules for the Preservation of our Fellow-Creatures, from the dismal 
and fatal Effects of that frightful distemper: And that I may add my mite 
towards extending so benevolent a Design, I attempt this Recommendation 
of it to the Public, with some few additional Directions, respecting the pre- 
sent new Method of treating those under Inoculation in this Country, which 
has been blessed to the saving of the Lives of Thousands, within these 
three Years in New-Jkrsey. 

The method is THIS. 

The Night before you Inoculate, give a few Grains of Calomel well levi- 
gated, with a like Quantity of Diaphoretic Antimony unwash'd, proportion- 
ing the Quantity of Calomel to the Constitution of your Patient from 4 Grains 
to 10 for a Grown Person, and from 1 to 3 for a Child, to be made up into a 
Bolus or small Pill, with a little Conserve of Roses, or any common Syrup; 
the next Morning give a Purge of the Pulvis Cornachini; made with eq\ial 
Parts of Diaphoretic Antimony, Scammonj', and Cream of Tai tar; repeat 
the Bolus or Pill 3 Times, that is, once every other Night after Inoculation, 
and on the 5th Day give a Dose of Borhave's Golden Sulplier ol Anti- 
mony ; about 4 Grains of it with 2 or 3 Grains of Calomel, made into a small 
Pill, will Operate both as a Yomit and Purge at the same Time. — In the 

1 Hartman Vreeland lived near the corner of the Boulevard and Twentieth 
avenue, in the present city of Paterson. 



1760] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 445 

intermediate Days give 2 or 3 Papers of the following Powders, viz. 
Diaphoretic Antimony 10 Grains, Salt Prunel 6 Grains and Calomel One 
Grain, mixt together, for a grown Person and about 1-4 part of a Paper for 
a Child. These Powders are to be continued until the Variolous or Small- 
Pox Fever is over, and while the Fever is high, let your Patient Drink a 
Cup of Whey 2 or 3 Times a Day. The Whey to be made with Cream of 
Tartar, instead of Rennet; and those that are of a full habit, should be 
Blooded once or twice within the first 8 Days and must abstain from all 
spirituous Liquors, as well as from Meat of all kinds, Broth, Salt and 
Butter. 

I MENTION the Golden Sulphur of Antimony, not because I think it has 
any Specific Virtue distinct from other Preparations of Antimony that 
operate like it, but because some selfish Practioners (I don't call them Phy- 
sicians, for they reject all such Quackery) pretend to make a Secret of their 
Aiitimunial Panacea, to the discouragement of Inoculation ; with a view 
either to confine the whole Practice to themselves, or else to Huckster out 
their Nostrum at 20 Pistoles a Piece to such as are credulous aud weak 
enough to Pay for their pretended Discovery ; which to say no worse of it, 
does not Discover either Generosity, Benevolence, or Humanity; when the 
Truth is that their whole Dependance is upon the Murcury, assisted with any 
*Antimonial Purge, that will operate upwards and downwards, with safety. 
.... At least I can Answer for myself, that ray Dependance is upon the 
Calomel thus assisted; and I have had as great Success in Inoculation as 
any of my Brethren, since this Method was freely communicated to me 
about 2 Years ago by the skilful and candid Doctor Shippen of your City, 
who from his great knowledge in Chymistry and his diligent and watchful 
Observations during a long course of Practice among you, is well known to 
understand the Powers of Medicine, as well as tlie Nature of Diseases. I 
therefore take the freedom to mention his Name without his leave, not only 
to show my Gratitude, but for the same good Reason which the great Mr. 
Franklin gives for the like freedom he took with Dr. Heberden's; to ivit, 
because his Name will have more weight with the Public than my own. 

I MIGHT attempt to Offer some Reasons in favour of this Method; by 
showing how or why those Medicines given in this Way are preferable to 
any other heretofore published ; but I think the extraordinary Success with 
which it has been attended, is more Intelligible and more Satisfactory, to 
those for whose Benefit and Encouragement this Publication is intended; 
however it may not be amiss to mention one of the Doctors Observations 
upon it, which was the Time of giving the Medicines, so as that they may 
exert their Force upon the Blood and Humours, just at the very Time when 
the Disease takes Place, and by that means divert, weaken, and destroys 
its Power, and at the same Time by their Activity, assist Nature to throw 



*I hare laMy had a preparation from Dr. SHIPPEN, which he calls Sublimated Anti- 
mony, which operates, I think with more Certainty and Dwre Safety than any I have Used 
before. 



446 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1760 

off this Morbific or Pocky-Matter, with more Ease through the comtnon 

Outlets of tlie Skin, &c. 

New-Jersey lam., Yoiir constant Customer, 

April 21, ]760. Americanus. 

P. S. It appears by tlie nearest Calculation I can make, that under this 
Treatment, there has not Died more than one Person in 700, and in general 
the Distemper is very light, not above one in 100 has it Full, while in the 
common Way of Infection, 1 dies out of 5. 

If any should still Object and say, that they dare not Venture upon Inoc- 
ulatioii because they live at a Distance from any Physicians, and have not 
Skill enough themselves to prepare the Medicines, and proportion their 

Quantity's to different Constitutions I would advise them to apply 

to any of the PJiysicians in Philadelphia, or New- York (if nearer to them) 
whose Judgement they can depend upon, and I don't doubt they may be 
supply'd with the Medicines properly made up Into Doses, as well as Plais- 
ters and other necessary s fit for the Purpose, with plain Directions for the 
use of them all, at a small Expense. 

— TJic Pennsylvania Journal^ No. gi6, June 26., 1760. 

Custom-Hotise, Philadelphia, Entered In. Schooner 
R}e, William Vennard from Piscataway. Sloop For- 
tune, John Read from Salem. 

Outwards. Schooner Rye, William Wynant for Pis- 
catoway. — T/ic Pcnnsylva)iia Joiii-nal.^ No. 916, June 26, 
1760. 

Five Dollars, Reward. 

STRAYEU-away, from Jephtha Byram, of Sus- 
sex County, and Province of New-Jersey, a 
natural pacing brown Horse, five Years old, 
near, or quite 15 Hands high, one white Foot, 
shod all round, had a good Bell on, and has a Wart under 
his Left Ear. AVhoever takes up said Horse, and se- 
cures him, so that the Owner may have him, and sends 
Word to said Owner, or to Ebenezer Byram, Esq; in 
Morris County, or advertises it in this Paper, shall have 
Five Dollars Reward, and reasonable Charges paid. 
by 

Jephtha Byram. 

— The Nezv York Mercury, June 30, 1760. 



1760] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 44/ 

Philadelphia, July 3. 

From New York we Icarii^ that ttvo Ships arrived there 
oil Sunday Night, with Cannon and Ordnance Stores, 
under Convoy of the Devonshire Alan of War, loho saw 
them safe into Sandy -Hook, and then proceeded for Hali- 
fax. The Packet for Falmoutli left the Hook last Satur- 
day. — The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 164^, July 3, 1760. 

Neiv- York, July 7. In the Devonshire came over his 
AJajesty's Commission, appointing the Hononrable 
Boon/ Esq; late of the Province of South Car- 
olina, Governor and Commander in Chief of the Prov- 
ince of New-Jersey; which Commission we hear was 
pnJjlished at Amboy last Friday. 

In the same Ship came over also, his Majesty's Com- 
mission appointing the Hon. Francis Bernard, Esq; (late 
Governor of New-Jersey) Governor and Commander in 
Chief of the Province of Massachusetts-Bay, which 
Commission was forwarded by Express to Boston last 
Thursday. 

Biles-Island Lottery for the Benefit of the Church at 
Shrewsbury, was finished Drawing the i6th of May last, 
but as a considerable Quantity of the Tickets remained 
unsold and dispersed in several Provinces, it was neces- 
sarv to delay the Publishing of the Prize Numbers, until 
the Managers could get them into their Hands again, 
therefore the four Months in which the Fortunate have 
to make their demands, must commence from the Pub- 
lication, not from the Drawing. The Prize Numbers 
followeth digested into Numerical Order. 

[Here follows list.] 



1 Thomas Boone. 



448 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1760 

We do certify, that this is a true Copy of the Prize 
Numbers as they were drawn, 

John Taylor, 
Jonathan Holmes. 
— The Nciv York Mercury, July J, 1760. 

To be Sold. 

A Good DwelHng-house, and Lot of Land, near three 
Quarters of an Acre, in Maidenhead,^ opposite the 
Meeting-house, a good Well and Stable, well situate on 
the King's Road, half Way between Princetown and 
Trenton, very suitable for a Merchant, or a public 
House. Any Gentleman inclining to follow either, may 
meet with Encouragement. Likewise 24 Acres and a 
Quarter of good Land, well timbered, three Acres 
cleared, and a good Log-house, all in good Fence, well 
watered and meadowed, about three Quarters of a Mile 
from the aforesaid P^-emises, on the Road that leads to 
Yardley's Ferry. Likewise a very good Piece of Land, 
of 50 Acres and a Half, a good House and Cellar, a good 
Orchard of very good Fruit, and bears exceeding well, 
well watered and meadowed, a1)out three Quarters of a 
Mile from the first mentioned Premises. The whole 
may be sold together, or separate. For further Partic- 
ulars, enquire of the Subscriber, who will gi\-e a good 
Title for the same. 

Abner Phillips 

By Virtue of a Writ of Fieri Facias, issuing on a Judg- 
ment obtained in the Supreme Court of the Province of 
New-Jersey, there will be exposed to Sale, at public 
Vendue, on Wednesday, the 30th Day of July, at Two 
o'clock in the Afternoon, on the Premises, several Lots 



1 Now Lawrenceville. 



1760] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 449 

of Land, situate, lying and being in Prince-Town, in the 
County of Middlesex, and Province of New-Jersey afore- 
said, adjoining the Lot on which the College stands, 
being Part of the real Estate of Samuel Hazard, late of 
the City of Philadelphia, Merchant, deceased, and 
taken in Execution by Evan Morgan. 

Samuel Throgmorton, Sherifif. 

N. B. This was advertised for Sale the first of April 
last, but was put off on Account of the Death of the late 
Sheriff. 

Whereas al^out 18 Years ago a young Lad, then about 
14 Years old, named Peter Bener, came into this Coun- 
try, and served seven Years with one Peter Not, living 
in the Jerseys, about 60 Miles from Philadelphia, and 
has not since been heard of by his Sister Elizabeth 
Bener; the said Peter Bener, if living, is desired to send 
a Letter to his said Sister, living about 8 Miles from 
Neilson's Ferry, on Sasquehanna, directed for her, or 
Neal Toner, living in Queen's Town, York County, 
Pennsylvania, to the Care of John Shaw, of the same 
Place. Or, if he be dead, any Person that will give In- 
telligence thereof, directed as above, will greatly oblige 
his said Sister 

Elizabeth Bener. 

— The Pennsylvania Gazette^ No. 1646, July 10, 
1760. 

Burlington County., in Nc%v-Jcrsey, July 10, 1760. 

Whereas Esther, the Wife of Amos Austin, hath 
alienated her Affections from me her Husband, and 
hath for some Time, shewed a Desire to convey my 
Money, Goods and Effects into the Hands of another 

29 



450 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1760 

Man: Therefore I do forl)i(l any Person trusting her on 
my Account, for I will pay no Debts of her contracting 
after the Date hereof. 

Amos Austin. 

— TJic Pcniisylvajiia Gazette^ No. 1646, July 10, 
1760. 

PcrtJi-Amboy.^ July 7. A few Days ago the Commis- 
sion appointing his Excellency Thomas Boone, Esq ; 
Governor of the Province of New-Jersey, and that ap- 
pointing his Excellency Francis Bernard, Esq; Gov- 
ernor of the Massachusetts-Bay, arrived from England: 
And on Thursday last Governor Boone came to this 
City from New-York, after having waited there many 
Weeks for the Arrival of the said Commission. His Ex- 
cellency was escorted through the County of Essex by 
a Troop of Horse, commanded by Captain Terrel, of the 
Borough of Elizabeth; and thro' the County of Middle- 
sex, to this City, by a Troop of Horse commanded by 
Capt. Parker/ of Woodbridge. His Excellency was met 
on the Line of the City of Perth-Amboy, by the Mayor, 
Recorder, Aldermen, Common-Councilmen, and all the 
Officers belonging to the Corporation, who conducted 
him into Town. And on Eriday last his Excellency 
Governor BoONE, was qualihed in Council in this City, 
and took upon him the Powers of Government. Soon 
after, his Excellency walked in Procession to the City- 
Hall, preceeded by the Members of the Corporation and 
attended by his Majesty's Council, where his Commis- 
sion was publish'd with the usual Eormalities: After 
which his Excellency gave an elegant Entertainment to 
the Company then present: And the Evening con- 



1 James Parker, the well-known printer, of New Jersey and New 
York. 



1760] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 45 1 

eluded with all the Illuminations and other Demonstra- 
tions of Joy usual upon such Occasions. 

On Saturday Morning last the Corporation of Perth- 
Amhoy waited upon Governor Boone wath the follow- 
ing Address. 

To his Excellency Thomas Boone, Esq; Captain 
General and Commander in Chief in and over his Maj- 
esty's Province of Nova-Caesarea, or New-Jersey, and 
Territories thereon depending in America, Chancellor 
and V^ice- Admiral in the same, &c. 

The humble Address of the Mayor, Recorder, Alder- 
men, and Common-Council-men, of the City of Perth- 
Amboy. 

May it please your Excellency, 

E the Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen, and 
Common-Council-men of the City of Perth- 
Amboy, in Common-Council assembled, do, 
with the greatest Pleasure, wait on your 
Excellency, to congratulate you upon your Arrival to 
this }our Government of New-Jersey. 
^ Your Excellency's Abilities and known good Charac- 
ter, afford us the pleasing Prospect of a happy Admin- 
istration; and as we are truly sensible of his Majesty's 
paternal Care of this Province, and his Eavour in ap- 
pointing you to the Government thereof; so we assure 
your Excellency, nothing shall be wanting, on our 
Parts, to make your Administration easy. And should 
your Excellency think proper to chuse this City for the 
Place of your Residence, this Corporation will chear- 
fully do every Thing in their Power to render it agree- 
able. 

Samuel Nevill, Mayor. 
Perth-Amboy, July 5, 1760. 




452 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1760 

His Excellency's Answer. 
Gentlemen, 

YOUR kind Congratulations on my Arrival de- 
mand my warmest Acknowledgements; if 
Occasions are not wanting, my Inclination 
will always prompt me to express the most 
friendly Regard for this Corporation: After so obliging 
an Invitation to fix my residence here, I know of Noth- 
ing to deter me, and have the Recollection of many 
happy Moments, passed here in a private Station, to in- 
duce me. My utmost Endeavours shall be exerted to 
justify any favourable Impression you may have re- 
ceived of me; and by a faithful Discharge of my Duty, 
I hope to proclaim my Gratitude to our most gracious 
Sovereign. 

Tho. Boone. 

To-morrow Morning- Governor Boone intends to set 
out from Perth-Amboy for Burlington, in order to pub- 
lish his Commission there. 

Nezv-Yoj'k, July 14. Last Monday the Corporation of 
the Borough of Elizabeth waited on Governor Boone 
at Amboy, to pay their Compliments on his Accession 
to the Government, when the following Address was 
presented. After which, his Excellency invited the 
Members to a public Entertainment. 

To his Excellency Thomas Boone, Esq; Captain 
General and Governor in Chief of the Province of New- 
Jersey, Chancellor and Vice-Admiral in the same. 

May it please your Excellency, 

Sensible from this fresh Instance of the 
King's paternal Regards to this Province, in 
his Appointment of a Gentleman of that 
amiable Character you sustain, to succeed in 
the Administration; sensible too, of the public Respect 



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due to the Representative of so gracious a Sovereign, 
the Mayor, Recorder. Aldermen, and CommonaUy of 
the Free Borough and Town of Elizabeth, take this early 
Opportunity to present you. Sir, their Congratulatorv 
Compliments on your safe Arrival in New-Jersey, and 
Accession to your Government. 

We congratulate you, Sir, that this important Trust 
is devolv'd upon you, at a Time, when the Blessings of 
Peace, of an honourable and glorious Peace, procured 
by Wisdom in the Cabinet, and Valour in the Field, 
seem to be nearly approaching. These will not only 
exonerate your People from the Toils and Expences 
of War, but discharge your Excellency of many Cares 
and Assiduities in the Exercise of your high Office. 

Those engaging Qualities of Candor, Affability and 
Benevolence, join'd with superior Talents, to which all 
who have the Honour of your Acquaintance, concur in 
giving ample Testimony, open a pleasing Prospect of 
Happiness to the Province, over which you are destin'd 
to preside. Hence, Sir, we found a Confidence in the 
wise Moderation of the Maxims of your future Govern- 
ment, and in the unbiassed Equity of your Decisions, 
whenever the controverted Rights of the People may 
rest upon your Adjudication. 

Permit us. Sir, to recommend to your favourable Re- 
gards, the Free Borough and Town of Elizabeth. The 
Privileges confer'd upon us by the King's Indulgence, 
and established by his Royal Charter, we presume, will 
always meet with your Protection and Countenance: 
And your Excellency may depend on our warmest Zeal, 
to render your Administration easy and agreeable to 
yourself, so far as our personal as well as corporate In- 
fluence may extend. In the Name of the Corporation. 

S. Woodruff, Mayor. 



454 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [ 1 760 

His Excellency's Answer. 
Gentlemen, 

IT is more than a common Satisfaction to me, 
to be thus kindly received and welcomed by 
the Corporation of Elizabeth-Town. I should 
be very unworthy of such engaging Treatment, 
not to aim at deserving, and confirming you in your 
present kind Sentiments, by the tenderest Regard for 
your Privileges, and all Instances of Benevolence to 
every indixidual. 

Wit4iout Presumption, I can assure you, Gentlemen, 
of my Disposition to Justice in general: And whenever 
any controverted Rights should call for my Decision, I 
shall glory in exercising the utmost Impartiality. 

Thomas Boone. 
Perth-Amboy, July 7, 1760. 

To his Excellency Thomas Boone, Esq; Captain 
General and Governor in Chief in and over the Province 
of Nova Caesarea or New-Jersey, and Territories de- 
pending thereon in America, and Vice-Admiral in the 
same, <S:c. 

The humble Address of the Corporation of New- 
Brunswick, 

Mav it please your Excellency. 

E the Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen and 
Common Council of the City of New- 
Brunswick, beg- Leave to congratulate your 
Excellencv upon your entring into this your 
Government; and at the same Time, to acknowledge 
our just Sense of his Majesty's unwearied Care for the 
Protection of this, as well as his other American Col- 
onies, tho' at so great a Distance from his royal Person. 
And we esteem it a fresh and great Instance of his Royal 




1760] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 455 

Goodness to this Province, in appointing a Person of 
yonr Excellency's amiable Character to the Govern- 
ment thereof. 

We assure you, Sir, that we will contribute every 
Thing in our Power towards rendering your Excel- 
lency's Administration easy and agreeable. 

James Huue, Mayor. 

July 8. 1760 

His Excellency's Answer. 
Gentlemen, 

THIS hearty and affectionate Address I now 
recei\'e. Gratitude would impell me, if my 
natural Temper did not lead me to deserve, 
by all the Countenance and good will, that 
the Station which his Majesty has most graciously con- 
descended to place me in may enable me to extend to 
this respectable Corporation. 

Thomas Boone. 

After a short Illness, on Saturday the Fifth of July, 
Miss Polly Rickets, Daughter of Colonel William 
Rickets, of Elizabeth-Town, departed this Life, in 
the Sixteenth Year of her Age, removed from the Guilt 
and Misery of a sinful World, without partaking of 
either; the Joy, Pride, and Comfort of her Parents, ad- 
mired by her Relations and Friends, the Delight of all 
who knew her; religious, humble, modest, charitable 
and dutiful: Virtues by Heaven inspired, are an Offer- 
ing- fit for Heaven; and this, on such melancholv Occa- 
sions, should lead us to dry up our Tears, yield a perfect 
Resignation to the Divine Will, and rather congratu- 
late the dear Deceas'd on such timely Departure. 



45^ NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1760 

On the much lamented Death of Miss 
Rickets. 

TJiiNfE Eyes, dear Girl, are clos'd in Night; 
Thy Thread, alas ! is spun, 
Cut off at once from the World's Light 
E'er Life was well begun. 
How short the Date of Mortal Things, 
How transient are our Joys; 
The Flower that in the Morning springs. 
The Ev'ning's Damp destroys. 
Death, that such a fragrant Rose 
Could not escape thy Blast; 
Thou did'st its early Sweetness close 
Before its Morn was past. 
See where absorb'd in silent Crief, 
Th' afflicted Parents stand ; 
Some Guardian Angel lend Relief, 
And give an helping Hand. 
lost too soon ! lamented Shade, 
Just op'ning into Bloom ; 
Where Virtue and Religion sway'd, 
Where Pride had found no Room. 
Stop, let me here these Words recall, 
Those rash Repinings shun. 
Heaven's High Will ordain'd her Fall, 
And God's Will must be done. 
Let all who lov'd her Worth, her Truth, 
Suppress the struggling Tear, 
Humility and Wit adorn'd her youth, 
For both were center'd there. 

'Tis said his Excellency Francis Bernard, Esq; 
late Governor of New-Jersey, and now Governor of the 
Massachusetts-Bay, will tarry at Perth-Amboy till the 
Arrival of the Colony Sloop of War, from Boston, which 
is daily expected, to carry his Excellency to his Gov- 
ernment. — TJic Nc%v York Mcrcitry^ July 14, 1760. 

New-York, July 14. 
Saturday Afternoon, his Majesty's Ship the Norwick, 
of 50 Guns, arrived at Sandy-Hook from England, and 
a ship in 8 Weeks from Dublin. 



1760] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 457 

The Entries not being inserted for two Weeks past, 
we hope our Readers will excuse, as it was oc- 
casioned by the Clerk at the Custom-House being- 
very ill. We now insert the whole. 
Custom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Sloop Bel- 
lona, Andrew Herrick from Salem. 

Outwards. Sloop Bellona, Andrew Herrick for Sa- 
lem. 

Cleared. Sloop Fortune, John Read to Salem. Sloop 
Black-Joke, John Sarley to Perth-Amboy. 

Cleared, July 17, 1760. Sloop Bellona, Andrew Her- 
rick to Salem. — The Pcnnsyhania Journal, No. 919, 
July 17, 1760. 

Burlington, July 5, 1760. 
By virtue of liis majesty's writ of Fieri Facias, to me 
directed, will be exposed to sale on the 5th day of Aug- 
ust next, at the house of Robert Wilds, in Burdentown. 
Forty acres of marsh, and 90 acres of upland, situate in 
the township of Chesterfield in the county of Burling- 
ton, near Burdentown, aforesaid; late the estate of John 
Wilding, deceased, and taken in execution at the suit of 
the executors of Robert Field, deceased. 

Thomas Shinn, Sheriff. 
— Tlic Pouisylvaiiia Journal^ No. 919, .////;' 17, 
1760. 

Burlington, July lo. 

Yesterday arrived here Air. Boone, our new Gover- 
nor, and, after his Commission had been opened in the 
usual Manner, the Corporation waited upon him with 
the following Address. 

To his Excellency THOMAS BoONE, Esq ; Captain Gen- 
eral., Governor and Commander in Chief in and over His 



458 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [ 1 760 

Majesty^ s Province of Nova-Cccsarca^ or New Jersey^ 
Chaneellor and Vice Admiral in the sanu\ l^c. 

May it please your Excellency. 

The Mayor, Recorder. Aldermen and Commonalty of 
the City of Burlington. l)eg leave to congratulate your 
Excellenc}' on your safe Arrival to your Government, 
and particularly into the City of Burlington; and to as- 
sure your Excellency, that though we have not the 
Pleasure of being personally known to you, yet, from 
the favourable Report of your Character, we receive the 
Appointment of your Excellency as a fresh Instance of 
His Majesty's Wisdom and paternal Goodness towards 
His Colonies. 

And though it is with Regret we part with Governor 
Bernard, whose mild and constitutional Administra- 
tion, during- his short Stay among us, has given univer- 
sal Satisfaction; yet. when we reflect on your Excel- 
lency's good Character, and polite Accomplishments. 
we cannot doubt but that your Excellency is disposed 
to do all in your Power to promote the Good of the 
Province, to protect this Corporation in all its just 
Rights and Privileges, and that you will fully supply the 
Loss of our Late Governor. 

The Citizens of the City of Burlington would be well 
pleased to see your Excellency reside among them; 
they flatter themselves that the agreeable Situation and 
Conveniencies of the Place may invite you to favour, 
with }()ur Presence, this Capital of the T'rovince. 
Signed, by Order of the City 

Richard Smith, Recorder. 

To which his Excellency was pleased to return the 
following Answer, 

Gentlemen, 
/ an/ sincerely affected ivitJt tJie cordial Welcome that I 



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Jiavc already received froju all Parts through ii'hich I liave 
passed ; and I return my sincere Thanks to the good Cor- 
poration of Burlington for this they noiv favour nie with. 
I value too niucJi this Mark of His Majesty s Favour not 
to consult., as far as my Capacity zvill allozv., what the best 
of Sovereigns has most at Hearty the Happiness of His 
People. Your Privileges, Gentlemen., shall be sacred ; and 
if I decline yojir kind Pri'itation, to reside among you, J 
beg you to ascribe it to my Intention of deviating as little 
as possible from the Example of my Zi.<orthy Predecessor., 
whose Place I shall he andntious of supplying., in your 
Affections, as in the Government of Nczv-Jcrsey. 

Thomas Boone. 

Then the Rev. Mr. CoLiN Campbell, M. A. Rector 
of St. Mary's in Behalf of the Vestry, presented the 

following Address 

To his Excellency Thomas Boone, Esq; Governor 
and Commander in Chief of tlie Province of New Jersey. 

The Address of the Minister, Church JJ'ardens and 
Vestiy-men of St. Mary'' s Church, in the City of Bur- 
lington. 

May it please your EXCELLENCY 

We the Minister, Church-Wardens and Vestry-men 
of St. Mary's Church, in Burlington, beg Leave to con- 
gratulate you on your safe Arrival to your Government 
of New-Jersey, and look upon your Appointment to this 
Government as a Mark of His Majesty's paternal Re- 
gard for His Subjects here, in appointing a Gentleman 
of a considerable Fortune, in the Southern Parts of His 
Dominions, to preside over us; who, by his late Travels 
through these Parts, must have had an Opportunity of 
knowing and seeing the mutual Connections and Inter- 
ests the several Colonies have with one another, and 



460 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS, [1760 

consequently more capable to judge of Men and Things 
than a mere Stranger could. We hope, therefore, from 
the excellent Character we have received of you, that 
your Administration will be happy for this Province, as 
we, in our several Stations, shall endeavour to make it 
easy and comfortable. As Members of the established 
Church of England, we have Reason to hope your Ex- 
cellency's Protection and good Offices will be kindly 
extended to us, on every Occasion; and we sincerely 
pray that your Administration may be attended with 
Peace, Unity and Concord, among ourselves, and a gen- 
eral vigorous Pursuit of the public Good. 
Signed, by Order of tlic J \'stry, 

Colin Campbell, Miss2oiin?-y. 

To which the Governor was pleased to answer. 

Gentlemen, 

The Address of the Minister, ChureJi Wardens and 
Vestry-)iie)i, eannot but be highly aeceptable to nie. I am 
doubly bound, Gentlemen, as loell by the Charaeter I have 
the Honour to appear in, as my own partieular Ediieation, 
to testify my Readiness to e neon rage and proteet the estab- 
lished Chureh of Ilngland. If from several Trips to these 
Colonies I had derived }io other Advantage, this, at least, 
I can assure zvith Truth, that a Regard for, and good 
Opinion of the Inhabitants, is imprinted in >ne ; and the 
hearty Reception that I meet zvith, from all Ranhs and 
Prof'ssions, eannot but confirm my Partiality to the flonr- 
ishing Province. 

Thomas Boone. 

In the Evening- his Excellency supped with the Cor- 
poration, and this Morning departed for Amboy. 

The under-written valedictory Address was sent to 
Governor Bernard. 

To his Excellency, Francis Bernard, Esq ; Captain 



1760] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 46 1 

General^ Governor and Conimandcr-in Chief of His Maj- 
esty'' s Province of tJie Massachusetts-Bay^ in Nexu England, 
Chancellor and Jlee-Adniiral in the same, &c. 

The Address of the City of Burlington. 
May it please your EXCELLENCY, 

The Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen and Commonalty of 
the City of Bniiington, having a due Sense of the many 
Benefits received by this Province, on Account of the 
worthy Discharge of the Trust His Majesty was pleased 
to repose in your Excellency, embrace the present Op- 
portunity to return our grateful Acknowledgments. 
.\.nd tho' we cannot but congratulate you, on vour Ap- 
pointment to the Government of the Massachusetts- 
Bay, and wish you all the Success imaginable, in every 
Undertaking, yet we assure you, we take our Leave with 
Concern, and that it could admit of no Allay, but by 
the Hopes we conceive from the great Accomplishments 
of the Gentleman appointed to succeed you. 
Burlington Signed, by Order of the City, 

July g, 1760. RiCPLVRD Smith, Recorder. 

Five Pounds Rezvard. 

To any Person that shall deliver to the Subscriber a 
light roan Mare, which strayed away from the Union 
Iron-Works, in the County of Hunterdon, and Prov- 
ince of West Jersey, about the 14th Day of May last; 
she is about 14 Hands high, eight Years old. shod be- 
fore, paces and trots, has a long, bushy Tail, l)randed on 
the near Shoulder or Buttock, but the Brand forgot; if 
rid hard she shews a Lameness in one of her hind Legs, 
and if rid in the Night is very apt to stumble. Whoever 
takes up and secures said Mare and Thief, if stolen, will 



462 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1760 

be enti tilled to the above Reward; but if not stolen 
Thirty Shillings, with reasonable Charges, paid l)y me. 

David Willey. 

— The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1647, July 17, 
1760. 

Prince-Town.^ July %, 1760. His Excellency Thomas 
Boone, Esq; lately appointed Governor, of this Prov- 
ince, passing thro' this Town, attended by Mr. Chief 
Justice Morris, and several other Gentlemen of Distinc- 
tion, was introduced into Nassau-Hall by the President 
and Tutors, who presented the following Address 

To his Excellency Thomas Boone, Esq; His Maj- 
esty's Governor and Commander in Chief of the Prov- 
ince of New-Jersey, Chancellor and Vice-Admiral of the 
same, &c.- 

Tlie humble Address of the President and Tutors of 
the College of New-Jersey. 
Sir, 

THE President and Tutors of the College of 
New-Jersey give your Excellency a most cor- 
dial welcome to Nassau-Hall, and beg Leave 
warmly to congratulate your Excellency up- 
on your Accession to the Government of this Province, 
where the Minds of so many are happily pre-possessed 
in your Eavour, by the agreeable Anticipations they 
have received of your Excellency's Character. 

Tho' we form a very high Estimate, Sir, of the Im- 
portance of your Excellency's Patronage to the Pros- 
perity of this Infant College, which has been founded 
by one, and countenanced by another, of your worthy 
Predecessors; yet we would use no Artifice to pre- 
engage your Excellency's Friendship and Protection, 
without the Sanction of your own well-informed Judg- 



1760] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 463 

ment; but we lay ourselves open to your Excellency's 
Inspection, and invite you to en(|uire into its Constitu- 
tion, the Modes of Instruction and Discipline, the Care 
taken of the Principles and the Morals of the Students, 
and their Progress in the various Branches of Litera- 
ture, and then we shall leave your Excellency to follow 
the Conduct of your own Judgment, and the Impulse 
of a Patriot-Heart; ever friendly to true Learning and 
Virtue, but ever an Enemy to Pedantry, Bigotry, and 
idle Pretensions; only begging your Excellency would 
make some candid Allowances, for those unavoidal)le 
Imperfections, that result from the present infant State 
®f this Institution, which has been raised from nothing, 
in a few Years, by the Hand of public Charity, recom- 
mended only by its Poverty, and apparent Subservency 
to the general Good. 

We beg Leave, Sir, i)articularly to request your Ex- 
cellency to honour the next public Examination with 
your Presence, when you will have the best Opportunity 
of informing Yourself, what are the Branches of Litera- 
ture taught in this Seminary, and what Proficiency has 
been made by the young Gentlemen under our Tuition. 

We hope. Sir, our future Conduct will verify the En- 
gagements which we now voluntarily assume to your 
Excellency, that we shall continue with the utmost As- 
siduity to instill into young Minds such Principles, as, 
thro' the Blessing of Heaven, form the Scholar, the 
Patriot, and the Christian. And should we neglect 
so essential an Article of our Duty, we should anticipate 
our own Doom, and expect your Excellency's severest 
Animadversions, in Conjunction with the other Trus- 
tees, of whom you are now^ President, and who, we 
doubt not, will give your Excellency projjer Expres- 



464 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1760 

sions of their Duty and Congratulation at their next 
Convention. 

May all the Happiness a Patriot can diffuse, or a free 
People enjoy, attend your Administration ! and may 
all the Felicities which Heaven has made the Rewards 
of such a beneficient Administration, ever attend your 
Excellency. 

To which his Excellency was pleased to return the 
following Answer. 

Gentlemen, 

I am exceedingly obliged to you for this polite Salu- 
tation on my Arrival amoung you. 

The proper Education of Youth Influences so materi- 
ally all Government, that this laudable Establishment 
has a natural Claim to the Patronage of his Majesty's 
Substitute, and with the Advantage of such eminent 
and respectable Tuition. I have not the least Doubt, but 
the Youths will be distinguished by the Acquisition of 
every useful and valuable Accomplishment. 

Thomas Boone. 

His Excellency was also complimented by two young 
Gentlemen of the Senior Class, in a Latin and an English 
Oration, and an Air of Sincere Congratulation appeared 
in every Countenance. 

To His Excellency Thomas Boone, Esq; Captain 
General and Governor in Chief in and over His Majesty's 
Province of Nova Caesaria. or New-Jersey, and Terri- 
tories thereon depending in America, Chancellor, and 
Vice Admiral of the same, &c. 

The humble .Vddress of the Judges. Justices of the 
Peace, the High Sheriff, and Grand Jury of the County 
of Middlesex. 



1760] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 465 

l\lay it please ^'our Excellency. 



W 



E, His Majesty's dutiful Subjects, the rep- 
resentative Body of the County of Middle- 
sex, in our General Quarter Sessions assem- 
l)led. chearfully embrace this first fa\'oural)le Oppor- 
tunity of waiting- upon Your Excellency with Our 
huml)le Address, to congratulate You upon ^'our Ar- 
rival to this \'our ( lovernment of New-Jersey. 

Nothing can in a greater Measure extenuate the Con- 
cern we are under at parting- with our late (iovernor, 
(whose Inclinations as well as Abilities, seemed to be 
studiously employed in promoting every plausible 
Scheme for the Welfare and Prosperity of the Province) 
than this fresh Instance of His Majesty's Favours and 
(roodness to us, in apjjointing a Gentleman to succeed 
Him, whose universal good Character and amial)le Be- 
haviour in a private State of Life, afford us the most 
l)romising Prospect of our still continuing a happy Peo- 

^lanv and perplexing (it must be confess'd) are the 
Cares and Dit^culties which attend the prudently guid- 
ing- the Reins of Government; but these are rendered 
easy and agreeable, by the loyal Behaviour and peace- 
able Demeanour of a well disposed People. This is a 
Duty incumbent upon us; and Ave beg Leave to assure 
You, Sir, that we will pursue it with the most ardent 
A|Dplication. 

May Your Excellency continue long to preside over 
us, bless'd with the Smiles and Favours of the best of 
Kings, and happy in the Aft'ections of a grateful People ! 
May Your Days here be many and prosperous ! And 
may You finally enjoy that State of Bliss and Felicity, 



466 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1760 

which is not in the Power of Man to grant, or even to 
conceive. 

By Order of the Court, 

J. Smyth, CI. 
Pcrth-Am1)oy, July 15, 1760. 

His Excellency's Answer, 

Gentlemen, 

I Return you many I'hanks for this affectionate Ad- 
dress, and for your obliging Expressions of Satisfaction 
on my Appointment to this Government. 

I am too well appriz'd of the disadvantageous Light I 
must appear in, to aim at a Competition with my de- 
servedly esteemed Predecessor, in any Thing but Zeal 
for His Majesty's Service, and Ardour for the Prosperity 
of his People. 

It will, Gentlemen, be highly flattering to me, if bv a 
becoming Conduct, I can be the Instrument of continu- 
ing you in your present Tendency to Loyalty and Con- 
cord; this is the present Object of my Ambition, and to 
this an honest Alan may be allowed to aspire. 

Thomas Boone. 
— The Neii' York Mercury, J ii/y 21, 1760. 

Custom House, Philadelphia, Inward Entries. Ship 
Hercules, John Hazlewood, from Salem. Snow In- 
dustry, James Carman, from Amboy. 

Philadelphia, July 23, 1760. 
Run away this Morning from the Subscriber, living in 
Greenwich Township, Gloucester County, New-Jersey, 
a Servant Girl, about 16 Years of Age, named Jane 
Rattlife: Had on when she went away, a short striped 
blue and white Linen Gown, a striped Lincey Petticoat, 
a coarse Tow Apron, a Pair of old blue Stockings, an 
old Pair of Pumps, and an old white Bermuda Hat; she 



1760] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 467 

is Pock marked, low in Stature, has black Hair, and has 
a very large Mark of the Small Pox on one of her Arms. 
Whoever takes up said Servant, and secures her, so that 
her Master may have her again, shall have Twenty Shil- 
lings Reward, and reasonable Charges, paid by me 

Henry Hendrickson. 

— TJie PciDisvlvaiiia Gazette, No. 1648, July 24, 

1760. 

List of Letters reinaining in the Post-Office in 
Philadelphia. 

Jolm Andrews, and Tiniotliy Akins, East-Jersey. 

Isaac Blange, Egg Harbour; Francis Burtis, New Jersey. 

John Carty, Burlington ; John Chapman and Colonel B. Chambers, 
Cumberland County; Adam Collins, New Jersey; Jacob Clement, West 
New-Jersey. 

William Ellis, Cumberland County. 

Thomas Farr and William Frazer, Esq ; New-Jersey. 

Joseph Groldy, Gloucester; Maurice Granvill, Hunterdon County. 

John Hinchman, Gloucester County ; Robert Hacket, New-Jersey. 

Henry Ireland, West Jersey. 

Mar}' Kully, Cumberland County; Sarah Kinisey, Gloucester. 

Nicholas Lysaght, N. Jersej'. 

Tobias Morgan, Gloucester Count}' ; John Moore, Lucretia Moore and 
Thonjas Miller, all in New- Jersey; Thomas M'Connel (2) Somerset County. 

Thomas Patrick, Gloucester County. 

Tom Robinson, New-Jersey. 

Edward Test, New-Jersey. 

William Vankirk, Freehold. 

Richard Woodnitt, Salem; Sarah Windsor, Mount Holly. 

— The Pe>insj'kiania Gazette, A''o. 1649, /;//)' 31, 

1760. 

Custom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Schooner 
Swan, Giles Seaward from Piscataway. 

Outwards. Snow Industry, James Corman for Am- 
boy. — T/ie Pennsylvania Journal, No. 921, July 31, 
1760. 

New-Jersey. 
To His Excellency Thomas Boone, Esq; Captain 



468 NKW IERSK\' COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [ 1 760 

( icncral and Clovenior in Chief in and over His Maj- 
esty's Province of Nova Caesaria, or, New-Jersey, and 
Territories thereon depending in America, Chancellor, 
and Vice Admiral of the same, &c. 
May it please Your Excellency, 

TO permit us. Clergymen of the Church of 
England, in Behalf of ourselves and the rest 
of our Brethren, within this Province, (whom 
we are authorized to represent) sincerely to 
congratulate your Excellency upon your Accession to 
this Government, and to express our Gratitude to His 
Majesty for this fresh Instance of His paternal Regard. 
The great and amiable Character, l)y which. Sir, you 
stand particularly distinguished in private Life, hap- 
pily assures us, that the Appointment of your Excel- 
lency to this public Station is not more a Testimony of 
your Merit, than an Event advantageous to this Prov- 
ince; and consequently must be Matter of the highest 
Pleasure to every worthy Inhabitant of it. 

To us. Sir, it cannot but be a peculiar Joy that we are 
encouraged to believe, that we shall receive from vou 
the same Favour, Countenance and Protection, we hap- 
pily experienced under the Administration of your 
worthy Predecessor. Influenced by these Hopes, we 
have only to wish, that it may please God to continue 
your Excellency long a Blessing amongst us. 

We beg Leave to assure your Excellenc}-. that we 
feel ourselves, as well from Inclination as the Nature of 
our Office and Dut}', indissolubly bound to contribute, 
to the utmost of our Powers and Abilities, to the .\(1- 
vancement of your Honour and Happiness. 

S. COOKE, 
T. B. Cliandler, 
R. M'Kean. 
Pertli-Amboy, July j6th, 1760. 



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To which his Excehency was pleased to return the 
following Answer. 

Gentlemen, 

AMONG the many Congratulations that I have 
1)een favoured with, this of the Clergymen of 
the Church of England, is neither the least 
agreeable or the worst received: The Course 
of my Education has engaged me in an Acquaintance 
with many. That, and the Esteem you are in, in this 
Province, is sufificient to secure you the Consideration 
and Countenance, that }'Our Profession has a Claim to. 
it is a great Pleasure to me, Gentlemen, to have your 
Assurances of contributing as much as you are able to 
my Happiness. Recommend Thankfulness to the Cre- 
ator for the Blessings our Countrymen enjoy, under 
His Majesty's happy Government : Recommend Con- 
cord and Harmony: Upon this my Satisfaction de- 
pends. 

Thomas Boone, 
Perth-Amboy. July j6th. 1760. 

New- York, August 4.. The loth of May last, as the 
Son of Thomas Ward, ^ a Boy al)out lo years old, of the 
County of Bergen and Province of New-Jersey, stood 
on a Rock fishing for Trout, in Long Pond River, near 
Ringwood, a large Wild-Cat, supposed to be on the 
Limb of some Tree near the River, jumped on his Head, 
and he being much frightened fell into the River, and 
the Cat with him, when he was scratched and bit in so 
dismal a Manner, that it w^as with the greatest Diffi- 
cultv the Lad could bv an\' Means extricate himself out 



1 Thomas Ward was an Irishman, who in the early part of the eigh- 
teenth century settled near Long- Pond (now Greenwood Lake), where 
he probably was connected with the iron works, perhaps as manager of 
the store of the American Company. His son Peter, born in 1756, died 
in 1812, was a man of much local prominence in the Revolution, and in 
the affairs of Bergen County. 



4/0 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1760 

of her Claws; but at Length both being much Fatigued 
he seized his Antagonist by the Throat, draged her on 
Shore, and there with Stones beat her Brains out. The 
Lad then went home, and the Doctor being sent for, he 
had his Wounds dressed, which were all healed up in a 
few Weeks, and he seemed quite well, until the 20th of 
June in the Morning, he was suddenly taken with Pams 
all over his Body, but complained most of the Places 
that had been bit, and was in such an Agony that Day 
and Night, that next Morning he ran to a Neighbours 
about two Miles Distance, and told them their House 
and Barn, the Road and himself was all on Fire: He 
was sent from thence home, and about Sunset on the 
2 1st of June he died quite mad, being just Six Weeks 
from, the Time he was bit by the Cat. After his De- 
cease, the Marks of the Wounds where he had been 1')it, 
turned very black. 

Ne%v-Jerse)\ July 25, 1760. On Sunday last two Capts. 
of the New-Jersey Provincials having finished recruit- 
ing, proceeded with near Seventy Men to Albany from 
Elizabeth-Town; and we hear the Backwardness of the 
Service of this Province this Year, is chiefly owing to 
the raising a Company of Rangers on the Government 
Establishment, which was compos'd of the old Corps. 

RUN-away, from the Subscriber living at Ber- 
gen, in New-Jersey on Wednesday the 30th 
of July, a Negro Fellow named Robin, about 
25 Years of Age, five Feet 8 Inches high, and 
speaks good Dutch and English, this Country born, is 
a slim yellow Fellow, and had a down look: Had on 
when he went away, a blue Cloth Jacket, and Tow 
Trousers. Whoever takes up and secures the said Fel- 
low, if in New-York, shall have Forty Shillings, and if 



1760] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 47 1 

out of the Province of New-York, Three Pounds and 
all reasona1)le Charges paid In- Thomas Brown, in New- 
York, or 

George Codiments. 

N. B. All Masters of Vessels and others are forbid 
to carry him off. or harbour him. 

• — T/ic A^c-Li' York Mercury^ August ^^^ 1760, 

Custom-House, Philadelphia. Entered In. Schooner 
Recovery, Joseph Brown from Salem on Delaware. 

Cleared. Schooner Swan. Giles SeaAvard to Piscat- 
away. 

To be Sold in the whole or in three parcels. A cer- 
tain Lot of Ground on the East side of Front-street, and 
on the West side of Plumb-street, in the City of Phila- 
delphia, in Breadth on each of the said Streets, 60 Feet, 
with a Cooper's shop thereon erected. Also a certain 
Tract of Land, situate on or near Prince Morris's River, 
now or late in Salem County, and Province of New- 
Jersey, formerly belonging to Abraham Chatton, begin- 
ning" at a Pine Tree marked A. C, standing Northwest 
26 Degrees 50 Chains, from the first Run above the 
Bridge and over Prince Morris's River, on the East side 
of the said River, thence Northeast 164 Degrees 165 
Chains to another Pine marked A C, thence Southeast 
26 Degrees 100 Chains, across the said run to another 
Pine marked A C standing by said Run, thence South- 
west 64 Degrees 165 Chains to another Pine marked 
A C, thence Northwest 26 Degrees 100 Chains crosing 
the said Run to the Place of begining, containing 1380 
Acres and an Half Acre with Allowance for Highways. 
For Terms apply to Mr. John Reiey, Conveyancer in 
Chestnut-street, Philadelphia. — TJic Pcunsylvaiiia Jour- 
nal, No. 922, August 7, 1760. 



4/2 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1760 

Boston, August 4. Saturday last about One o'Clock 
came to Town ])y Land from Providence, His Excel- 
lency Francis Bernard, Esq; with His Majesty's Royal 
Commission to be Captain-General and Governor in 
Chief, in and over His Majesty's Province of the Massa- 
chusetts-Bay; as also a Commission from the Right 
Honorable the Lords of the Admiralty, to be vfce- 
Admiral of the same, &c. His Excellency embarked 
from his late Government of New-Jersey, on board the 
Massachusetts arm'd Sloop last Tuesday, and arrived 
at Rhode-Island on Wednesday Evening, and the next 
Morning proceeded from thence to Providence in a 
Passage-Boat provided for that Purpose, accompanied 
by the Honourable Mr. Secretary Oliver, who waited 
at Rhode-Island to attend him. 

Cauip at Os-u'c'o-o, July 15, 1760. We hax-e now here 
the first Battahon of the Royal Highlanders, the 55th 
Regiment, one Battalion of the Royal Americans, three 
of the New- York and Jersey Blues,Avith Gage's 'Light 
Lifantry, 100 of the Ruff Heads, and two Provincial 
Regiments.— Z//.', Wee York iMcrcury, August 11, 1760. 

Tuesday, 5th of August, at 10 o'Clock in the Morn- 
ing, arrived off Sandy-Hook, the Ship Minehead, Cap- 
tain Forrest, in eight Weeks from Lisbon, with Salt. 
The Ship of War lying in that Road sent a Boat to de- 
mand her Men; but on the Refusal of the Ship's Com- 
pany (who had seized all the Small Arms, and confined 
the Captain and Ofiicers and were determined not to 
surrender till the last Extremity) Signals from the 
Long-boat were made for more Assistance; soon after 
which three more Boats were manned, and come under 

1 The New Jersey troops were thus designated as early as 1747 wh^n 
they went to Canada, to flght the French. ^ ' ^^®" 



1760] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 473 

the Minehead's Stern, sometimes discharging Small- 
Arms, and demanding Admittance, but were still re- 
fused by the Men, who had then the sole Command of 
the Ship; which the Officers in the Boats knew, as they 
were informed of it several Times, both by the Master 
from his Cabbin, and the Pilot from the Deck: Not- 
withstanding, the Ship continued Firing Grape-shot, 
Langrage, Twelve-pounders &c, many of which lodged 
in her Whales,Svent through her Boltsprit, and Main- 
top-mast, damaged her Sails considerably, killed one 
Man and wounded another. 

Our Advices from Oswego are of the Third Instant, 
when every Thing was ready to proceeed. the General 
waiting only for the 46th and Colonel Schuyler's Regi- 
ment, who were daily expected, having left Fort Stan- 
wix the 28th ult. — The J-cniisyhaiiia Gar.cttc^ No. 165 i, 
Aui^iist 14, 1760. 

Custom House, PliiladclpJiia, Cleared. Snow 
Industry. James Carman to Salem. Schooner Swallow, 
Samuel Broadhurst to Ditto. — The Pennsylvania Jiuir- 
nal., No. 923, Augnst 14, 1760. 

To be Sold 

A Likely Negroe Woman, about 20 Years of Age, 
has had the Small-pox and Measles, and is fit for Town 
or Country Business. Enquire of Henry Wood, in 
Waterford, Gloucester County, about two Miles from 
Cooper's Ferry. She is not sold for any Fault. 

Gloucester County. New Jersey, August g, 1760. 
These are to desire the Favour of all those indebted 

- 1 Wales. 



474 



NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 



[1760 



to the Estate of Thomas Spicer/to discharge the same, 
or give satisfactory Security to the Executor; for which 
Purpose Attendance will be given at the House of Wil- 
liam Hepford (late deceased) on the 29th of this Instant, 
by 

Jacob Spicer. 

— The Pennsylvania Garjcttc, No. 1651, Aii^s^nst 14, 
1 760. 

Nezu-York, Ang-ust 18. Extract of a Letter, dated 
West End of Oneida Lake, July 22, 1760. 

"I now give you the Strength of the Armv, in the 
Western Department, \\7.. 
42 



44 
46 

55 
60 

77 
80 



Royal Americans 
Montgomery's Highlanders 



New-Jersey Regt. with their Rangers 
N. Yorkers, that have passed this 

Station 
Connecticut Resimcnts 



1300 
900 
600 
600 
500 
700 
500 

1000 

2000 
3000 



Total 11,100 



1 Thomas Spicer was a son of Samuel Spicer and Esther, daughter of 
John and Mary Tilt'on, of Gravesend, L. I. Samuel Spicer removed 
from Gravesend in 168fi to Gloucester, near Cooper's creek, opposite the 
present city of Camden, N. J. Thomas Spicer, his son, was born prior 
to 1686. He lived on his father's homestead, on Cooper's creek, to which 
he added large tracts, occupying his time in lousiness affairs. He mar- 
ried Abigail, daughter of Francis and Sarah Davenport, who in 1691 
cam© from Willington, Derbyshire, England, and settled in Burlington 
county. The Will of Thomas Spicer is dated January 4, 1759, and was 
probated November 7, 1739. He left children: 

1. Thomas, married October 1, 1744, Rebecca, daughter of Humphrey 
and Jane Day; his will is dated May 4, 1760, and was probated October, 
1760. 

2. Jacob, married Mary Lippincott; died October 31, 1779, without 

TS'SI16 

3.' Samuel, born Octoher 29, 1720; married 1st, Nov. 16. 1743, Abigail 
Willard; she died April 24. 17.'';2, he married 2d. Sarah Potter, of Shrews- 
bury; he died in 1777. 



1760] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 475 

To Be Sold, 

a Tract of Land, containing 380 Acres, adjoin- 
ing" Rariton River, opposite Perth-Amboy, 
lately the Property of James Wilson, de- 
ceased; about 100 Acres of the Land are 
cleared and fenced, 30 Acres of which are Salt and fresh 
Meadow: there is on it, a Llouse pleasantly situated, a 
Barn, Orchard and other Improvements. Enquire of 
John Smyth, or Andrew Smyth in Perth-Amboy. — TJie 
New York Mercury^ August 18, 1760. 

Custom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Sloop 
Lniity, William Stanley from Salem in New- Jersey. 

Cleared. Schooner Pitt, Thomas Carter to Salem in 
New-Jersev. — The Pcnusylvauia Journal^ No. 924, August 
21, 1760. 

Nassau-Hall, August 15, 1760. 
Public Encpiry is hereby made, at the Request of 
his Friends in England, for one Mr. William Ellis, 
Son of Mr. Thomas Ellis, Merchant, in Leeds. He 
came to America about the Year 1728 or ..29: and 
lived, by the last Accounts of him, at or near Mr. Na- 
than Magruder's, on the Eastern Branch of Potomack, 
in Maryland. If still alive, he is desired to make Appli- 
cation to Mr. President Davies, in Prince-Town, 
New-Jersey; who would willingly communicate to him 
an Article of Private News, in which he is interested. 
If dead, a legal Attestation of it is desired from such 
as can give it; who shall be satisfied for their Trouble, 
with the utmost Chearfulness and Cratitude. 

Found, in the Bordentown Stage Boat, about ten 
Days ago, A Sum of Money, supposed to be left by 
some of the Passengers. The owner describing the 



47^> Nl'lVV Jl'lKSI'lV COLONIAL I )()('U M KNTS. | 1 760 

same, .111(1 |);i\iiiil; ( 'li;iri;c's, iii;i\ \\:\vv it ;iL;;iin l)\' iipply- 

iii.i; In r.ciii.iiiiiii I .( »\viisl)iii\ , oil hoard said Sla^e, 
fillicral r>( trdciil ( )\\ 11 oi- I'liiladclpliia. 



l''li/al)i't li low 11, .\n_misl j^, \ylH). 
Six riutusaiid AiTcs ol I. and In l)c sold, l)\ |oiiallian 
I lampion, of hdi/ahidli town. New Jersey, situate in 
I lardw i(ds, ni llic('onnl\ ol Snsscx, and I *rnvinro afore- 
said, alioiit I w ( > Miles lidiii llie old ( ioal, on liolii .Sides 
l'awliiiL;'s Kill, williin Mall a Mile of Saiiniel ( ireen's 
Mill; I lure is a (_>n.iiilil\ of l;()<»(1 Wheal Land, many 
hue lllaek .isli Swamps for l\;iils .and Mea(h)\\ ; and 
i^ood iialm.il Me.idow ■ il is well stoii'd willi \\ liile oak 
rimher, ol wliiih \ ;isl ( Jn.inl il ii'S of .Sla\c's and I U'ad 
inj; are in.ide, ,ind 1 1 .anspoilrd down Tawliiii^'s Kill, and 
nel.aware, lo riiiladel|iliia ; thrii' aic ( jnairies of ,Slale 
and hnildiiiL; Stone, with ,1 (>nantit\ of i;oo(l l.inii' 
.Stone; snndi\ liiu' Streams inn thron<;h il, lit for ;m\' 
Sort of Mills or hor^i-s; it is ahont ten Miles from l\lr. 
Maeket's new hiirnaee to the halls of J*a\vliiit;"'s Kill, 
on this I'raet, Iroiii theiiee it iiia\ he transported 1)\ 
W .It er, as .lioi esaid. .\n\ I'erson iiudiniiiL; to pnrehase 
the W hoU', 01 .in\ I'art, nia\, h\ appUiiiL; to Mr. hM 
ward ( (illiiis, who li\es on it, he shown tlu' l.iiu's; or, 
h\ appl\in!.; to the ."-^nhseiihi-r, hi' aiapiainted with the 
Title, .iiid, on paviiii^ Tart of tlu' Money, and seenrini; 
the 1\ emainder, lia\('a linn Warranti'e, lioin 

joiiat hail 1 1 .implon. 

N. 1'. A IVason in rhiI;i(Kdpliia lelnrned li\e Tiek- 
ets, in the hli/ahi-lh town l.olter\, he_«;innin<;' with .No. 
iSj<S, as r.laiiks; the ( ^wiu'is, h\ apph'in*:;" to the .Suh 
sei'iln'r, who si^necl them, iiia\ lie.n' i»f somethiiiL; to 
their .VtlxantaL-e. 



17601 NKVVsi'Ai'i'iK i':.\'i"RA(.;'rs. 477 

lMiiI;i(lcl])lii;i, Aui^ust _'S, \y(H) 
S TR-W i-:i) or stolen, from William (ierral's Pasture, 
near Ciloueester l'\M-rv, on the 21st Instant, a dark Ixiy 
llorse, a natural 'J'l-otter, branded on the off Shoulder 
with M, shod before, his two fore h\'el white to the 
l"^)otlocks, has a small lllaze aeross his I'^orehead, and 
a short bob Tail. \\'hoe\'er takes up said llorse, and 
bring-s him to James Hunter, in Strawberry Alley, shall 
have b'ifteen Shillings Reward, and reasonable C'harj^cs, 
l);iid by 

John 1 lolmes. 

— 77if l\niisylv(Vii(i (iar.cttc. No. 1653. . ///_i,'//.v/ 28, 
1760. 

Pcrth-Amboy^ August 26 Yesterdax' one Tanl Wee- 
bear, a l<"renehman, who hath been in this Province 
about 14 ^'ears, was connnitted to the Count)- ( loal by 
Mr. Justice .\e\ill, for the Murder of one b'hn r<i(|uel. 
a French Prisoner, at Matchiponix, in the Southern 
Ward of this C"it\'. It appeared, that Weebear had been 
robbed of some Monew and on Sunday last in the .After- 
noon, he came to Poquet, and charged him with the 
Robbery, who denyiut;- it. Weebear immediately stabbed 
him in the bellx' with a Ioujl;- sliar])-i)ointed Knife, with- 
out the least .\buse i^'iven him b\- I'dijuet, who died of 
the Wound on Mond.ay \b)i"ninL;. 

The Justices of the .Supreme Court, for the Term ol 
August last, appointed the Circuit Courts for i^ast 
Xew-Jersey to be held, as follows. 

i-'or the County (jf Uerj^en. on the Third Tuesday in 
September, at the Court-T louse, at llackinsack. 

Vi)\- the Count V of Morris, the i-'ourth Tuesda\ m 
September at the ( "ourt - 1 louse in Morris Town. 



478 NEW [ERSEV COLONIAL DOCUiNIENTS. [ 1 760 

For the County of Sussex, the last Tuesday in Sep- 
tember at the Court-House, late Major Wolverton's, in 
New-Town. 

For the County of Somerset, the tirst Tuesday in Oc- 
tober, at the Court-House at Milstone. 

For the County of Essex, the Second Tuesday in Oc- 
tober, at the Court-House at Newark. 

For the County of Monmouth, the Fourth Tuesday 
in October, at the Court-House at Lower Freehold. 

TO be sold, a small tract of Land, containing 
one Hundred and Seventy live Acres, well 
Timbered and Watered, situate in Ulster 
County, within three Miles of New-Windsor. 
For further Particulars enquire of the Widow Hender- 
son, in New-York; or Alexander Moore in Borden 
Town. West New-Jersey. 

THIS is to inform the PubHc, that James John- 
son, who kept the Nag's head at EHzabeth- 
Town, has Removed to Staten-Island, and 
keeps the Ferry between Mr. Duglass's and 
]Mr. Watson's, where good Boatmen with Boats well 
lit ted will attend to accommodate Passengers, and 
where good Entertainment will be had for Man and 
Horse. — The New York Mercury^ September i, 1760. 

New- J ERSEV. 

To his Excellency Thomas Boone, Esq; Captain 
General and Governor in Chief, in and over His Maj- 
esty's Province of New-Jersey, and Territories thereon 
depending in America, Chancellor and Mce Admiral in 
the same. 

The hunil)le Address of the President and Covmcil 




1760] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 479 

of Proi)netors, of the Eastern Division of the Province 
of New-Jersey. 

Sir, 

E gladly embrace this Opportnnity to con- 
gratulate your Excellency on your Acces- 
sion to this Government, and to testify the 
joy we feel on this Occasion. 
With Pleasure we join the publick Voice in giving 
Testimony to your Merit and Character, and hope to 
share your Excellency's Countenance and Protection, 
as general Proprietors of the Eastern Division, in all 
Rights and Privileges, as stipulated to us when the Gov- 
ernment of this Province was surrendered to the Crown. 
'May your Administration, Sir, be particularly dis- 
tinguished, by l^eing as free as possible from those un- 
quiet and seditious factions which undermine all Gov- 
ernment, and defeat the Laws of the best and wisest 
Magistrates. 

Permit us. Sir, to assure you, that no Endeavours 
shall be wanting on our Part towards the Attainment 
of this great End, and contributing to the utmost of 
our Power to render your Government easy, happy and 
agreeable. 

Andrew Johnston, President. 

To which His Excellency was pleased to make the 
following Answer. 

IT is with singular Pleasure I learn. Gentlemen, 
that my Appointment to this Government, is 
neither disagreeable or unacceptable to the 
Proprietors of the Eastern Division: What- 
ever you can hope from Benex'olence and the strictest 
Justice, I dare promise you Gentlemen, in Return for 



480 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [ 1 760 

the Joy you are kind enong-h to express on this Occa- 
sion. 

To your Wishes and EtTorts towards adjusting of Dif- 
ferences, and for general Harmony and TranquiHty, I 
sliall join my Endeavours also to re-establish them; 
such an Event, so fortunate and beneficial to this Prov- 
ince, would be to me the most preferable one, that could 
l^ossil)]}- distinguish my Administration. * 

Tho.mas Boone. 

New- York, September 8. In the General Wall Packet 
Boat, went Passengers Col. Prevost, Capt. Prescot, and 
Mr. William Rickets, of Elizabeth-Town, and several 
other Gentlemen. 

To be Sold at Vendue, 

On Wednesday the Tenth of September Instant, 
At Elizabeth-Town Point, 

A Brigantine, called, the Charming Eanny. 

-V Quantity of Elour. and One Hundred Barrels of 
Fish; with a Parcel of Hoops, being Part of the Estate 
of Philip Cuyler, attached in New-Jersey, for the Ben- 
efit of his Creditors, and to be sold for their Use, by 
the Auditors appointed by the Court for that Purpose. 

Elizal)eth-Town, Sept. 6. 1760. 

AX Irishman, I)}- the Name of John Smith, 
stole and took away one Broadcloth Coat, of 
a light Colour, blue Lining, whiteish But- 
tons, and Button Holes; also one Pair of 
blue Serge Breeches, two pair of Pumps, one pair turn'd, 
the other chcumel; also two white Shirts, a large pair 
of Brass Buckles. He is a tall ^^lan, very spair, of a 
l)rownish Complexion, walks something" stooping, bare 
of Mone^•, wears black Hair, and has got two new 



1760] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 48 1 

cliecker'd Shirts. AMioever takes up and secures said 
Thief, so that he may be had, in any of his ?\Iajesty"s 
Goals, shall have Three Pounds Reward, paid by Jon- 
athan Grimes, of Second River, in Xew-Jerse}'. — I lie 
Nciv York Garjcttc^ Scptciiibci- 8, 1760. ., 

New-York, September 8. 

Saturday last the General Wall Packet. Captain Lut- 
widge, sailed from Sandy Hook, with the Alail, for Fal- 
mouth. — The PciDisylvania Gazette, No. 1655, September 
I I, 1760. 

Custom-House, Philadelphia, Cleared. Sloop Charm- 
ing Molly, Joseph Cox to Piscataway. — The Peinisy/ia- 
nia Journal, No. 927, September 11, 1760. 

THIS is to notify to the Publick, that the Alan- 
agers of Mr. Gordon's Lottery intend to pro- 
ceed on drawing the said Lottery To- 
morrow, without gi\ing an}' farther Notice: 
and all such Persons as are Adventurers and incline to 
be Spectators at the Time and Place of drawing, may 
depend upon the Day i)rehxed; and further we desire 
all such Persons who have purchased Tickets on Credit 
to make speedy Payment to the Persons from whom 
they had them. — The A'eio York Mereiirv, September 
15, 1760. 

Custom-Housc. Philadelphia, Entered In. Ship Lit- 
tle Betsy John Frost from Piscataway. — The Pennsyl- 
vania Jonriial, Xo. 928, September 18, 1760. 

« 

Philadelphia, September 12, 1760. 
Run away last Night, from Daniel Cooper's Ferry, 
an Irish Servant Man. belonging to Samuel Atkinson, 



482 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1760 

junior, living in Chester Township, Burlington County, 
named Patrick Brown, about five Feet nine Inches high. 
Pock-marked; Had on when he went away, a half worn 
Hat, grey \\'ig, green double breasted Jacket, striped 
Linen Shirt, Thickset Breeches, blue grey Stockings, 
and half worn Pumps, with carved white ■Metal Buckles. 
It is likel}' he will change his Apparel, as he had a Bundle 
with him. He is thought to have followed the Sea. 
W hoever takes up and secures said Servant, so as his 
Master may ha\e him again, shall ha\'e Fort}- Shillings 
Reward, and reasonal)le Charges, paid b}' 

Samuel Atkinson, junior. 

N. B. All Masters of A^ssels are forbid to carry him 
ofT, at their Peril. — The Pennsylvania Gazette^ Xo. 1656, 
September 18, 1760. 

SiOLEN from Jonathan Cirimes, of Second 
Ri\er, in New-Jersey, supposed b}- an Irish- 
man named John Smith, a few Days ago, the 
following Articles, x'v/.. A light-coloured 
Broad-cloth Coat, with blue Lining, white Buttons and 
Button-holes, two Pair of Punijis, one Pair of blue Serge 
Breeches, with white Lining, a white Shirt, and a Pair 
of large Brass Buckles. Whoever takes up and secures 
said Thief, so that he may be brought to Justice, shall 
receive £. 3 reward, paid by JoxA. Grimes. 

IIEREAS there has been a Charity Lottery, 
erected for the Relief of Michael Hunder- 
shut, of Hunterdon County, and most of 
the Tickets sold, and 'tis expected the Re- 
mainder will be sold before the first Tuesday in Novem- 
ber next, on which Day the Lottery is intended to be 
drawn. The Managers have yet a few Tickets to dis- 
pose of. — The Xeiv York Mereiiry. September 22, 1760. 




1760] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 483 

June 26, 1760. 
The Commissioners named and appointed in and by 
an Act of Parliament, passed in the 33d Year of His 
])resent ^fajesty's Reign, intitnled, An Act fo7- vesting 
certain Estates in Pennsylvania, New-Jersey and Mary- 
land, belonging to the Proprietors of a PartnersJiip^ eoni- 
inonly called^ The Pennsylvania Land Company in Lon- 
don, /// Trustees to he sold^ and for other Purposes therein 
mentioned ; Do hereby give Notice that all Persons who 
have or claim an\' of the 482 unclaimed Shares in the 
said Partnership, or an}' Receipts signed or given out 
for the same by Thomas Storj', in the said Act named, 
or any Right to any other Share or Interest in the said 
Partnership, or any Receipts for the same, are to claim 
and make out their respective Rights thereto, and pro- 
duce the Receipts. Probate of the Wills, Assignments 
or other E\'idence, under which they respectively claim, 
to the said Commissioners, before the First Day ol/an- 
uarj, 1763, or otherwise they will be precluded from 
any Dividend of the Aloney which shall arise by or from 
the Sale of the Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments, 
which shall be sold in Pursuance of the said Act, and 
other the Estate belonging to the said Partnership by 
the said Act directed to be divided. And that the said 
Commissioners will meet to execute the Powers and 
Authorities vested in them by the said Act, at the 
House of Air. Thomas Hyam^ in Phi/pot Lane^ London, 
between the Hours of Nine and Twelve of the Fore- 
noon, on Wednesday, the Ninth of .////)', Wednesday^ 
the Thirteenth of August^ and Wednesday \\\^ Tenth of 
Septendier, 1 760. and on the first Wednesday in every 
succeeding Month, until further Notice. 

By Order of the Commissioners 

Laurence Holkek, Clerk. 
St. Thomas Apost/e's, London. 



484 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1760 

N. B. The said Commissioners have ordered the 
above Advertisement to be inserted in the Gazette pub- 
lished at PhiladcIpJiia^ in Pcunsylvaiiia^ with all conve- 
nient Speed, for six Months successively; and that one 
of the said Philadclpliia Gazettes, in which such Adver- 
tisement shall be inserted, be sent to England^ to be 
filed with the Proceedings of the Commissioners under 
the said Act. 

L H. 

''^^* All Abstract of the Act of Parluxuiciit^ with the 
Na>/ic of the Connnissioncrs appointed, will be published 
i)i otir next. — The Pennsylvania Garjctte, No. 1657, Sep- 
tember 25, 1760. 

Philadelphia, September 25. 

We hear that General Murray is to continue at Que- 
bec, with 4000 Soldiers: That General Gage is to have 
2500 Men left with him, at Montreal: And that Colo- 
nel Schuyler was returning, by the Way of Oswego, 
with 4000 Men, said to be Provincials. — The Pennsylva- 
nia Gazette, No. 1657, September 2-,, 1760. 

List of the Fortunate Tickets in the Bound Brook- 
Lottery. 

[Here follows list.] 

First drawn. No. 2182, Fifteen Dollars. 

Last drawn. No. 870, Fifteen Dollars, and Pr. 25. 



A 



Trunk of the Portmanteau kind, with a Hair 
or Skin Cover, was put on board of a Bruns- 
wick, or Passage Boat, by Captain William 
Wimble, in the Month of June last, directed 



1760] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 485 

to the Revel. Mr. Alexander Ciimming, ' but as the Boat- 
man's Name is forgot, and the Trunk has not been de- 
hvered; it is requested that if any Person knows any 
Thing of it, that they woukl be so Kind as to inform the 
Revd. Mr. Gumming, at Brunswick, or Mr. David V^an 
Home at New- York, of it, and they shall be well re- 
warded for their Trouble. — The Nciv York Mcrcnrv^ 
September 29, 1760. 

Custom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Ship Ann, 
John Kennedy from Piscataway. 

Cleared. Schooner Little Betty, John Frost to Pis- 
catawa}'. 

PRINXE-TOWN, (Nassau Hall) Septemljer i'^,. 1760. 

Yesterday the anniversary Commencement of the 
College of New-Jersey was held here. The Procession 
of the Trustees and Candidates from the Presidents 
House to Nassau-Hall, began at the Ringing of the Bell 
precisely at Ten o'Clock in the P^orenoon: The Order 

was the Candidates for the Degree of Batchelor of 

Arts first, two and two uncovered; the Candidates for 
the Degree of Master of Arts followed next uncovered; 
and the Trustees according to their Seniority, the 
youngest first, and the Governor and President last, 
concluded. When the Candidates arrived to the Steps 
of the middle Entrance into the Hall thev stopt : and 
the whole Procession divided itself ecjuallv on each Side 

1 Alexander Cumming- was born at Freehold, N. J., in 1726, .son of Rob- 
ert Gumming, an immigrant from Montrose. Scotland, who was an 
Elder and Trustee in the old Presbyterian church in that vicinity, later 
known as the Old Tennent Church. He was educated under his "mater- 
nal uncle, Samuel Blair, and studied theology with his pastor, William 
Tennent. He was licensed in 1746 or 1747, and spent some time in Au- 
g'usta county, Va. He married Eunice, daughter of Col. Thomas Polk, 
of North Carolina. He was collegiate pastor with the Rev. Ebenezer 
Pemberton, of the Presbyterian church in New York. 1750-1753, after 
which he remained without a charge, partly on account of ill health, 
until 1761. when he was called to Old South. Boston, where he remained 
until his death, August 23. 1763.— TT^ ifw^r'.s- ///.sf. I'ns. Chiiirh. 614. 



486 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [ 1 760 
the Gravel Walk, and entered in an inverted Order. • 



The Collegiate Exercises began with a handsome sain- 
tary Oration in Latin prononnced by Mr. Jonathan 
Smith, then followed a Latin Syllogistick Dispnte. 
wherein the Respondent held that Sirii/o primitits ab 
inspirationc divimx Origiiicm dux it ; which was well main- 
tained and opposed. When this was concluded Mr. Ben- 
jamin Rush arose, and in a very sj)rightly, entertaining 
Manner delivered an ingenious English Harangue in 
Praise of Oratory. Then succeeded a Forensick Dis- 
pute in English, wherein it was held, that the Elegancy 
of an Oration much consists in tJic Words being consonant 
to the Sense : The Respondent 'Wx. Samuel Blair^ ac- 
quitted himself with universal Applause, in the elegant 
Composition and Deli\'ery of his Defence; and his Op- 
ponent answered him with Hinnour and Pertinenc}'. 
This was succeeded by a Latin Dispute in the Socratick 
^^'ay, in which the Respondent affirmed, that '"Systcjna 
EtJiicie perfectuni in prescnti Honiinuni Conditione sine 
Ope divincc Revclationis construi nequit ; and bv a well 
composed valedictory Oration in English, pronounced 
by Enoch Green." The Singing an Ode on Science, com- 
posed by the President of the College, concluded the 
Forenoon Exercise. 



1 Samuel Blair was a son of the Rev. Samuel Blair, of Fagg"s" Manor, 
Penn. He was tutor in Princeton College, 17G1-1764, and pastor of Olcj 
South, Boston, 1766-67, when his health gave way. He then retired to 
GermantO'Wn, Penn., where he died in 181S. 

- Enoch Green was born in 173-5. Immediately after graduating from 
Prmceton College in 1760 he entered unon the study of theology, and 
lost no time in putting his knowledge to practical use, for in 1761 he was 
on a missionary tour on horseback along the New Jersey sea coast for 
six weeks. He was ordained by New Brunswick Presbytery in 1762, and 
probably continued in missionary service in West Jersey until 1766. when 
he was called to the Presbyterian church at Deerlleld, being formally 
installed June 9, 1767, and remaining there until his death. He was 
much esteemed as a preacher and scholar. For several years he taught 
a classical school. At the beginning of the Revolution he served as 
chaplain in the American Army, contracting camp fever, from which 
he died Dec. 2, 1776. He was buried under the brick-paved aisle of the 
Deerfield church. — Prps. Vf/r., 1S.52, p. 17J ; llixt. Pits. Ch. iit Wrsf J rxri/, by 
Rev Allen H Brown, 29, 69; Elmrr's Viiinhi rJiiiid Counti/, 10.5; JoIiukoiCs 
SaJan, 92. 



1760] NEWSrAPER EXTRACTS. 487 

The Entertainments of the Afternoon l^egan with 
the following- Achh'ess presented to his Excellency the 
(iovernor 1)\ Mr. Stockton in the Name of the Trustees. 

To his Excellency Tiionfas Boone, Esq; Captain 
General and Governor in Chief in and over his Maj- 
esty's Province of New-Jersey and Territories 
thereon de])ending in ,\merica. Chancellor and 
Vice-.\dmiral of the same. 
The humble Address of the Trustees of the College of 
New- Jersey. 

J/try it please your Rxcclloicy, 

^^'e the Trustees of the College of New-Jerse}'. beg 
leave, in the most respectful Manner, at this our first 
Meeting since your Excellency's Arrival, to present you 
with our Congratulations on your Accession to the Go\'- 
ernment of this Province. 

\\'ith the highest Pleasure, Sir. we have seen you 
ascend the chief Seat in this Crovernment : not only with 
the universal Approbation of a loyal and free People, 
but with such Advantages of Character and Reputation, 
as cannot fail insuring to them the Blessings of a good 
Administration. 

That Liberty which gioriousl\' distinguishes the 
British Government, so naturally springs from the cul- 
ti\ation of the liberal Arts and Sciences; that we are 
well assured of your Excellence's fa\'ourable Notice of 
ever}' Institution calculated for the i;)r()moting so im- 
portant a Purpose: ft is therefore, with the most agree- 
al)le Anticipations, we reconuiiend to }our Excellency's 
Patronage and Protection, the Seminar}' of Learning 
committed to our Care; founded by one, and patronized 
by another of your Predecessors: An Institution 
erected on the Princii)les of Libert}' and Catholicism. 



488 NEW JKRSEV COLONIAL DOCUMKNTS. 1 I /6o 

only for the rromotion of the general Interests of Vir- 
tue and Learning. 

His Majesty's royal Charter of Incorporation has 
honoured us. by appointing the (iovernor of this Col- 
ony, for the Time being, a Member and President of our 
Board; and we assure your I'^xcellency it gives us a 
peculiar Pleasure, that on so public an ( )ccasion as our 
anniversary Commencement, you ha^•e \-ouchsafed us 
an Opportunit}' not only of pa\ing you oin- Respects, 
but at the same lime of ha\ing your Directions and 
Assistance from the President's Chair. Permit us. Sir, 
to presume that this is an Earnest of \-our future Con- 
descension; and thai at all 'Jlmes, \\hen the m(M"e im- 
portant Branches of your Go\ernment will admit, we 
shall, at our annual and occasional Meetings, be 
favoured \\ith your Excellency's .Vttendance. 

May your Administration, Sir, be abundantly dis- 
tinguished with Ease and Comfort to yourself, and Pros- 
perit}' to this Colony: And ma\- the universal Suffrage 
of a ha])])\' and obliged People be continually offering 
you the most grateful Acknowledgments. 

To which his Excellkxcv \\as ])leased to return the 

following Axswi;r. 
Gentlemen, 

'T am as much obliged to you for, and as pleased with 
your i)olite and kind Address, as 1 slundd ha\-c been 
mortified not to have given you, by my Presence here, 
an Earnest of my Inclination to c(mi tribute, as far as I 
am able, to your Consideration and \d\antage. As 
long as this Institution is so conducted as to improve 
the l\Ian, and render him in all Respects a more valuable 
]\ [ember of Society and Government, I shall be happy 
to give it all the Countenance that my Station will en- 
able me. 



1760] NKWSl'AI'KK KXTKACTS. 489 

"I shall endeavor, (Icntlenien, to deserve the oljliging 
wishes yon form for my happy Achninistration. Ijy an 
Adherence to what 1 think just and right; the only 
Byas, that, I hope, will ever take Possession of my 
Judgment." 

After which the Candidates for the Masters Degree, 
disputed in Latiji the following Questions, to wit, An 
Rector civilis ultaiii in Rebus Fidci Potcstatcui liabcat / 
and Noiiuc absurdiiiii est Dciiin iiiiiiiiitnbitcin prccari / 
which were learnedly defended, and ingeniously op- 
posed. The President then descended from the Ros- 
trum, and, with the usual Formalities, conferred the 
Degree of Inxtcliclcr of Arts on the following }-oung 
Gentlemen, to wit, Joseph Alexander^ John Archer, 
Sannicl lUair, linoeli (ireen, .Uexander Huston, Enos 
Kc/sev, ]hiijauii>i Rush,^ Joliu Sleinous, J oiiatlian Smith, 

Josiah Thatcher, and Amos Thomson And also 

the Degree of Master of Arts on Thomas Gibbons, of 
London, Alexander Cnmmin^n^s, Jo/in Blair, Andreio Hun- 
ter, John l\ode!;ers, Robert Smith, Samuel Kennedy, Wil- 
liam Kirkpa trick, J\ter lumen il, John Boyd, David 
Smith, Moses Taldioin, Caleb Barnum, Abner Brush, 
Caleb Curtiss, 'Timothy Edxvards, Alexander J/' U'horter, 
John JT Kesson, Samuel Idrkhurst, Joseph Reed, Jeffery 
Smith, Joseph Treat, and Jilijah ]\'illiams. 

Mr. Joseph Treat, one of the ^Masters, and a J'utor of 
the College, then ascended, and delivered an elegant, 
pathetick valedictory Oration in English: in the Close 
of which he very handsomely touched on the ])resent 
flourishing State of our public Affairs in Xorth-America. 
The Singing an Ode on Peace, composed also by the 
President of the College, concluded the whole, to the 
universal Pleasure and Satisfaction of a numerous .Vudi- 

1 Afterwards one nf the nio.st frnincnt physi ians and learned med- 
ical writers in America. 



490 NEW JERSKV COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [i;6o 

tory. — rite Ponisylvanicx Journal^ Xo. 930, October 2, 
1760. 

Al)stract of an Act of Par/in mciit, passed in the 'lliiyty- 
iliird Year of tJic Reio-n of Jiis present Majesty. 
The Act recites a Comeyance in Fee, dated the iith 
and I 2th oi August ^ 1699, from Williaui Peiin to Tobias 
Collet^ Michael Russe/I, Daniel Ouare, and Henry 
Gou/dney, of several Lots in PhiladclpJiia ; And 
also a Conveyance in Fee. dated the 2()th and 27th of 
September. 1723, from Peter Sonn/ans to the said Had- 
don^ Samuel Bonhaui^ Samuel Turner, Tiwd John Midp'ord, 
of Two Ninetieth Parts of Ninety e([nal Hnndreth Parts 
of a Tract of Land on the Western l3i\ision of A'eic- 
Jcrsey, called Arent Somnan'' s Manonr, in the Ccnmt}' of 
Burlington, containing Twenty Thousand Acres, with 
the Allowance for Roads; and all other Tracts belong- 
ing" to the said Proprietaries in West Xew-fersey, not 
then taken np; and all Mines, Minerals, Royalties, and 
Appurtenances thereto belonging (except and reser\-ed 
to the said Sonmans. his Heirs and Assigns, one full 
Moiety of the said two equal Ninetieth Parts, to be 
taken out and distinguished from the remaining Part) 
in one entire Tract, in Trust for the said Company. And 
also . . . . ] 

Therefore, it is Enacted, that all the Premises (except 
what have l)een sold and conveyed bv the Trustees) be 
vested in Jolin Fothergill, Doctor in Physic, Daniel 
Zachary, Thomas Hoi^', l^evereux Bowley, Luke Hin'de, 
Richard Idoic. Jacob Jfagen, Sili-anus drove, and ]]'il- 
liani Heron, their Heirs and Assigns, discharged of the 
Uses, Trusts and. I'owers, the same are now subject to 
by the said Indentures, and of all Right of the Persons 
interested in the Partnership on lught Thousand Eight 
Hundred Shares, but upon Trust: with all convenient 



1760] NEWSTAPER EXTRACTS. 49! 

Speed to cause an Office-Copy of this Act to l)e inroUed 
in the Office of the Master of the Rolls in Philadelphia. 

I, TllK Subscriber^ in Loi/i/>iiaiicr ii'ith Orders received 
from the Trust ces )tamed in the above .let of Parliauieut 
do hereby i:;ive Xotice^ That all the Lauds, J'eueiueuts and 
Hereditau/eitts^ by the said Act ■vested iu tlie said Trustees 
{and not before the passiui^ thereof^ coutr acted for loith 
mc to be sold) will be speedily sold^ by public I 'eudue, in 
this City, iu Parcels, to the Persons icho loill offer the most 
and best Prices for the same ; of lohieh several TUnises 
and Tots in this City, and sundry Tracts and Parcels of 
Land, situate in the Counties of Philadelphia, TuckSy 
Lancaster and Lh'rks, and in the Province of West Xcto- 
fersey, ■loill be sold as aforesaid, iu the Mouths of April 
and May next ; a particular Account and Description of 
lohich, and the Days and Place lohen and lohere the Sales 
will be held, will be shortly advertised iu this and other 
News Papers. The Remainder of said Estate will be sold 
in like Majiuer soon ap'ter what is now advertised, of 
which due Xotice will be also ofveu. 

Fraxcis Rawfj-:, Attorney for the Trustees. 

All Persons indebted to the Partnership, commonly 
called. Tlie Penns\l\ ania Land Compan\' in London^ 
for Arrears of Rent, or otherwise, are hereby required to 
pay the same fortlewith to me, for the Use of the Trustees 
for the Proprietors of said Partnership, or iu Default 
thereof, they will be proceeded against at Taio for Re- 
covery of said Debts a>id thereby be put to Expense and 
Trouble. 

Fraxcis Rawi.k, Attorney for the Trustees. 

Philadelphia, September 26, 1760. 
To be sold, by Way of public X'endue, on the 23d Da\' 
of October next, a Plantation, situate in the Township 



492 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [ 1 760 

of lu-eshani, in llie County of lUu-lington. late the prop- 
erty of Thomas Andrews, deceased, containing 300 
Acres of Land. a1)out 40 whereof is mowable ^leadow, 
and more may l)e made, with two good Dwelling- 
houses, good Barn, Stables &c, a good Draw-well near 
the Door, and two good Orchards. The said Plantation 
is well watered and timbered. Any person inclining to 
purchase, may be informed of the Title and Terms of 
Sale, by applying to Fr.ancis Dudley, living near the 
Premises. The Sale to be held on the said Premises, 
where the Conditions may be seen, and Attendance 
given, by Francis Dudley, Isaac Lippincott, and Philip 
Flick, Executors. — The Poinsylvaiiia Garrett c^ Xo. 1658, 
October 2, 1760. 

TO be sold, and may be enter'd on the first of 
April, 1761, the Plantation or Farm call'd 
Bellemont, whereon the late ]Mr. Daniel Coxe 
lived, 12 ]\[iles from Trentown, situated on 
the Ri\'er Delaware, on which it has an Extent of about 
a Mile and a half, with a Patent for a Ferry over to the 
Pennsylvania Shore; the Mansion-FIouse is very con- 
venient either for a Gentleman or a F'armer, and has 4 
Rooms on a Floor, all with Fire places, and good Cellars 
imder the whole, ])artitioned into 4 Parts. There is be- 
sides a large con\-enient Kitchen adjoining the House 
with two small lodging Rooms for Serwants: the whole 
place contains 1320 Acres of excellent I'p-Land Low- 
Land and Meadow, well known for its Fertelity and 
Richness, both for Grain and Grass. From the House is 
a very handsome Prospect of the River, &C. wherein is 
a ^■ery good Fishery; and the Place may be easily and 
conveniently made into two Farms, with a House on 
each, and sufficient \\'ood, clear Land atul ]^Ieadow; 



1760] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 493 

the whole distant 30 ]\Iiles from Philadelphia by a good 
Road ht for all Wheel Carriages. For Terms, enquire 
of ^^'illiam Pidgeon, or Moore Ftirman, Esquires, at 
Trentown, Air. William Coxe at Philadelphia, or J\Ir. 
David Coxe, at Amboy. The 7 M.' 

T(3 be sold, a very convenient Farm, situate, 
lying and being in the County of Hunterdon, 
Township of Reading, and Province of New- 
Jersey, containing about 250 Acres; there is 
on said Plantation, a good House and Barn, an Orchard: 
there is about an hundred and sixty Acres cleared, with 
7 Acres of Meadow, and much more fit for that Purpose. 
The Farm is but one Mile and a Half from Mr. Lecke's 
New Mills, where is a large Store that takes in all Coun- 
try Produce at IMarket Price. The said Farm is but 20 
Miles from Brunswick along the public Road from Am- 
boy to Easton. AMioever inclines to purchase the same, 
may apply to the Subscriber near the Premises, where 
the Conditions of Sale will be made known, and an in- 
disputable Title given to any Purchaser, by, 

John Leslie. 

— 'JVii- Xi'-u' York Mercury^ October 6, 1760, 

Four Pistoles Rcivard ; 
Run away from the Subscriber, living near Gloucester, 
in New-Jersey, on the 4th Instant, in the Evening, a 
Servant Lad, named Peter Watson, 19 Years of Age, of 
a very dark Complexion, has dark straight Hair, a long- 
Nose, about five Feet five or six Inches high, pretty 
much inclined to Drink, and extremely ill natured when 
so: Had on when he went away, a short brown Jacket, 
and a brown Linen one over it, black Everlasting 
Breeches, short, wide Trowsers. Ozenbrigs Shirt, old 

1 Apparently a printer's mirk, for Tth mo. 



494 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1760 

Shoes, and half worn Beaver Hat. 'Tis thought he in- 
tends to get on board the Britannia, Captain M'Pherson, 
or some other Vessel from Philadelphia, as he stole a 
Battoe, and crossed Delaware at Greenwich Point. 
^^'hoever takes up and secures the said Servant, in any 
Goal in Pennsylvania or New Jersey, and gives Notice 
to his Master, shall have the above Reward, paid by 

Joseph Harrison. 

Three Pounds Rcivard. 

Run away on the i8th ult. from Daniel Hopewell, liv- 
ing in Evesham Township, Burlington County, an Irish 
Servant Man. named Patrick Moore, of a dark Com- 
plexion, with short l)lack Hair, and has l)lack hollow 
Eyes; about five Feet eight Inches high, a well-set Fel- 
low, about 22 Years of Age: liad on when he went 
away, a half worn Hat, blue outside Jacket, with a 
woollen under Jacket, and a Linen Ditto under it, black 
Everlasting Breeches, about half worn, white Shirt, 
Yarn Stockings, half worn Shoes, with steel Buckles; 
he also took a Pair of Thread Stockings, a Pair of 
Pumps, and a Pair of Pinchbeck Buckles, set with Steel; 
and it is thought he stole a large worked Pocket-book, 
with some Money in it, and some Bonds, to the Value 
of Forty Pounds, payable to Samuel Morrell. The Book 
was marked S. Morrell. AMioever takes up said Ser- 
\ant, and secures him in any Goal, so as his [Master may 
have him again, shall have Three Pounds Reward, and 
reasonable Charges, paid by 

Daniel Hopewell. 

— The Pennsylvania Gazette^ Ko. 1659, October 9, 
1760. 

New-York, October 20. His Excellency Thomas 
Boone, Esq; Governor of New-Jersey, has issued a 



1760] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 495 

rroclamation. appointing Friday the 24tli Instant, to 
])e observed throughont that Province, as a Day of 
Publick Thanksgiving to Ahnighty Goi), for the late 
glorions Snccesses of His ^lajesty's Arms in the Con- 
quest of Canada. 

Now To Be Sold, 

A Tract of ^•cry ^•ahlal)le Land, situate just be- 
low and within a Ouarter of a }^Iile of Xew- 
Brunswick. containing between three and 
four Hundred Acres, extending above a Mile 
altMig Rariton River, which is a sufficient X'atural Fence 
on that Side; there is some clear Land on the Premises, 
and a great Ouantity of Timber and W'allnut Wood; a 
considerable Part of the Land will make good English 
]\Ieadow and Pasturage, the rest is of a kind warm Soil, 
fit for Grain; along Rariton Ri\er lies between Twentv 
and Thirty Acres of rich fresh Meadow, capable of great 
impro\ement, it is mowed every Year and yields a great 
Burthen; a large Boat may lie close to the Bank of the 
Upland and load with \A\hh1. (irain. or (Juarrv Stone; 
along the River next to Xew- Brunswick, the Land may 
be laid out into Lots for building of Wdiartts and Ware- 
houses, one \\'harfF is already built by Messrs. Neilson^ 
and (iibb. the Channel along that Side being Deep and 
fit for large \>ssels; there is a very good Crist Mill near 
the Premises, and Brunswick is a near and handv ]\Iarket 

1 James Neilson and his brother. John Xeilson. :\I. U., came from Bel- 
fast, [reland, in 1730 or earlier, and settled a: New Brunswick, whei-e the 
former became a shiipping- merchant .md ship osiner. his vessels trading 
with Belfast. I,isb'on, Madeira and the West India Islands. He was ap- 
pointed one of the Judges of the Middlesex county courts, in 17-19. and 
ag-ain in 176S. In 1749 he was talked of as a candidate for the Assembly, 
but was never elected to that body. He was prominent in the early 
days of the Revolution. His partner in the shipping: business was Rich- 
ard Gibbs. James Neilson was manifestly one of the leading men of his 
day in Middlesex county, occupying numerous positions of trust, and 
his store was the centre of a large trade and was a ptiblic resort for a 
wide region. He was the uncle of Col. John Neilson. who was dis- 
tinguished in the Revolvition. and who had the honor to be counted a 
friend and acquaintance of Washington. 



496 NEW JERSEY COLOMAE DOCUMENTS. [1760 

for whatever can be raised; the Title to the Land is in- 
disputable, ha\ing- been peaceably Possessed above Sev- 
enty Years, and will be cleared to the satisfaction of the 
Purchaser. Enquire of Henry Longfield, who lives on 
one Part of the same Tract, and is Owner thereof. 

Xew-r)runs\vick in l^ast N^ew-Jersey. October 20. 
1 7()0. 
— 77ic Xrzc York Mercury, Octobrr 20, 1760. 

Riui away from Gilbert Smith, in Mansfield, \\'est- 

Jersey, on the 17th of this instant October, a Mulattoe 

Fellow, named Jacob, about 5 feet 6 Inches high, has a 

remarkable Scar on one Side his Face, thought to be 

on the Left Side, occasioned by a Scald or Burn: Had 

on, when he went away, a black and white homespun 

fly Coat, with flat white Metal Buttons, homespun Tow 

Shirt, and Crocus Trowsers, old Shoes, and worsted 

Stocking-s: He had an Indian Father, pretends to be 

free, antl will be very likely to change his Name and 

Apparel, as he was conuuitted to Philadelphia Goal some 

time ago by the Xame of James Start. Whoever takes 

up and secures said ^[ulattoe, so that his Master may 

have him again, shall have Forty Shillings Reward, antl 

reasonable Charges, paid by 

Gilbert Smith. 

N. B. All Afasters of \"essels are forbid to carry him 

off at their Peril. 

Custom House, rhiladdpliiiu Inward Entries. 
Sloop Bellona. Andrew Herrick, from Salem. 

These may certify all whom it may concern, that a 
Number of the Inhabitants of the Township of Evesham. 
in the County of Burlington, in West-New-Jersey, do 
intend to petition the House of Assembly of said Prov- 



1760] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 497 

ince, at their next Sessions, for Liberty to make a 
Stream of Water (one of the most southerly Branches 
of Ancocus-creek, whereon Joseph HeuHng's Saw-mill 
is built) capable to transport Boards, Planks &c. down 
the same to Market; and those that have any thing to 
object against it, are desired to produce the same to 
the said Sessions. 

Joseph Heulings. 

— TJic Pciinsyh'aiiia Garjcttc^ No. 1661, October 23, 
1760. 

New-York, October 20. 

Friday last, the Ship Britannia, Captain Tillet, ar- 
rived here from Philadelphia: He sailed from thence 
the 30th ultimo, and in three Days after took in a Pilot, 
at Sandy Plook, but the wind l^eing then contrary could 
not get up; and on the 7th Instant was drove to Sea, 
in a violent Hurricane at N. E. which continued almost 
without Intermission for 6 Days; most of which time 
the Britannia was on her Beam Ends; when the Cargo 
shifted and the Chain Bolts were drawn out of the 
Sides without any Sail set. The loth, the Highth of the 
Gale, Capt. Tillet saw a large Ship with only her Fore 
Mast standing, but she being to Windward could not 
speak with her: The 13th he spoke with Capt. Budden 
in a Ship from Lisbon loaded with Salt for Philadelphia, 
who in the same Gale lost all his ]\Iasts, Boat, Cabose, 
and had two Men washed overl)oard. Capt. Tillet sup- 
plied him with ex'ery Tiling he wanted, helped him to 
raise Jury Masts, took him in Tow for 36 Hours and 
would have seen him safe into the Capes of Delaware, 
had not his Hawser broke the i6th, Avhen he left him 
in Lat. 36, Lon. 71, steering his proper Course. 



498 NEW JERSEY COLON I A I, DOCUMENTS. [1760 

All Persons that have any Demands on the Estate 
of William Cooke, of Chestertield deceased, arc desired 
to bring- in their Accoimts, and all Persons indebted 
to said Estate are required to make speedy Payment 
to Marv Cooke and William Ci.eaviin, Administra- 
tors. — I he l^cuiisylvaiiia Joiinial, No. 933, October 2^^, 
1760. 

Ciistom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Sloop 
Robinhood, John Tarbox from Piscataway.— The Penii- 
sylvniiia Journal^ Xo, 934, Oetoher 30, 1760. 

Philadelphia, Oetober 30. 
On Saturday last Paul Oubert was executed near 
Perth-Anib(^y, for the .Murder of Francis Poquet. His 
Behaviour, we hear, both before, and at. his Execution, 
was morose and sullen, seeming ignorant of. and uncon- 
cerned about, his uidiappy Condition. Pie refused the 
Assistance of a Protestant Divine; and when the Sher- 
iff told hiuL about One o'Clock, it was Time to move, 
lie declared he would not stir till he had cat his Dinner, 
which was In-ought hiuL when he cat and drank heart- 
ily, and then went off without the least seeming Trouble 
or Terror on his ]\Iind. 

On Tuesday last the General Assembly of New-Jer- 
sey met at Burlington. — The Pennsylvania Gazette^ No. 
1662, October 30, 1760. 

Nez<.<-York\ November 5. On the Jist Instant, his 
Excellency Thomas IJoonc. Esq; Clovernor of New- 
Jersey, issued a Proclamation, setting forth, that 
whereas the Education of Youth is a ^NFatter of Great 
Consequence, and ought not to be trusted but to Per- 
sons of good Character, and loyal Principles, and pro- 
fessed Protestants; therefore he requires all Maois- 




1760] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 499 

trates to inform themselves sufficiently of the Charac- 
ter of the School-Masters in that Province; to admin- 
ister the Oaths to them, and give them, under the Hands 
of two, a Certificate of Approbation, by which they 
may obtain a Licence; and forbidding all Persons after 
the 31st of December, to execute the Office of a School- 
master, without such Licence first obtain'd 

IIEREAS, Myers Levy, late of Spotswood, in 
East New-Jersey. Trader, is absconded, and 
1)eing considerably indebted, there's all the 
Reason to believe he is gone off with intent 
to defraud his Creditors; this is to recjuest all Persons 
to exert their Diligence to discover him that he may be 
secured, and Notify it to the Printer, for which he will 
pay them 20 Dollars. He is a ]\Ian of a middle Stature, 
of a rudy Complexion, wore his own Hair, is black 
Bearded, speaks broken English, but perfect in the 
Dutch; had in Company his Wife, a tall Woman, and 
five Children; it is conjectured he will go off to some 
Part of the West-Indies. 

RUN-AwAV from Thomas Phillips, the 22d of 
October last, a Servant ]\Ian named Da Ran- 
dolph M'Dannal, about 5 Feet high, black 
Hair, and a fresh Complexion. Plad on when 
he went away, a brown fly Coat, with red and blue 
Worsted lining; a pair of 1)lack plush Breeches, black 
worsted Stockings, and a new A\'ool Hat. Whoever 
takes up said Servant, and secures him so that his Mas- 
ter may have him again, shall ha\-e 20s. Reward, and 
all reasonable Charges paid by me, 

Somerset County, Thomas Phillips. 

Baskinridge, Octo. 22, 1760. 

— T/ic Xc%v York Mercury^ Xovcuibcr 1^ 1760. 



500 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1760 

Custom House, Philaddpliia, Outwards. Sloop Bel- 
lona, Andrew Herrick, for Salem. 

Cleared, Sloop Bellona, Andrew Herrick, to Salem. 
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1663, November 6, 
1760. 

Burlington.^ November 3. On Thursday last His Ex- 
cellency Governor Boone, made the following Speech 
to both Houses of Assembly,^ viz. 

• Gentlemen of the Council, and Gentlemen of the 
General Assembly. 

ANIMATED with Zeal for His ^Majesty's Service, 
and affected with a most grateful Sense of 
his Royal Favour conferred upon me, I 
feel myself, Gentlemen, uncommonly happy, 
when I reflect that the Acknowledgment expected of 
me, the pleasing Return required for his Majesty's gra- 
cious Condescentions, is no other, than that I should 
promote, to the utmost of my Power, what the best of 
Sovereigns has most at Heart, the Happiness of his 
People. Vour's Gentlemen, is now become my Duty 
and peculiar Concern; and the very Circumstance of 
mv being till this Time a Stranger to you in your legis- 
lative Capacities, is an Argument of my having pre- 
ferred your Convenience to my own Inclination to meet 
you earlier. 

I bring with me, Gentlemen, a Heart disposed to Har- 
mony; and though our Form of Government calls at 
all Times from those in my Sphere for a strenuous As- 
sertion of his Majesty's lawful Authority, yet whilst I 
have the Honour to be at the Head of this Province, 
you may depend. Gentlemen, upon your Rights and 

1 See N. J. Archives XVII., 2->2-'2'2ri, note. 



1760] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 50I 

Privileges being safe from every Violation and Infringe- 
ment. 

I have nothing in particular from his ^Majesty's Min- 
isters to lay before you. But. 

Gentlemen of the General Assembly, 

The Support Bill has some Time since expired. You 
know, by the 23d Instruction^ already entered upon your 
Journals, what I am ordered to propose to you; you 
know also what is prescribed me with regard to the 
Disposal and issuing of Publick Money; nor can you 
be ignorant how grosly the late Method pursued, is a 
Deviation from the Principles of the Constitution. 
There never was a Reign, Gentlemen, when the Hands 
of Government might be strengthened with more 
Security to the People, nor ever Times more auspicious 
for receiving Confidence, and banishing Jealousy from 
your Bosoms. To Power well employed you owe your 
present Ease and Security ; so ' that you owe the inoffen- 
sive Condition that a perfidious and once formidable 
Enemy is reduced to. Consult the Spirit of the Con- 
stitution, and yield to the Emotions of Gratitude, which 
his Majesty's parental Attention (so happily and effec- 
tually directed to the Preservation of every Thing dear 
to us) must have excited, and I shall indulge myself with 
the pleasing Hopes of my Administration's being ren- 
dered memorable by fresh Instances of your Affection, 
Fidelity, and Loyalty. 

Gentlemen of the Council, and Gentlemen of the 
General Assembly, 

After so fortunate a campaign, I cannot but wish you 
Joy on the strongest Probability of Peace and Afiiuence 
being secured to you by the Wisdom of his Majesty's 

1 See N. J. Archives, IX., 50. 

2 to. 



502 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1760 

Councils, and the prudent and spirited Effects of his 
Arms. You have now Httle to dread from without, 
maintain therefore TranquiHty within, and make a Re- 
turn to God for the Blessings vouchsafed you, by a char- 
itable and benevolent Behaviour to one another. 

As to me, Gentlemen, I am urged by the strongest 
Incentives to interest myself in your Welfare; for from 
the Prosperity of the Province I shall derive publick 
Consideration, and from your good Opinion, my pri- 
vate Happiness. 

T. Boone. 

Burlington, October 30, 1760. 

TO be sold, at publick Vendue, on the i8th of 
November Inst, a great Variety of Remnants 
and whole Pieces of all sorts of dry Goods, 
at the House of Mr. John Hunt, Tavern 
Keeper, in Elizabeth-Town, the Sale to continue until all 
are sold. — TJic AVtl' York Mercury^ November 10, 1760. 

Custom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Sloop Sal- 
isbury, Benjamin Batchelor from Salem. 

Outwards. Sloop John and Polly, Phillip Babson for 
Piscataway. 

Run away from his balc^ NieJiolas Shears, a midling 
ivell set Man, about 30 years of age, eame from England, 
last CJiristmas, a house earpenter by trade. Had on when 
he zi'ent away, a blaek eoat, a tJiiekset jacket, a pair of 
buekskin breeehes, witli blaek stoekings, good shoes, and 
silver bnekles, it is supposed he will eliauge his dress. 
Whoever takes up the said Shears and seen res him so that 
the subscriber may have him again, shall Jtave Six PIS- 
TOLES re-ward and reasonable charges paid by ISRAEL 
Taylor, living at Grecfiwich, in Gloucester County. — - 
The P\'nnsylvania Journal, Xo. 936, Xo-i'cmber 13, 1760. 




1760] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 503 

IIEREAS the Copartnership between Haux- 

hnrst and Noble, in the Sterhng Iron Works. 

expired on the 19th Day of October last; 

all Persons who have any Demands on the 
said Copartnership, are desired to bring in their Ac- 
counts to said Hanxhurst at New-York, to receive Sat- 
isfaction. The Works are still carried on by said Haux- 
hurst, and the best Encourag-ement given for a Founder. 
Smith, Anchor Smiths, Miners, Carpenters, Colliers. 
Wood Cutters. Carters, and Common Lai tourers: Thev 
will be paid ready Cash for their Labour, and l)e supplied 
with Provisions there upon the best Terms. 

N. B. Said Hanxhurst continues to sell Beef, Butter. 
Pork, Flower and Bread; as also Pig and Bar Iron, and 
Anchors, which upon short Notice he makes of any 
W>ight under a 1000. Also Cart. W^aggon and Chair 
Tier, and has many sorts of English Goods yet on Hand, 
which he sells upon the most reasonable Terms. — Tlic 
Xciv York Mercury, Novciiibcr 17, 1 760. 

There is a letter lately come from Germany directed 
to John \\\\\. Niess, who lived formerly with one Joseph 
Holme, in New Jersey: if the said Niess is alive, he is 
desired to call for his Letter, by the 27th of this instant 
November, at Peter Rossber, who lodges at Peter 
Claus's, the Sign of the Sassafras Tree, in Elfrith's Alley, 
near Leonard Alelchior's in Philadelphia. 

N. B. The Letter is of great Consequence. — TJic Pciiii- 
sylvaiiia Gazette^ Xo. 1665, November 20, 1760. 

Custom-House, Philadelphia, Cleared. Sloop John 
and Polly. Phillip Babson to Piscataway. 

Run awa}' the T2th inst. from Joseph Burr, of North- 
ampton township I)Urlington county, a mulatto servant 



504 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1760 

man, named Jack, but calls himself John Johnson, about 
25 years of age, 5 feet 9 inches hig'h, round shouldered, 
he has a small seam on the right corner of his lip, and a 
small lump, his hair lately cut off the crown of his head 
and the under part much curled. Had on when he went 
away, a felt hat, grey coarse jacket, home spun shirt and 
trowsers. grey yarn stockings, old shoes with buckles. 
Whoever takes up and secures said servant so that his 
master may have him again, shall have three pounds 
reward, and reasonable charges paid by me. 

Joseph Burr. 

— Tlic Pennsylvania Jouj'iia!^ Xo. 937, November 20, 
1760. 

Ne%i'-York^ Noveinber 2^. Friday last Colonel Peter 
Schuyler arrived here from Albany; and the same Day 
set out for his Seat at Second River, in New-Jersey. 

Twenty Dollars Reward. 

IIEREAS, James and John AI'Daniel, late of 
Prince-Town, Labourers, are absconded, and 
are considerably indebted to Aluir and Cra- 
ford, Merchants, in Prince-Town; there is 
all the [more] Reason to believe they are gone off with 
In.tent to defraud their Creditors; this is to recjuest all 
Persons to exert their Diligence in discovering said ab- 
sconded Persons, so that the}' may be secured, and no- 
tify it to Air. Daniel Knaj), for which he will pay them 
Twenty Dollars. James M 'Daniel is about 5 Feet 7 
Inches high, of a light Complexion, grey Eyes, and has 
much of the Brogue. John APDaniel is about 5 Feet 7 
Inches high, wears his own l)lack Hair, black Eyes, and 
wears a Silver Watch, l)()th sup]K)scd to ha\e on blue 





1760] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 505 

Coats with white hning-, and black satten \'csts; they 
took a Quantity of other wearing Apparrel with them. 
N. B. 'Tis thought they intend for the Sea. as they 
have l:)Oth been a Privateering. 

HEREAS Catharine, the W'lic of Christean 
HufTpouer, of EHzabeth-Town, in New- 
Jersey, has run him in Debt, and otherwise 
used him \ery ill: These are therefore to 
desire all Persons not to trust her on his Account, for 
he will pay no Debts of her contracting from the Date 
hereof, 

ClIRISTEAX HUFFPOUER. 

Nov. 24, 1760. 

— TIic NlH' York Mercury^ November 2\^ 1760. 

To His Exeelleney TlloMAS BoONE, Esq ; Capiian Gene- 
ral and Governor in Chiefs in and over liis Majesty s 
Provinee of Neio-Jersey^ and Territories thereon de- 
pending in Anieriea^ Chaneellor and ]'iee-Adntiral in 
the sanie^ &e. 

The Address of his Majesty's Council for the said 
Province. 

May it please your Exeelleney^ 

Filled with the warmest and most greatfull Sense of 
his Majesty's paternal Care and Regard extended to the 
Colonies in general, through the whole Course of his 
long and glorious Reign. We now have with the high- 
est Satisfaction to Acknowledge this fresh Instance of 
his favour and goodness to this Province in particular, 
in appointing a Gentleman of your Excellency's under- 
standing and established Character to preside over it. 

We sincerely Congratulate your Excellency on the 
well grounded prospect of Peace, which from the Con- 



506 NEW JERSKV COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1760 

fidence we place in the Wisdom of his ^lajesty's Coun- 
cils, we make no doubt willbe Safe and Honourable to 
the Publick, and adequate to the repeated Successes 
which have Providencially crowned the spirited Efforts 
of the British .Vrms. 

• As }'Ou. Sir, are a Stranger to the low' Views and little 
Arts that have too often ])ro't the highest Stations into 
Contempt. ,\s you are actuated with the generous De- 
sire of promoting the Happiness of the People commit- 
ted to your Charge. We have the greatest Reason to 
expect that your Administration will be distinguished 
by an upright and steady exertion of the Prerogatives 
of the Crown, tempered at the same Time with a tender 
Regard to the just Rights and Liberties of the People. 

^^'e thank yoiu* Excellency for the favourable Senti- 
ments you are pleased to entertain of us. And the As- 
surances }'ou have given to the People of the Province 
in yoiu* Speech at the opening of this Session, and beg 
lea\'e to assure you that as well in om^ private Capacities, 
as in our public Stations, we shall on all occasions en- 
deavour to render your Administration happy and agree- 
able to yourself and usefull to the Public. 

By Order of the House. 

Council CJiainher^ ^ tt t\t c-^ 7 

,- or- Rop.ERT H. Morris, Speaker. 

Aoz'. 18, 1760. \ ' ^ 

To zchieh Ids Exeelleney icns pleased to make the folhnciu^- 

.1 uswer, 

Gentlemen, 

"I return you a Thousand Thanks for every expres- 
sion of Gratitude to the best of Kings. I Thank you. 
Gentlemen, sincerely for the favourable Expectation 
vou are pleased to entertain (jf my futtu'e Conduct: If 
I know mwself at all. mv only \'iew, my sole Solicitude, 
is strictly to do mv Dutv and to brim-- no Discredit at 



1760] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 507 

least upon the distinguished Office of a Governor. 

"I shall endeavour, Gentlemen, to render your kind 
assurance of i\ssistance, as little painfull to you as pos- 
sible, by paying a proper and due Regard to your Opin- 
ions, by avoiding to molest you on frivolous Occasions, 
and by pursuing such Measures only as every Lover of 
his Country may espouse without Reluctance." 

Biirliiisrfon, Novc7n- ) t^ -n^^ ^ 

J ^ a ^ > Thomas Booxe. 

ih-7' 18, 1760. j 

Ten Pounds Reward, 
Run away from their creditors, in Prince Town New 
Jersey, two likely young men, the one named James 
M'Daniel. a well set man, about 5 feet 7 inches high, 
grey eved, and speaks much on the brouge, The other 
named John AI'Daniel, a lusty able man, about 5 feet 10 
inches high, brown eyed, both wear their own black hair. 
Had on when they absconded, blue cloth coats, and sat- 
tin vests, it is likely they may change their aparall, the 
lusty man wears a silver watch, is by trade a gardner; it 
is expected they will both pass for seamen, they being- 
before at sea. Whoever takes up the said absconders, 
so that their creditors may have them again, shall be 
paid the above reward, or for any one of them, six 
pounds, and reasonable charges paid by us, 

MuiR and Crawford. 

— T/n- Pciinsyhania Journal^ Xo. 938, Xovcmhcr 
27, 1760. 

New -York, November 20. 
We hear 500 of the Soldiers lately arrived under Con- 
voy of the Dover, are to be quartered on L. Island, the 
Rest in the Jerseys »Scc., and that some of the Transports 
lately arrived will carry the French Prisoners to Old 
France, instead of the Vessels intended for the Purpose. 



508 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS [ 1 760 

Friday last Colonel Peter Schuyler arrived here from 
Albany; and the same Day set out for his Seat at Sec- 
ond River, in New-Jersey. 

Custom House, Philadelphia, Cleared. Sloop Sal- 
isl:)ury, Benjamin Batchelor, to Salem. 

Deserted from His Majesty's First, or Royal Reg- 
iment of Foot, commanded by the Honourable Lieu- 
tenant-General James St. Clair. 

Thomas Hopeshaw, 20 Years of Age, 5 Feet. 9 Inches 
high, born at Newtown, in the Jerseys, fair Hair, by 
Trade a Cooper. Joseph Munro, 19 Years of Age, 5 
Feet 6 Inches, born in Kingwood, in the Jersevs, fair 
Complexion, l)y Trade a Shoemaker. Thomas Lang- 
ley, 27 Years of Age, 5 Feet 8 Inches, brown Complex- 
ion, by Trade a Turner, born at Hopewell, and has a 
Wife near Justice Hut^"s, in the Jerseys. James M'Gin- 
Nis, 21 Years of Age, 5 Feet 5 Inches, born in the West- 
Jerseys, by Trade a Shoemaker, his left Thigh crooked, 
and halts in his Walking, occasioned by his Thigh being 
broke. Tiiomas'Sheppard, 20 Years of Age, 5 Feet 8 
Inches, born at Middletown in the East Jerseys, by 
trade a Carpenter, fair Complexion. Robert Camp- 
bell, 16 Years of Age, 5 Feet 30- Inches, no Trade, fair 
Complexion, born in the Jerseys. [Also others not from 
Jersey.] \Anioe\'er apprehends any of the above De- 
serters . . . shall receive . . . for each 

Forty Shillings, over and above what is allowed by 
Act of Parliament, paid by Colonel Forster, Com- 
manding Ofhcer of said Regiment, at Halifax, or by 
Lieutenant Richard Marshall, of said Regiment, at 
New York; and if put into Philadelphia Goal. Mr. 
David Franks, of that City, Merchant, will pay the 
Rewards there. — The Pcnnsyli'aiiia Gazette, No. 1666, 
November 2'] . 1760. 



1760] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 509 

NOTICE is hereby given to all Persons that 
have purchased any Ticket or Tickets in Mr. 
Peter Gordon's Lottery, that the Drawing- 
will commence precisely on Tuesday the i6th 
Day of December next without further Delay; and all 
Persons that have purchased Tickets in said Lottery, 
are requested to make Payment before the Drawing. 

Henry Moore, 
Joseph Rue. 

To Be Lett, 

THE Island called Hoobock, in New-Jersey, 
directly opposite the City of New-York, lying 
on Hudson's River, containing between seven 
and eight hundred Acres, two thirds of which 
is Upland, and one third Salt Meadow. It is in the best 
Order, has on it a Garden of about live Acres, filled with 
a choice Collection of English Fruit, such as Peaches, 
Pears. Plumbs, Cherries, Necterns, and Apricots. There 
is on it a very large Dwelling House, which the Land- 
lord keeps himself; and another very good one adjoin- 
ing, both under one Roof, which latter hires with the 
Island; and under the whole are very large convenient 
Cellars, together with an extraordinary Kitchen. A 
few Feet Distance from the Dwelling, is a large new 
Kitchen, which has three Rooms on each Side, there- 
fore more fitting for a Family, having also the same 
Conveniences as abovementioned; likewise the most 
commodious Dairy for at least thirty Cows. 

There are also other Out-Houses, as, a new Smoke- 
House, Fowl-House, a large Stable with Stalls for ten 
Horses on one Side, and a fine roomly Place on the other 
to work in when dirt}' Weather, over which is a Granerv 
with A])partments for all Kind of Grain, and at the con- 



5IO NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS, [1760 

trarv End a Hay-Loft, which will contain a great Quan- 
tity of Hay; besides all which, there is a very large 
roomly Barn for Cows on the one Side, and another for 
Horses on the other. There are likewise on the Farm a 
good Cyder Mill, and House over it, the Loft of which 
will hold aliout 20 Load of Hay. 

There will be let with the Premises, a good AVaggon, 
Cart, Ploughs, Harrows, and Farm L^tensils of every 
Sort; as also, 100 good Sheep, among which are English 
Rams; also thirty good Milch Cows, and thirty Head 
of Cattle, from one to four Years old. 

Besides an old Orchard, which in good Years will 
produce 70 or 80 Barrels of Cyder, there are also sat out 
near 1000 Apple Trees, all grafted with the best of 
Fruits, some of which bore last Year. 

This farm has a Right in Bergen Commons, to turn 
out what Cattle you please, and be supplied with Tim- 
ber for fencing and firing; is finely supplied with Fish 
and Oysters in the greatest Abundance, all around it, 
and scarce any Thing in America can equal its Con- 
venience for marketing, as in good Weather you may 
cross, take one Time with another, in Half an Hour; and 
in the different Seasons of the Year abound with Plenty 
of wild Fowl; and the Farm itself all in good Clover; 
Of the Salt Hay may be mowed at least 500 Loads per 
Year, and of Fresh at present Sixty, but more may be 
brought. 

In short, a Farm equal to this, for all Convenience is 
not to be met with, and in Point of Situation nothing 
can exceed it, and is remarkably healthy. 

Any Person inclining to hire the same, may apply to 
William Bayard, living in New-York, and if they agree, 
enter into it this Fall. 



1760] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 51I 

There will also be let, a good Pettiauger and Canoe, 
with many other Things too tedious to mention. 

The said Bayard has also on it. 20 fat Hogs. 6 Head 
of fat Cattle, and a pair of fine Oxen, besides some hun- 
dred Bushels of Corn, Buckwheat, Turnips, and Fresh 
and Salt Hay, all which he will sell to the Person who 
hires it, or to any other Person. — The New York Mer- 
cury^ December i, 1760. 

Lost on the Jersey Road, 
Between Burlington and Daniel Cooper's Ferry, op- 
posite to the City of Philadelphia, on Saturday the 15th 
Day of Noveml)er. A Pinch-back mettle Watch, with 
an Enamald Dial-plate, the Maker's name (Booth) with 
a steel Chain and two Seals, both close set in Gold, the 
one a Cornelian with an Antique impression, the other 
a bright Stone, with a coat of Arms engraved thereon. 
Whoever will bring the same to the Printer of this 
Paper shall receive Three Pounds Reward, or delivering 
the said Chain and Seals they may keep the Watch. Any 
Person to whom the said Watch or Seals may be offered, 
is desired to stop the same and give Xotice thereof to 
the said Printer. — The Peunsylvaiiia Journal^ Xo. 939, 
Deeeiiiber 4, 1760. 

Philadelphia, December 4, 1760. 
Public Notice is hereby given. That the Sale, by \\ ay 
of Auction, or public A'endue, as ordered by Act of Par- 
liament of those Parts of the Estate of the Pennsylvania 
Land Company in London, which were briefly adver- 
tised in the Pennsylvania Gazette, of the 2d and i6th of 
October last, will begin on the 2d Day of April next at 
the Old Ferry-House, kept by Isaac Milnor, in Water- 
street, between Market and Arch-streets, and almost 
opposite the Subscriber's Dwelling-house; on which 
Day, at Five o'clock in the Afternoon, will be exposed 



512 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1760 

to Sale, to the highest Bidders, A Water Lot, between 
Market and Arch streets, 

On the 3d at Nine o'Clock in the Alorning will begin 
the Sale of the Jersey Lands, consisting of four Tracts,, 
chiefly nnimproved, the three first whereof are distant 
about 70 Miles from this City, 

One of 6318 Acres, situate on Paulinskill River, in 
Sussex -County, bounded by Land late of Colonel Cox, 
deceased, and by Land of the late Proprietary William 
Penn, also of Samuel Nevill, Esq; and of Casper Shafer, 
Tavern-keeper there. The said Paulinskill runs through 
the ]\Iiddle of it, and is, as I am informed, about being 
made navigable into Delaware. 

Another Tract of 2805 Acres, situate in Morris and 
Sussex Counties, on both Sides Muskonekung River, 
where there is a very good Convenience for a Forge; 
the Land is well timbered, and a large Quantity of 
Meadow may l)e made of good Swamp upon it; 'tis 
bounded by Land of William Allen, James Alexander, 
and John Reading, Esquires, and others. 

Another Tract of 2706 Acres, situate in Sussex 
County, above the Branches of Rarington, bounded by 
Land of John Estaugh, deceased, of Samuel Green, Sur- 
veyor, and others. 

N. B. These three Tracts have lately been carefully 
re-surveyed, and found to contain the Ouantit}' of 
Acres, abovementioned, besides the usual Allowance for 
Highways &c. but 'tis not yet concluded in what Quan- 
tities, or in how many Parcels to sell it. 

The other Tract situate in the County of Salem, near 
Prince Maurice's River, and near the Overgoing into 
the Brand Xeck, and from thence extending down the 
Branch called the Island Branch, bounded by Land now 
or late of Isaac and Joseph Sharpe, and of others sur- 



1760] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 513 

veyed to the Company for 2460 Acres, besides the usual 
Allowance for Highways &c. 

The Trustees require one fifth Part of the Considera- 
tion Money to be paid down immediately after Sale, 
and the other four Fifths in six Months after, those who 
pay sooner, will have the Interest of the Money dis- 
counted or abated them, and upon Payment of the 
whole, the Act of Parliament has ordered the Premises 
to be conveyed to the Purchasers. 

The Tenants in Arrears of Rent for the Company's 
Lands, are once more required to discharge the same, 
or give sufficient Security for the Payment thereof in 
two Months from this Date, or they must be sued, with- 
out further delay, by 

Francis Rawle, Attorney of the Trustees. 

Whereas Maria Catharina Streter, alias Baker, came 
over from Germany, with her Father Hans Baker, in the 
Year 1744, and was bound to one Mary Tomlinson, but 
has not since been heard of by her Brother Henry 
Streter. The said Maria Catharina, if living, is desired 
to come or send to her said Brother, living in Green- 
wich Township, Sussex County, in New Jersey. Any 
Person that can give Intelligence of said Catharina, by 
so doing will greatly oblige Henry Streter 

N. B. She was about nine Years of Age when bound. 

Notice is hereby given, to all Persons that have pur- 
chased any Ticket or Tickets in Mr. Peter Gordon's 
Lottery, that the Drawing will commence precisely on 
Tuesday, the i6th Day of December inst. without any 
further Delay; and all Persons that are indebted for 
Tickets in the said Lottery, are requested to make 
Payment before the Drawing. 

. Henry Moore, Jos. Rue. 

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514 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1760 

Eight Hundred Dollars Reward. 

]]licrcas a certain Mycr Lcvy^ a German Jew, who 
came from Snrinam abont four Years ago, into New 
York, and some Time afterwards settled in several Parts 
of New Jersey, at which several Places he followed the 
Business of Store-keeping, the last of his Residence was 
at Spotswood in East Jersey, from whence he absconded, 
with his Family, about the 15th Day of October last 
past, and carried off with him all his Goods and Effects, 
to the Amount of Two Thousand Three Hundred 
Pounds, or upwards to the great Damage and Injury of 
his Creditors, of whom he purchased sundry Goods and 
Merchandize, amounting to the above Sum. Now we 
the Subscribers, and Creditors of the said Myer Levy, 
do hereby request the Assistance of all and every well 
disposed Person, either on the Continent, or in the 
West India Islands, or elsewhere, to apprehend the said 
Myer Levy, and secure his Effects, if possible to the 
Amount of the above Sum of 2300 1. in such Manner, 
as we the Subscribers may get Possession thereof; for 
which Act of Justice, he or they so securing the said 
Sum for the Benefit of his Creditors, shall receive the 
Reward of Eight Hundred Dollars, or a proportionable 
Reward for any Sum or Sums so secured. And we do 
hereby engage to support and indemnify such Person 
or Persons, in the fullest and amplest Manner, for inter- 
posing and securing the said Myer Levy, and his Effects, 
in our Behalf; and for the Prevention of the like Imposi- 
tions for the future we do desire every Person who is a 
Friend of Justice, to be aiding and assisting" in detecting, 
apprehending and securing the said Myer Levy, in such 
Manner, that he may be brought to Justice, for which 
they shall receive a Reward of Fifty Dollars for his Per- 
son only: Tlieir early Intelligence of their Proceedings 



1760] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 515 

in this Affair to any of the Subscribers, will be of Im- 
portance, and is therefore requested. Given under our 
Hands, this second Day of December, 1760. 
Joseph Morris, Ogden and Hewes, 

David Franks Collins and Emlen, 

Bernard Gratz, John Head, 

Benjamin Kendall, Moses Heyman, 
Henry and Woodham, Townsend White 
N. B. Said Levy is of a middle Stature, dark Com- 
plexion, upwards of Fifty Years of Age, wore his own 
black Hair, and speaks broken English, but perfect in 
the Dutch. — The Pennsylvania Gazette^ No. 1667, De- 
cember 4, 1760. 

Edward Arnold 

Near the Bridge, in Elizabeth-Town, 

HAS imported a general Assortment of Goods 
fit for the Season. Also a great Variety of 
Pictures, Paper Hangings, Looking-Glasses, 
and Tea-Boards, all which he will sell whole- 
sale and retail, as cheap as they are to be had in New- 
York. Also, Duhamel's famous Treatise on Husban- 
dry. — The New York Mcj-eury, Deeeniber "^^ 1760. 

This is to inform the Public, that James Johnston, 
that kept the Naggs-head in Elizabeth-Town, has re- 
moved to Staten-Island, and keeps the Ferry, formerly 
kept by Mr. Siminson about 400 Yards below Mr. 
Douglass's Ferry, where may be had. Entertainment for 
Man and Horse, and good Boats to pass to New-York. 

The Mulattoe Man, advertised in this Paper the 
27th of November by James Sharp, is taken up by Jacob 
Birdsall, living near Ringo's Tavern, in Amwell, Hun- 



5l6 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1760 

terdon County. His Master is desired to come or send 
for him. — The Pennsylvania Gazette^ No. \66?>., Deeeniber 
II, 1760. 

THE Legislature of New-Jersey having contin- 
ued the pay of their Regiment to the first of 
this Month, and appointed Aaron Leaming, 
Pay-Master for November 1760, the said 
Leaming hereby Notifies ah concerned, that he pro- 
poses to attend on the i8th Day of this Instant Decem- 
ber at Newark; on the 20th at EHzabeth-Town; on the 
22d at Amboy; on the 24th at Brunswick; on the 27th 
at Freehold Court-House; on the 30th at Trentown; 
on the 1st Day of January 1761, at Mount Holly; on 
the 5th at Gloucester; on the 8th at Salem; and on the 
loth at Cohansie Bridge; and at Places aforesaid pro- 
ceed to make Payment in such ?^Ianncr that the Officers 
and Soldiers thereof shall respectively receive one full 
jMonths Wages, for their Service in November afore- 
said; and they are particularly requested to take No- 
tice, that the said Leaming is not impowered to Pay any 
Assignee, unless the Order produced for that purpose is 
acknowledged or proved before a Magistrate. The 
proper officers will also attend at the said Places, and 
finish the Pay and Arrears of Pay for the Campaign. 
Dec. 13th, 1760. 

P. Schu}ler, Col. N. Jersey Regiment. 

Aaron Leaming. 

— The Neiv York Mereury., Deeeniher 15, 1760. 

All Persons indebted to the Estate of Rachel Pole, 
deceased, are desired to make Payment thereof to Anna 
Pole, and Willi a ^[ Collender, Administrators: And 
all those who have any Demands against said Estate, are 



1760] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 517 

also desired to bring them in, that they may be adjusted 
and paid by said Administrators. 

To be sold by William Collender, Edward Cathrall, 
and John Smith, Executors to the late John Pole, de- 
ceased, a Lot of Land in the City of Burlington, West 
New-Jersey, containing 37 Feet Front on High-street, 
and in Length 418 Feet and an Half, with a wooden 
Building thereon, a Well of Water back of said Build- 
ing, commodiously situated for Health, and the most 
trading Part of the said City, either for Shop-keeping 
or mechanical Business. Any Person inclining to pur- 
chase, may apply to the said Executors, or William 
Smith, in Burlington, and know the Terms. The Money 
will not be wanted, the Purchaser paying Literest for 
the same, and giving Security if required. It is once 
more desired that all Persons indebted to the Estate of 
said John Pole would make speedy Payment thereof to 
the said Executors, to prevent other Measures that 
must be taken to oblige them to do it. — The Pennsylva- 
nia Gazette, No. 1669', Decei>iber 18, 1760. 

New-York, Decembe?- 22. 

Friday Night last, Captain Hayet, late of a Snow of 
this Port, came Passenger from the West Indies, and 
gives us the following melancholy Account, viz. That 
on the Night of the 6th of October last, about fifty 
Leagues S. E. of Sandy-Hook, being inward bound from 
Pyall, and scudding, his Vessel shipped so much Water 
that she overset, when him and his whole Crew got on 
the Weather Side, and having cut the Shrouds, the 
Masts went overboard, and then the Vessel righted, but 
she was quite full of Water, and being Wine loaded did 
not sink: The Crew were left without the least Morsel 
of Meat, or Water, and after being five Days on the 



5l8 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1761 

Wreck, a Ship and Sloop passed very near them, but did 
not discover them, when four or five of them died, as 
some of them liad l)efore; but on the 7th Day after their 
Misfortune, when only Captain Hayet and another were 
living, they were discovered, and happily taken off by 
Captain Still, of Rhode Island, and carried to the West 
Indies. The Names of the Men that died, are, William 
Barton, Mate; John Cobley; Boatswain; William Beas- 

ley, Francis Mud, Scot Handy, Doran, Thomas 

Park, Joseph Park, William Kelly, and William Hutch- 
ins. 

Custom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Snow 
Champion, Francis Jones from S'c\\Qin.— 77u-PcfniS]'/:urfi/(r 
Journal, No. 942, Dcccinbcr 2^., 1760. 

To be Sold 

A Plantation of 300 Acres of Land, with a good 
House, Barn, and Orchard, upon George's Road, seven 
Miles from Kensington, and the same Distance from 
New-Brunswick, formerly belonging to Thomas Mont- 
gomery: Also a choice Tract of Land, at Newshanock, 
containing about 470 Acres, it being in the Province of 
New-Jersey. For Terms of Sale, enquire of Thomas 
Lawrence and J(^hn Lawrence, of Philadelphia, and of 
Mr. Samuel Tucker, of Trenton. — TJic Pcunsylva)iia Ga- 
zette, No. \6y\, Ja7Uia7y i, 1761. 

Capt. Collins, and (irafton, both belonging to Salem, 
have been taken and carried into St. Croix. — T/ie Penn- 
sylvania Journal^ No. (^^i, January i, 1761. 

New-York, January i. 
The several Independent Companies of Soldiers, lately 
arrived from England, and quartered in New-Jersey, em- 



1761] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 519 

l)arke(l last Week from Perth-Amboy, in small Vessels, 
and were carried on board Transports lying near Sandy- 
Hook, 'tis said, in order to proceed to South Carolina. 
— Tlic Pennsylvania Journal. No. 944, January 8, 1761. 

TO be sold, a Plantation in the Township of 
Hanover, Comity of Morris, and Province of 
East-New-Jersey, containing 104 Acres, 20 oi 
which are cleared, of which 9 are Meadow. 
'Tis 6 Miles from Morris Town Meeting-House: On 
said Plantation there is a good Frame House, with two 
Fire Places, and a Log Barn. Whoever inclines to pur- 
chase the same may apply to Eliakum Ayers, living on 
the Premises, who will agree on reasonable Terms. 

New-York., January 12. The Privateer Brig, Mars, 
Captain McGillycudy, that was drove ashore by the Ice 
on Sandy Hook, we hear will be got off again, after her 
(iuns and Provisions are taken out, having received lit- 
tle Damage. 



'S^ 




Cranberry-Brook, January 6th, 1761. 
HEREAS, the Managers of Mr. Peter Gor- 
don's Lottery, were obliged upon Account 
of its being so long in filling, to dispose of 
the greater Number of Tickets upon Credit, 
and altho' the Drawing was Advertised in the several 
New-York Gazettes; in which Advertisements, the Man- 
agers requested all Person or Persons that did not pay, 
to make speedy Payment to the Managers; which Ad- 
vertisements have, as yet, not been regarded but by a 
few: the Managers therefore request those Persons who 
have not paid, to make speedy payment to enable the 
Managers to settle the Books and Advertise the fortu- 



520 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1761 

nate Numbers in the New York Papers, and pay the for- 
tunate their Prizes. — The Nciu York Mercury^ Jamiary 
12, 1761, 

To be Sold, eit Iter for Cash or Bojids on Interest. 

A Commodious well finished large Brick House, 2 
Stories high; a good Brick Kitchen, Pork House, 
Smoak House, Cooper's Shop, Barn, Hay House, Chaise 
House, with a Lot of Land, containing near one Acre, 
pleasantly situated in Bordentown, and is very conve- 
nient for either a Gentleman, a Merchant or Tavern, and 
will be sold with or without a small Plantation, situated 
near three Quarters of a Mile from Bordentown, contain- 
ing 135 Acres of good Land, one Half cleared, and in 
good Fence, the other Half Wood Land, including 9 
Acres of good Meadow, with a fine young Orchard, con- 
taining 150 Apple Trees, of the choicest Fruit. Any Per- 
son inclining to purchase, may know the Terms by ap- 
plying to the Subscriber, living on the Premises, who will 

give an indisputable Title for the same. 

John Imlay. 

Whereas Charles Boyl, of Cumberland County has a 
Bond for Twenty Pounds, from the Subscriber, living in 
the same County, which Sum has been paid, and the Sub- 
scriber has a Discharge. Likewise a Note for Eleven 
Pounds, due to one Samuel Hocks, which was assigned 
over to said Boyl, and which has also been paid, before 
Witnesses; but as neither said Bond nor Note have been 
delivered up, these are to desire all Persons not to take 
Assignment of said Bond, or note, as they will not be 
paid by 

William M'Connell. 

— The Pennsj'h'ania Gazette, No. 16"/ t,. January 15, 
1 76 1. 



1 761] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 52 1 

To be sold, by Way of public Vendue, on the i6th of 
Third Month, (called March) 1761, at the House of John 
Shaw, in Burlington, A genteel modern built Brick 
House, having four Rooms and a Kitchen on the first 
Floor, five Chambers on the second Floor, and plaistered 
Garrets; with a Lot of Ground, containing near an Acre, 
a Barn almost hew, Stables and other Out-houses, pleas- 
antly situated on Delaware, in the City of Burlington, 
\'ery convenient for any Gentleman. 

Also to be sold at the same Time and Place, a small 
Lot, near the above Premises, of about Half an Acre. 
Also about five Acres of Land, most of it planted with 
l)earing Apple Trees, noted for making excellent Cyder. 
Also about seven Acres of Meadow Ground. Also two 
Tracts of Wood-land, within a Mile of the said City, con- 
taining about 65 Acres; the whole ])eing Part of the Es- 
tate of Ebenezer Large, deceased. Any Person, inclin- 
ing to purchase, may be shewn the Premises, and in- 
formed of the Titles, by applying to Thomas Pryor, jun. 
Samuel Smith or John Smith. 

N. B. The Purchasers of all or any of the Premises, 
may have 8 or 10 Years to pay the purchase Money, giv- 
ing Security, and paying Interest. 

Neiv- York, January 26. We hear there are several Ves- 
sels ashore between the Capes of Delaware and Sandy- 
Hook; one we know to be a Brig inward bound from 
the West-Indies, Brown, Master, belonging to this Port. 
— TJic New York Mercury^ January 26, 1761, 

To be Sold 

A Tract of Land, containing 1800 Acres, situated on 

Egg Harbour River, in Gloucester County, West Jersey, 

in which is some good Cedar Swamp, with a fine Stream 

running through it to erect a Mill on; the rest good ara- 



522 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1761 

ble Land; the whole free from Quit-rents. Any Person 
incHnahle to purchase, may be informed of the Title and 
Terms, by applying to the subscriber living at Dover, 
Kent County, on Delaware. 

Charles Ridgely. 
— TIic Pennsylvania Gar:ette^ No. 1674, January 
22, 1761. 

Trenton, January 26, 1761. 
All Person who are any Ways indebted to the Estate 
of the Rev. Mr. David Cowell,^ of Trenton, deceased, are 
desired immediately to pay the same; and all those who 
have any Demands, are desired to apply to me the Sub- 
scriber who will attend at the House of the Deceased, till 
the first Day of March next, and they shall receive Satis- 
faction. 

Ebenezer Cowell, Executor. 

N. B. Any Person having any Books, or other Ef- 
fects, belonging to the abovementioned Estate, are de- 
sired to return the same. — TJie Pennsylvania Gazette., No. 
1675, January 29, 1761. 

Burlington, January 22, 1761. 
HEREAS. Isaac Connerro, of New York, on 
or about the 30th Day of December last 
past, obtained a Note of Hand of George 
Eyre," in a fraudident Manner, and by Force, 
for the Sum of Ten Pounds ; these are therefore to forbid 
any Person from taking any Assignment of the aforesaid 
Note, for we are determined not to pay the same or any 
Part thereof, as the said Isaac Connerro is greatlv in- 




1 David Cowell was born in Worchester, Mass., in 1704, and was grad- 
uated at Harvard in 1732. He was called to the Presbyterian church In 
Trenton in 1736. being installed on November 3. He was prominent in 
the councils of his church, and appears to have been a successful 
pastor. He died at Trenton, Dec. 1, 1760. 

- For sketch of George Eyre, his ancestry and his descendants, see 
N. J. Archives, IX., 495-6, note. 



1761] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 523 

debted to the Estate of the said George Eyre, deceased. 
Per Order of George Eyre in his Life-Time. 

Samuel Eyre, ] 

Mennel Eyre, }- Executors. 

Jehu Eyre, J 

Pertli-Aviboy, Jan. 26. This Day his Majesty King- 
George the Hid, was proclaimed in this City. In the 
Morning the MiHtia of the County of Middlesex, Horse 
and Foot, came into Town; and about Twelve of the 
Clock his Excellency the Governor, attended by the 
Gentlemen of the Council, repaired to the Court-House, 
preceded by the Justices of the Peace of the County of 
Middlesex, the Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen, and Com- 
mon-Council-Men, of this City, with their proper Offi- 
cers, where his most Royal and Sacred Majesty was pro- 
claimed, in the Presence of the Governor and Council, 
amidst the joyful Acclamations of a numerous Audience 
of this and the neighbouring Counties. The Troops of 
Horse and Detachments from the Regiments of Militia 
of this County lined both Sides of the Way to the Court- 
House: in the Evening there were Illuminations, which 
concluded with all the Demonstrations of Joy, usual 
upon such Occasions. 

It seems the Dispatches and Warrants for proclaiming 
our gracious Sovereign King George the Hid, arrived 
at New^ York, both by his Majesty's Ship Fowey, Capt. 
Tonyn, and an Express from Boston, on Friday Evening 
the 1 6th Instant, and an Express was the next Day sent 
from New- York, with those for this Government, Pen- 
sylvania, &c. but either hy the Negligence, Ignorance, 
or Design of the Person sent with them, those for this 
Government were carried quite to Philadelphia, and 
then returned here by the common Post: Which occa- 
sioned us to be thus late in this Affair: However, we 



524 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1761 

flatter ourselves that in proportion to our Number, very 
few Solemnities of the Kind, have l)een carried on with 
more Loyalty, Unanimity and upright Conduct; than 
this of the small Province of New-Jersey. 

It is thought the following Account is not quite un- 
worthy of Notice, viz. A few Days before Christmas 
last, a very valuable Negro named Caesar, belonging to 
the Widow Furman, at Colt's Neck, in Monmouth 
County, New-Jersey, was found dead, at some Distance 
from Home, and l)eing conjectured to have died by some 
accident, was buried; but soon after, a Neighbour in- 
forming, that the Night before he had heard great Cries 
of Murder near the Place where the Negro was found: 
And that he would have gone to the Assistance of the 
Distress'd but that a very large Mill-Pound lay in the 
Way, which he could not cross. The Negro was taken 
up again, and both his Legs found broke, and his Neck 
dislocated: Whereupon- further Search was made, and 
at the Place of the Out-Cry, was found many marks of 
Caesar's struggling with his Adversaries, and several 
plain Tokens of his having been hang'd on a low Limb of 
a Tree. It seems Caesar had made his Addresses some 
Time to a neighbouring Wench, who had received him 
kindly, and they were to have been married at Christ- 
mas, but another Fellow who also address'd the Wench, 
not being received well, and jealous of Caesar and having 
several Negro Friends, it is thought poor Caesar was 
Way-laid, and Murdered in that Manner; and this Sus- 
picion is corroborated, by a Person's having heard an Old 
Wench tell Caesar a few Days before, that if he contin- 
ued to visit that young Wench, he would not live to see 
Christmas. Several Negroes have since been taken up, 
on the Account, and 'tis thought the Truth will be dis- 
covered: So that poor Caesar's Antagonist is likelv to 



1761] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 525 

be found in a worse State than the Dog in the Manger. 

Near the same Place as the above, a few Days ago 
three or four Men dug out of the Side of a Hill, from 
whence a fine Spring issued, Fifty-two large Rattle- 
Snakes, and Nineteen Black Snakes all twined together 
in one Bunch or Knot: The cold Weather prevented 
their making any Resistance, though the Rattle Snakes 
were so lively as to be able to rattle prity briskly: They 
cut the Heads of the Rattle Snakes off, and then Skin'd 
them: The Digging was pui"posely after them, as a great 
Number had been seen near the Spring the Summer be- 
fore. 

We hear from Philadelphia, that on Wednesday the 
2 1st Instant, his Majesty King George the Third, was 
proclaimed there. 

On the same Day a consideraljle Number of Merchants 
and other Gentlemen of this City, repaired to the New- 
Ferry-House, to an elegant Entertainment, provided on 
the Occasion; where they drank His Majesty's and all 
other loyal Healths, together with his Prussian Majesty, 
Prince Ferdinand, Prince Henry, and all the brave and 
gallant Generals, Admirals, Officers, Seamen and Sol- 
diers in Plis Majesty's Service, &c. &c. &c. under the Dis- 
charge of seven Brass Cannon at every Toast; the An- 
them of God Save the King, was admirable well sung, 
with the Chorus, by the Company, with Heart and Voice. 
The whole was conducted with great Decency, and con- 
cluded to the entire Satisfaction of every one present. 

New York, February 2, 1761. 

iiEREAS,Anabella the Wife of Zophar Squire.^ 

in the Township of Newark, Essex County, 

in New Jersev, hath behaved herself very 

much to the Dissatisfaction of her Husband, 

1 Married Anible (Anabella) AVilllam, March 30, ITS'.'. 




526 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1761 

and run him in Debt in several Places, to his i^reat Dam- 
age; the said Zophar Squire gives this public Notice 
that he will pay no Debts contracted by her, on any Pre- 
tence after this. 

Zophar Sc^uire. 

— TJic Nczv York Mcrctiry, February 2, 1761. 

New-York, January 29. 
Yesterday Captain Kerstead arri\ed here, in nine 
Weeks from Madeira; he saw a Ship and Brig off the 
Hook. We hear there are several Vessels ashore be- 
tween the Capes of Delaware and Sandy-Hook; one of 
them we know to be a Brig inward bound from the West 
Indies, Brown Master, belonging to this Port 

To be Sold 
A GOOD two Story Dwelling-House, with about two 
Acres and an Half of Ground, whereon is a Garden and 
an Orchard of young bearing Trees, at the upper end of 
Trenton, fronting the Penington Road, within Half a 
Mile of the Court House, It is commodiously situated 
for any kind of Business, and pleasant for a Gentleman's 
Seat, being on high Ground, and commands a Prospect 
of the Town. For Terms apply to Andrew Reed, Esq; 
at Trenton, Mary Porter, or Charles Pettit, in Philadel- 
phia, Executors to the Estate of John Porter, deceased. 

— Tlic Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1676, February 

5, 1761. 

Burlington, January 22, 1761. 

HEREAS, Isaac Connerro, of New York, on 

or about the 30th Day of December last 

past, obtainted a Note of Hand of George 

Eyre, in a fraudulent Manner, and by Force, 

for tlie Sum of Ten Pounds: these are therefore to forbid 




1761] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 52/ 

any Person from taking- any Assignment of the aforesaid 
Note, for we are determined not to pay the same or any 
Part thereof, as the said Isaac Connerro is greatly in- 
debted to the Estate of the said George Eyre, deceased. 
Per Order of George Eyre in his Life-Time. 

Samuel Eyre, ) 
Mannuel Eyre, V Executors. 
John Eyre, ) 



T 



ilemen. 



he above Advertisement is withont Founda- 
tion, as the Note of Hand mentioned, was ob- 
tained from Mr. George Eyre by Lsaac Conro, 
in the Presence of the imder-mentioned Gen- 
James Mills 
Thomas Shreve 
Aaron Stockholm 



Borough Of Elizabeth, New-Jersey, January 30. 

Yesterday was solemnized here, the Proclaiming Our 
present illustrious Sovereign, King George the Third. 
A large Detachment of the Militia, commanded by Capt. 
Woodruff, l^eing drawn up on the Parade, before the 
Town-Hall; the Corporation, with their proper Officers, 
proceeded by Capt. 7)'rrr/'i-' Troop of Horse, and followed 
by the Clergy, the Officers of His Majesty's Forces 
quartered here, and Numbers of the principal Inhabi- 
tants of the Borough, all went in very regular Procession 
to the Parade: Here the Clerk of the Borough, well 

iProba.blv Ephraim Ternill, born 'in 1714; appoiinced Justice o-f Uie 
Peace in 1768; Deputy Mayor of Elizabethtown in 1774: took a pro- 
nounced stand in favor of the Colonies at Hhe beginning of t/he Revolu- 
tion; died Aug-. 13. 17S6. in his 73d year. He was a son of Ephraim Ter- 
rill. who died June 18, 1761, in his- 72d year. Thomas Terrill, a black- 
smith, who in. 1675 had a coti -id'eirable estate in Soiuthold, L. I,, boug^ht 
of William Cramer, Aug. 19, Vm. a plot of land in Elizabethtown, and 
poo^n after removed thither. He died in 172.5. He was the ancestor of 
the Terrill family of that town,.— //((/A'rWs EJizaheth. 272, 285, 410; Tomb- 
stone InscriiHionn. FAimhrth. 31S-319; V. J. Arclilrrs. XVII.. 503. 



528 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1761 

mounted on Horseback, between the Militia Lines, pub- 
lished the Proclamation After the usual Acclamations 
of the People, a Fcii de joyc was performed by the Horse 
and Foot; and the Procession returned in the same Or- 
der. A genteel Entertainment was made l)y the Corpo- 
ration, upon this joyful Event; to which were invited 
the Regular Ofhcers, Strangers, and several Gentlemen 
of the Town; when His Majesty, His Glorious Ally, His 
Patriot-Ministers, and Illustrious Commanders, were 
commemorated in the ample festive Glass. In the Even- 
ing, the Exhibition of a considerable Number of fine Sky- 
Rockets finished the Solemnity. And We flatter our- 
selves, that in Proportion to our Number, ro Solemnities 
of the kind, have been carried on with so much Elegance, 
Unanimity, and Upright Conduct as in this small, tho' 
Z^j'^?/ Borough. — The Neiv York jMcrcury^ February <^^ 

A List of Letters remaining at the Post Offiee, in 
Philadelphia. 

George Allen, in West Jersey; John Bruce and Rob- 
ert Brown, East New Jersey; Adam Collins, in the Jer- 
seys; Thomas Cox, in East New-Jersey; Daniel Carlein 
and Jacob Clement in West-New-Jersey. James Dobbin 
in New Jersey; Johniust Spangenbery, in the Jerseys. 
Adam Hewlit in New-Jersey. WTlliam Kinnan in East 
New-Jersey. Augustine Moore and Andrew Murdagh, 
in Salem, James M'Bride in East-New-Jersey. ^Matthew 
Par^•in, in Cumberland County (?) Philip Snail in Glou- 
cester County; Jacob Spicer, Esq, 2, at Cape May; 
Oyne Sullivan, in the Jerseys; Joshua Sage, in West 
Jersey, John Trotter and Matthew Troy in West Jer- 
sey. John Williams at Cape May ; Captain Matthew 
West, in East New-Jersey. Thomas Yates, in East-New- 
Jersey. 



1 761] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 529 

All Persons having any just Claims against the Estate 
of William Branson, Merchant, late of the City of Phila- 
delphia, deceased, are desired to bring them in, that they 
may be adjusted and paid; and all those who are indebted 
to the said Estate upon Bond, Bill, Notes or Book Ac- 
count, are requested to come speedily and make Settle- 
ment of their respective Debts to 

Lyn-Ford Lardner, Executor. 

To be sold by the said Executor, the following Tracts 
or Parcels of Land in West New-Jersey, viz. 

121 Acres in Evesham Township, in the County of 
Burlington, adjoining the Lands of William Hooton, 
Joseph Herritage and Thomas Smith, whereon is a small 
Messuage. 

175 Acres and i-5th, in Am well Township, in the 
County of Hunterdon, now or late in the Possession of 
Henry Snyder. 

175 Acres and i-5th, in Amwell Township, and County 
aforesaid, lying on Ouachechjoke Brook, now or late in 
the Possession of John Moyer. 

Also a large Quantity of old refuse cast Iron, such as 
Cart-boxes, Sash-weights, Stove-plates, Steelyard-peas 
&c. &c. — 

• To be lett, for a Term of Years, and entered upon in 
the Spring, a Plantation, called and known by the Name 
of Deptford, lying on the River Delaware (opposite the 
Borough of Chester) in Gloucester County, West New 
Jersey, containing upwards of 350 Acres, with a Dwell- 
ing-house, Kitchen, Barn, Stables, Orchard &c. Near 
200 Acres of the above is Meadow already cleared and 
drained, the whole banked in from the Tides, and all in 
good English Grass. Whoever inclines to rent the same, 



530 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1761 

may enquire of James White on the Premises, or of 
Lyn-Ford Lardner, in Philadelphia. 

N. B. The Stock on the Place will be disposed of. 

To be sold by public Vendue, by the Subscribers, 
Trustees of the Estate of John Ewan, Shopkeeper, in 
Bridgetown (commonly called Mountholly, on the 24th 
of this inst. February, at the said Ewan's Dwelling-house, 
All his Shop Goods, consisting of a Variety of Linens, 
Woollens, Silks, Ironmongery, Cutlery &c. &c and all his 
Household Furniture, also two Looms, and other Uten- 
sils, a covered Waggon, with Gears, a Horse and Cow, 
and other Things; also the real Estate of said Ewan, viz. 
his Dwelling-house and House adjoining, also the House 
he lately purchased of the executors of Nicholas Toy, de- 
ceased, all three situate on Mill-street, with their respect- 
ive Lots and other their Appurtenances; also a Lot on 
New-street, adjoining to Ground of Henry Paxson and 
Jacob Brian; also a Lot on Gaskin's Lane in said Town, 
and another Lot in Arnes's Town. 

The Sale of the Shop Goods to begin at Ten o'Clock 
in the Morning, and to continue till all the Estate real 
and personal, is sold. The Conditions of the Vendue, 
will be made known at the Time and Place of Sale, and 
Credit, if required, is proposed to be given to the Pur- 
chasers of the real Estate, on good Security, with Liter- 
est. 

Joshua Howell, Flenry Woodroe, and Francis Rawle. 

Whereas Andrew Urin, late of Raccoon Creek, Glouces- 
ter County, Flatman, in going down the River, on the 
19th of December last, accidentally fell over-board, and 
was drowned, near Chester, having on a white Shirt, 
Flannel Waistcoat, a tight-bodied Coat, with red Lining, 
a grey Great Coat, tied round with a Rope, blue Cloth 



1761] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 53 1 

Breeches, Ozenbrigs Trowsers, pale blue Stockings and 
new Shoes, with Brass Buckles; he also had a Sum of 
Money about him, supposed Eight or Nine Pounds. 
Whoever takes up his Corpse, shall have all reasonable 
Charges for their Trouble. If taken up about Chester 
or Marcus Hook, they are desired to apply to his 
Brother, living about a Mile from the Bridge on Rac- 
coon Creek; or if nearer Philadelphia, apply to his Sister 
at the Sign of the Ship Stirling Castle in Water-street. 

Hans Urin 

Notice is Jicreby givcn^ 
That Application will be made next Sessions of Assem- 
bly, for an Act to enable the Owners of three certain 
Pieces of Meadow, lying on the North Side of Cohansey 
Creek, between the fast Land of Robert Wheton, com- 
monly called Baxted's Farm, and the Island Branch 
Creek, in the County of Cumberland, to keep up a Bank 
sufficient to keep off the Tide from overflowing the same. 
Samuel Miller, Nathaniel Harris, Jonathan Bowen jun, 
Preston Bishop, Benjamin Lupton, Daniel Bishop, Abra- 
ham Reeves, John Miller.^ — TJie Pennsylvania Gazette^ 
No. 16"/ J y February 12, 1761. 

Princetown. {New -Jersey) February 5. 

Yesterday about two o'Clock in the Afternoon died, 
at his House in this Town, the Revd. Samuel Davies, 
President of the College of New-Jersey, in the Thirty- 
eighth Year of his Age. He was seized last Monday 
sennight with a violent inflammatory Fever, which 
greatly affected his Brain; and continued so obstinate as 
not to be controled by the Power of Medicine. 

This sudden and unexpected Death, of so great and 
good a Man, in the midst of his extensive Usefulness, 



1 Such an Act was passed, December VI, ITCl. See Allinson's Laws, 245. 



532 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1761 

fills every Heart with Sorrow; and has apparently struck 
this Town and Seat of Learning into a perfect Panick: 
The Distress of the bereaved Family is not to be con- 
ceived, much less expressed. He was elected President 
of the College on the Death of the late Mr. Edwards, 
and at the repeated and earnest Sollicitations of the 
Trustees, his Removal from the important Sphere of 
Usefulness in the Colony of Virginia, to this Society, 
was obtained in July 1759: Since which he has been the 
great Ornament and Promoter of this Seat of the Muses. 
His uncommon Talents in point of Genius and Address, 
added to his indefatigable Application; his Piety, Cath- 
olicism and universal Benevolence at once secured him 
the Love and veneration of his Pupils, and promised the 
greatest advantages to the civil and religious Interests 
of this and the neighbouring Colonies. In private Life, 
he was not less agreeable, than in public, eminent: Li 
scarcely any Man was there ever more happily united 
the serious Christian and the polite Gentleman; the 
faithful Friend and the facetious Companion, the tencler- 

est Husband and the most affectionate Father on 

reviewing all the various Qualifications of this excellent 
Person, it will perhaps be admitted, by the best Judges, 
that, for his years, he was one of the most considerable 
Men, in his way, upon the Continent. Tomorrow Even- 
ing his Funeral is to be attended; when his Remains will 
be deposited near those of his Predecessors.^ 

The Creditors of Robert Smith of Burlington, are here- 
bv notify'd, that the Commissioners named and appoint- 
ed l)y an Act of the Governor, Council and General As- 
sembly of the Colony of Nciv-Jcrscy pass'd the 28th of 
November \di%\.,~ propose to meet at the Court-House in 

1 Published also (slightly coaden.sed) in 'i'hv Xiw York Miivunj. Febru- 
ary 16, 1761. 
SNeviirs Laws, II., 319. 



1 761] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 533 

Biirlington aforesaid, at 10 o' Clock in the Morning on 
the 2d Day of March next, to examine if any Fraud or 
Collusion hath been committed by the said Robert Smithy 
in his delivering up his Real and Personal Estate to the 
Trustees, for the Use of his CrQ:(X\tors.— The Pennsylvania 
Joiirna/^ No. 949, Febriiary 12, 1761. 

Neiv-York, February 16. About 12 Days ago Capt. 
Campbell met with Capt. Dorrington, in a sloop from 
New-Jersey bound to North-Carolina, standing for St. 
Kitts, as he had been many Weeks on the Coast of Caro- 
lina, but found it impracticable to get in. 

We hear that the Ship General Johnson, from Jamaica 
for this Port, that was drove ashore at Shrewsl)ury. is 
with her Cargo, entirely lost. — The New York Mercury. 
February 16, 176 1. 

Perth- Amboy, Feb. 9, 1761. 
New-Jersey, ss. Committed this Day to the Goal of the 
County of Middlesex, in this City, by Mr. 
Justice Nevill, one William Glover, a Soldier in Capt. 
Cruikshank's Company of Independents, belonging to 
New-York, upon Suspicion of Felony. He had in his 
Custody when taken, a little black Mare, about 13 Hands 
and an Half high, supposed to be coming Eight, has a 
Couple of remarkal)le white Saddle Spots, one on each 
Side her Back, near her Withers, shod all round; a new 
half-curb Bridle, and pretty good saddle, as also a Pair 
of Saddle-bags: He had likewise with him, a blue Sur- 
tout Coat, with yellow Metal Buttons, a new short blue 
Coat, with white Metal Buttons; a fine white Shirt, and 
a Pair of black Stockings; all which, he saith, were given 
him by his Wife, who (he pretends) is the Widow of Capt. 
M'Claghan, an Ofificer lately in the Pennsylvania Provin- 
cials, and who (he further saith) lived in Pennsylvania, in 



534 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1761 

the Township of Concord, near Elk-River. If any Per- 
son hath lost such a Mare or any such Goods as above 
described, they may apply to James Brooks, Keeper of 
the Goal in Perth-xA.mboy, and be further informed. 

N. B. If no Application be made by the next Supreme 
Court to be held for the Province of New Jersey, on the 
third Tuesday in March next, the Prisoner will be dis- 
charged. — The Pennsylvania Gazette^ No. 1678, Fch-iiary 
19, 1761. 

BLL Persons that have any Demands on the 
Estate of John O'Hara, late of the Township 
of Middle-Town, New-Jersey deceased, are 
desired to send in their Accounts to the Sub- 
scribers, Executors to said Estate; and all those indebted 
to said Estate, are desired to make speedy Payment, to 
prevent Trouble, from 

Samuel Forman 

And Executors 

Lewis Forman 
— The New York Mercury, February 23, 1761. 

New York. Mareh2. Thursday last, his Majesty's Ship 
the Greyhound, of 20 Guns, Capt. Francis, arrived at 
Sandy-Hook, from Spithead, in 6 Weeks and 3 Days, and 
the same Night the Captain came to Town, and delivered 
his Dispatches to his Excellency General Amherst. 

TO be sold at public Vendue, on Tuesday the 
31st of March inst. on the Premises, a Tract 
of Land, containing 380 Acres, adjoining Rar- 
iton River, opposite Perth Amboy, late the 
Property of James Wilson, deceased; about 100 Acres 
of the Land are cleared, and fenced. 50 Acres of which 
are Salt and Fresh Meadow, there is on it a House, pleas- 



I761] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 535 

antly Situated, a Barn, Orchard, and other Improve- 
ments. There will also be sold in small Lots 170 Acres 
of Wood Land, joining- the before mentioned Tract. 

New York, February 28. 1761 
To Be Sold 

TWO very good Plantations, lying adjoining to 
the Grist-Mills on Crosswicks Creek, in East 
New-Jersey, about four Miles from Cross- 
wicks Meeting-House: one contains about 
350 Acres, having a new two Story House, a good Barn, 
with a young Orchard of 250 Apple Trees, some are 
Grafts bearing the best kind of Fruit; a sufficient Quan- 
tity of English Meadow, well improved, the whole in 
good Fence, well Watered and Timbered, runs above a 
Mile on Crosswicks Creek, which makes a natural Fence, 
and convenient for setting a Grist-Mill. The other Farm 
contains 200 Acres, with a good House. Barn, and Or- 
chard, and a very large Proportion of well improved 
Meadow, bounded about a Mile on the Mill Pond, which 
gives a natural Fence, the whole in good repair. Any 
Person inclining to purchase either or both of said Farms, 
may apply to the Subscriber, in New- York, near the Ex- 
change, who will give an indisputal)le Title for the same. 

Samuel Rogers. 
— The New York Mereiiry^ Mar eh 2, 1761. 

As the Mayor and Corporation of the City of Phila- 
delphia have been pleased to grant me the Privilege of a 
Ferry, now carried on from the lower end of Arch-street, 
at the Sign of the Boy and Boat, to the two Ferries of 
Messieurs Cooper's, in New-Jersey, directly opposite to 
this, I beg Leave to inform the Public, that I have built 
a large commodious House for the Entertainment of all 



536 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1761 

Travellers, with Out-houses and Stores; also a Number 
of well built Boats, calculated and fitting for a Ferry. 
And for the accommodating of those who shall be pleased 
to favour me with their Custom, I have also added to 
my old Wharff a new Slip, which extends between 40 
and 50 Feet out into Delaware, to Low-water Mark, and 
have fixed a Pair of Steps to the Side of my Wharff, 
which makes the Landing, any Time of Tide, safe and 
pleasant for Passengers, easy for Carriages, Horses, 
Hogsheads, Barrels, or any Merchandize. The Out- 
houses and Stores are particularly intended for the Use 
and Security of the Goods of Market People. Dispatch, 
Industry and great Care, with due Attendance, will be 
given by SAMUEL AUSTIN, at the New Ferry-House. 

Philadelphia, February 26, 1761 
To he Leit. 

A Valuable Plantation, situate on Newtown Creek, in 
the County of Gloucester, about 4 Miles and a Half from 
Cooper's Ferry. There is on said Plantation about 30 
Acres of mowable Meadow. The Place may be entered 
on any Time in March next. Any Person inclining to 
take the same, may apply to Daniel Cooper, living at the 
Ferry opposite to Philadelphia, and know further about 
the same. 

To be sold by the Subscriber liereof 

A Plantation, situated in Greenwich Township, Glou- 
cester County, in the Fork, and on the South Side of 
Raccoon Creek, containing, as by the first Survev, 343 
Acres, near 100 Acres of cleared Up-land, and supposed 
near 40 Acres of cleared Meadow, and above 20 Acres 
of good Swamp to clear, all out of the Tide's Way; a 
large Orchard; good Barn and Stables; a small House 



1 761] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 537 

and Kitchen, with a good Stone Cellar, and a good Draw- 
well, Smoak-honse and Garden. An indisputable Title 
may be had, and long Credit, on good Security. Any 
Person inclining to purchase, may see the Title, and view 
the Plantation, by applying to Samuel Shivers, on the 
Premises. 

Notice is hereby given. That Application will be made 
at the next Sessions of Assembly, for an Act to enable 
the Proprietors and Owners of a certain Tract of Land, 
situate on the East Side of Center-Town, in Cranberry, 
in the County of Middlesex, to alter the York Road as 
it now runs: The iVlteration applied for, is to run from 
a Stone planted on the West Side of the old Post Road, 
on a Course North Seventy-five Degrees West, eleven 
Chain to Brunswick Road, which Road when altered will 
fall into Brunswick Road 23 Chain distant from Cran- 
berry Mill Pond. — Tlie Pennsylvania Gazette^ No. 1680, 
Ma7'cJi 5, 1 76 1. 

Custom-House, Philadelphia, Outwards. Brig Polly, 
William Allison for Amboy. 

Cleared. Brig Polly, Richard Winter to Amboy. 

Petty's Island. 
Lottery for Effects to the full Value of 10,000 Dol- 
lars, or ;^3750. Without any DEDUCTION. 

Mr. Dunlap' begs leave to inform the Public, that he 
has just arrived in the last Vessel from London, a large 



iWilliam Dunlap was a native of the North of Ireland. Having 
served his apprenticeship as a printer to William Bradford, in Phila- 
delphia, he set up for himself at Lancaster, Penn., wihere he printed in 
Bngilii3,h and German, 1754-1757, when he removed to Philadelphia, and 
there did a. considerable business as printer, bookseller and stationer, 
until 1765. Having married a relative of the wife of Benjamin Frank- 
lin, the latter appointed him postmiaster at Philadelphia. He sold out 
his business in ITUG to his nephew, John Dunlap. went to England, was 
ordained in the Church of England in 1767, and returning to America 
in 176S became Rector of the parish of Stratton, in King aiUd Queen's 
county, Va. 



538 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1761 

and very valuable Collection of Books in Classical Learn- 
ing-, History, Divinity, Physick, Law, Chymistry, Nat- 
ural History, Voyages, Travels and Entertainment, with 
several Sets of the genteelest Pictures now in Taste in 
England, which, as they came unexpectedly, and he still 
persists in his Intentions of going to England, he pro- 
poses to dispose of by way of Lottery : And in order 
the better to suit the various Tastes of the Adventurers 
in this Undertaking, and render it still more extensively 
useful and acceptable, especially to the Ladies, he pro- 
poses to intersperse among the Prizes the undermen- 
tioned Articles, most of which are also just arrived from 
London, and may be depended on as being the best and 
genteelest of their Kind, viz. Several Cases of silver- 
handled Knives and Forks, fine silver-mounted cut Glass 
Castors in Frames, several Dozen of Table and Tea 
Spoons, Cream Juggs and Tea Tongs, silver Coffee Pots 
and Stands, Punch and Soup Ladles; several pinchbeck 
and silver Watches, Tweeser Cases ; silver plated and gilt 
Snuff-boxes, stone Jacket buttons set in silver; Ladies 
best brilliant Earrings and Necklaces; Diamond, Em- 
rald, Sapphire, stone and plain Rings; gold and stone 
Buttons; silver, paste and stone Buckles, two pieces of 
very rich Brocade, several Setts of fine China, Cases of 
chirurgical. anatomical and ocher Listruments; a curious 
large Orrery with its Apparatus, being the most complete 
Machine of this Kind that has hitherto been seen in 
America : By it may be illustrated and explain'd after the 
most easy and familiar Manner, the Motions of all the 
Planets, primary and secondary, their Magnitudes and 
Distances. Station, Retrogradations &c. the Licrease and 
Decrease of Day and Night, the grateful Variety of the 
Seasons, with the EcHpses of the Sun and Moon, &c. an 
Air Pump and its Apparatus, a large reflecting Tele- 



1 761] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 539 

scope; and a Lot of Ground, lying at Gloucester, called 
Lillipiit, formerly belonging to Mr. D.J. Dove., which has 
a most delightful and pleasant Situation, and contains 
about two Acres of Garden-Ground well improv'd and 
fenc'd with Boards. One Acre is planted with fine Ap- 
ple, Plum, Peach, and Cherry-Trees, which bear a great 
deal of choice Fruit : The other Acre is almost all planted 
with the largest Battersea Asparagus. There are on the 
Premises a Dwelling-house, and a very large Barn, fit 
for storing Merchant's Goods designed for Importation 
or Exportation, besides which there is a Cellar already 
dug, and walled up with good Stone, about twenty Feet 
square; nigh which is a Well of excellent Water. There 
is a small Grove of Pine-trees before the Garden, from 
which you are entertain'd with the most beautiful Pros- 
pect of the City of Philadelphia^ and of the River for four 
or five Miles downwards; so that no Ship can pass or re- 
pass, but by hailing her, you may easily know from 
whence she came, or whether she is going: N. B. Said 
Place lets for £12 a Year and may be enter'd on immedi- 
ately. 

The Prizes to 1)e classed in such Order, that the For- 
tunate may have as complete a Variety as the Value of 
the Prize he may draw will admit ofi^: The whole Col- 
lection to be examined by four disinterested Persons who 
are best acquainted with the Work of each Article; and 
their intrinsick Value ascertained by them, that the Pub- 
lick may be satisfied there can l^e no Fraud in this Under- 
taking: After the Drawing is finished, care will be taken 
to forward the Prizes of the Fortunate, that are move- 
able, to any Part of the Continent, in such Manner as 
they may please to order. \nc\ it is not doubted but the 
Whole will be conducted to the entire Satisfaction of the 
Publick. The Drawing to commence on Tuesday the 



540 



NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 



[1761 



28th Day of April next, at a House on Petty s Island, 
nearly opposite the City oiPJiiladelpJiia, when Boats shall 
be provided at my own Cost to bring over such as may 
chuse to be present at the Drawing, and the Prizes pub- 
lished in the Pennsylvania Gazette and the Nerv- York 
Mercury. Prizes not demanded within Six Months after 
Publication as aforesaid, will be given to the Pennsylvania 
Hospital. 

The scheme. 



Number of Prizes. 




Pieces of Eight. 


Total Value. 


I Collection 


va! 


lued 


at 


700 


is 


700 


I 






at 


400 


is 


400 


I 






at 


200 


is 


200 


I 






at 


100 


is 


100 


2 






at 


51 


is 


102 


10 






at 


25 


is 


250 


15 






at 


15 


is 


225 


480 






at 


6 


is 


2880 


1262 




Fir 


at 4 
•st drawn Ticket 


is 


5048 


1773 Prizes ) 


25 


3227 Blanks( 




Last drawn 






25 






Tic 


ket drawn before 


the 700 


15 






Tic 


:ket drawn after the 700 


15 



5000 Tickets 



Ticket drawn before the 400 8 

Ticket drawn after the 400 7 

at 2 Dollars each are 10,000 



This Scheme may, without Exception, be said to be 
the most favorable one hitherto calculated for the Ad- 
venturers, as there are not near two Blanks to a Prize: 
And, as I have no other View in making this Lottery, 
than purely to bring my Affairs to a speedy Settlement 



1761] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 54I 

ere I embark for England, there \Yill be no Deduction^ and 
consequently the Lottery will be upwards of Five Hun- 
dred and Sixty Pounds richer on that Account. 

Tickets are now selling by Mr. Benjamin Loxley, Cap- 
tain Thomas GlentivortJi^ Mr. Samuel Soumain, yir.Josiah 
Davenport, and Mr. William Murray, who are appointed 
Managers, and have given Bond for their faithful Dis- 
charge of their Trust, as also by Joseph Pugh, Esq ; in 
Lancaster, Mr. Szvoap, in York-Tozun, Mr. MTntrie, in 
Carlisle, David Henderson, Esq; in Reading, Doctor 
Jackson in Chester, and by said Dunlap, at the Post- 
Office, Philadelphia. — The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 
952, March 5, 1761. 

TO be sold at private sale, all the real estate of 
Mr. James Van Home/ deceased, consisting 
of a farm, at Dover, near Cheesequaks, in the 
county of Middlesex, and province of East 
New-Jersey, pleasantly situated, near the sea shore, af- 
fords plenty of fish, oysters, &c. has on it a large quan- 
tity of wood and a convenient wharf lately built; it con- 
tains about 1300 acres of upland, and 300 of salt meadow; 
there is an orchard thereon, of between 5 and 600 apple 
trees, a fine dwelling of 45 feet long, and 40 broad, four 
rooms on a floor, and a piazza round the house, with a 



1 Jacobus (or James) Van Home, bap'tized in New York, June 29, 1712, 
was a son oif Johannes Cornelissen Van Hoorn, of New York, and Cat.h- 
arina Meyer, his wife, daughter of Andries Jansen Meyer and Vrouwtje 
Iden van deir Vorst; Jotianne? Van Hoorn and Catharina Meyer were 
married March 20, 1693. Jacobus, or James, was their tenth child. He 
married, Dec. 16, 1'742, Margare^ta, daughter of Siarniuel Bayard, of New 
Y'''0rk. His father was a New York mierchant. wlio began buying land in 
Ne.w Jersey in 170€, adding steadily to his purchases during the next six- 
teen years, acquiring extensive tracts in Somerset and Middlesex coun- 
ties especially. a,s well as in Monmouth county. In his will, dated June 
23, 1733, he devises 'to his sons James and Abraham the Rocky Hill tracts. 
James repeatedly offered for sale his place at Rocky Hill; in 1755 he was 
living on a farm of 1.66S acres at Dover, near Cheesequakes creek, Mid- 
dlesex county, and advertised that for sale, also. His will, dated Oct. 
29, 1760, was proved April 20, 1761. He gives all his estate to his sons 
John and Jamies, "James to be given the best education the Province 
of Pennsylvania affords, either at the Academy or Mr. Dove's English 
school, then to study physic or law and co'mplete his studies in Scotland." 
He mentions his late wife Margaret. His brother, Cornelius Van Home, 
was for several years a member of the Council of New Jersey. 



542 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1761 

l)arn, smoke house, and kitchen oarden. Also, four 
farms at Rockey-Hill. in the county of Sommerset; the 
first contains 516 acres of good upkand, with about 30 
acres of fresh meadow, whereon is a large barn of 50 feet 
long, and 50 wide, a dwelling house, and other out houses, 
aliout 600 apple trees, of choice fruit, partly grafted; 300 
acres of the above farm is cleared, the remainder good 
timber land. The second contains 240 acres, about 100 
of which is cleared, and has on it about 100 apple trees; 
a large quantity of fresh meadow might be made, the 
remainder is choice upland, well stored with timber. The 
third contains 377 acres. The fourth contains 21 if 
acres, all adjoining. Also, several farms in the Alanor of 
Cortland, in the province of New-York; and likewise the 
Negro men and women slaves belonging to said estate. 
Any Person inclining to purchase any part of said real 
estate or Negroes, may apply to James ^NI'Evers, or Will- 
iam Cockcraft, of the city of New- York, or John Berrian 
of Rockey-Hill, executors, and be infc.rm'd of the title 
and conditions of sale. Also to be sold l)y public auction, 
on tuesday the 21st of April next, at the homestall farm 
of the said James Van Home, deceased, at Cheesequaks, 
the stock of horses, cattle, sheep and hogs, with all the 
utensils and implements of Husbandry, and sundry 
household goods and furniture. Likewise a boat, that 
will carry about 9 cord of wood; the vendue to begin at 
9 o'clock in the morning, when the conditions of sale will 
be pu1)lishe(l bv said executors. — The Nezo York Mcr- 
ciiry^ MarcJi 9, 1761. 

Custom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Schooner 
Carolina. Edward Vaughan from Salem. Schooner John, 
Lawrence Furlong from Piscataway. — The Pciuisylvaina 
Jour)iaL No. 953, March 12, 1761. 



1 761] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 543 

The Members of the Trenton Library Company are 
desired to meet at the House of Isaac Yard, in Trenton, 
on the second Monday in April next, at Ten of the Clock 
in the Forenoon, in order to make their Eleventh Annual 
Payment, chuse Directors and Treasurer, and settle the 
Company's Accounts. By Order of the Directors. 

Samuel Tucker, junior. Secretary. 

To be sold, by public Vendue, on the 19th Day of this 
inst. March, A Plantation, lying about two Miles from 
the City of Burlington, commonly known by the Name 
of the Brick-yards, containing al)out 170 Acres of Land 
about 100 of which is well timbered, with a good Brick 
House thereon, and a very good Orchard of about 400 
bearing Apple-trees, of exceeding good Fruit, with 
about 14 Acres of Meadow, and a large Quantity more 
of Aleadow may be made with a very small Expence. And 
also one other Piece of Land, containing about 30 Acres, 
lying about Half a Mile from the City of Burlington, and 
adjoining to the Plantation of Robert Hartshorn, de- 
ceased. The Vendue to be held at the House of George 
Eyre, deceased, in the City of Burlington, by Samuel 
Eyre, Emanuel Eyre and John Eyre, Executors. 

N. B. There is also a very good Wind Mill in the City 
of Burlington, to be Lett, with about 3 Acres of Land, 
the greatest Part Orcharding, with exceeding good 
Fruit. The Mill has two Pair of Stones in it, and a 
boulting Chest; or the one Half of the said Mill and 
Land to be sold. For Terms, enquire of Samuel Eyre. 

To be sold, by Way of public Vendue, on Tuesday, the 
7th Day of April, a Plantation, containing 220 Acres of 
Land, with about 80 Acres clear, 10 Acres of clear 
[Meadow, about 40 Acres of good Swamp may be cleared. 



544 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1761 

with a House, Barn and many other Conveniences, being 
a good Place for a Tavern, and where one has been kept 
these two Years past; situate about a Mile and an Half 
from Trenton, on the Road that leads to New Bruns- 
wick. Likewise Cattle, Horses, Sheep, and many Sorts 
of Farmer's Utensils, to be sold by 

Peter Hankinson. 
— The Pennsylvania Gazette^ No. 168 1, March 12, 
1761. 

The Trustees of the Society for promoting Learning 
among the Baptist Churches in the Provinces of Penn- 
sylvania, New-Jersey &c. are desired to take Notice, 
That they are to meet the 9th Day of April next, at Two 
o'clock in the Afternoon, at the Baptist Meeting-House, 
in Philadelphia. 

William Ball Clerk. 

Ten Plstoles Reicard. 

Run away, on the 26th of February at Night, from the 
Andover Iron-works, in the County of Sussex, and 
Province of West-New Jersey, two Men; one named 
William Crawford, about six Feet high, of a fair Com- 
plexion, wears his own Hair, about 30 Years of Age: Had 
on when he went away, a blue Cloth Coat, a black Waist- 
coat, Buckskin Breeches, grey Worsted Stockings, new 
Shoes, with Brass Buckles, a half worn Beaver Hat, and 
took with him several Holland Shirts. The other named 
John Normand, about 25 Years of Age, of a pale Com- 
plexion, five Feet ten Inches high, wears his own Hair, 
and has been sick lately: Had on when he went away, a 
blue Suit of Clothes, and took with him sundry Check 
and Holland Shirts. They have feloniously taken Goods 
to a considerable Value with them. \Mioever takes 



1 761] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 545 

them up, and secures them in any Goal, so that they may 
be brought to Justice, shall have the above Reward, paid 
by John Hackett, at the Union Iron Works, or Ben- 
jamin Cooper, at Andover Furnace. 

To be sold in the City of Burlington, on the 9th Day 
of th'e Fourth Month (called April) Three Houses and 
Lots, the Property of James V'erree, deceased, with large 
Gardens to each House; the Lots near Two Acres, with 
a good bearing Orchard. The Title is indisputable, and 
the House in good Repair. Any Person inclining to Pur- 
chase before the Day of Sale, may apply to Rachel Ver- 
ree, on the Premises. The Buyer may have two Years 
to pay the Money, on paying Literest, and giving Secur- 
ity. 

Rachel Verree, Robert V'erree. 

Whereas Margaret Brockston has made Oath, on 
the Holy Evangelists of xA.lmighty God, That Benjamin 
Gibbs, in the Township of Mansfield, her said Master, dis- 
posed of her the said Margaret Brockston's Time unto 
Edward Broadfield, and at the same Time assured the 
said Broadfield that she, the said Brockston was hail, 
strong and healthy, and a good Drudge. Her said Mas- 
ter Benjamin Gibbs knew at the same Time, that she the 
said Brockston was troubled with the Falling Sickness; 
that she had two Fits before she came to him, and one 
since, so as to tremble and fall suddenly down; and the 
same Time told me. If I offered to speak one Word of it, 
by Heavens, he would finish me; and went on Purpose 
to the said Broadfield's House, to persuade him to come 
and buy my Time. 

N. B. The said Benjamin Gibbs having obtained an 
Obligation of Eight Pounds, payable some Time in May 

85 



546 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1761 

next, in so wicked, so malicions and designed Defrand, I 
the said Broadfield desire no Person may offer to accept 
of the said ObHgation, being determined never to pay 
one Farthing-, without by a due Course of Law obliged. 

Edward Broadfield 
Sworn, March 9, 1761 before 
Theophikis Severns, Esq; 

— TJie Pennsylvania Gazette^ No. 1682, March 19, 
1761. 

Custom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Schooner 
Amherst, William Kidd from Piscataway. 

Cleared. Schooner John, Lawrence Furlong to Pis- 
cataway. — The Pennsylvania Journal^ No. 954, March 
1 76 1. 

St. Christophers, Feb. 26. 

Memorandum of vessels taken and brought into port 
St. Piers in Martinico from the 23 of January, to the 15th 
of February, viz. Sloop Polly, Porter from Salem; a 
Sloop, Chitman from Salem, &c. &c. 

A Sloop from Piscataway, Capt. Miles retaken. 

A Sloop from Mount Christi bound to Salem drove 
off the coast and brought in here by Capt. Davies. 

A Snow from Piscataway laden with Masts who after 
they had anchored run away. 

A Sloop bound to Salem, drove off the coast and 
taken in here l)y capt. Swasey. — The Pennsylvania Jour- 
nal No. 955, March 26, 1761. 

To BE Sold, 

On thursday the 28/// day of May next, at Princctown., 
the sale to begin at two o'clock in the afternoon, the hoiis- 
hold furniture and library of the Rev. AJr. Samuel Davies, 



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late president of the eollege of New -Jersey^ deeeased. The 
furniture is eJiiefiy netv, and consists among other things, 
of several genteel beds, looking-glasses, zvallnut and ma- 
hogany leather bottom' d ehairs, tables, ehests of drawers, 
fxtures, &c. The library is made up of about 550 vol- 
umes, in divinity, history, poetry and philosophy ; and 
everyone who was aequainted witJi the taste of Mr . Davies, 
will readily conclude, that books of his collecting, must be 
valuable and entertaining. If any person should incline 
to purchase any part of the furniture before the day of 
sale, application may be made to the subscriber, at his 
house, for that purpose. 

The creditors are desired fortJiwith to send their ac- 
counts that they may be discharged ; and all persons 
indebted to the said Estate, are desired to make speedy 
payment. 

Richard Stockton, Administrator. 

N. B. Ill the above Library there are [:)articnlarly, the 
following, viz. Poole's Synopsis Critic, 5 vol. Augustini 
Opera in Omnia, 5 vol. Ciceronis Opera Omnia, 2 vol. 
Calvini Opera Omnia, 9 vol. Justini Mart. Opera, Ter- 
tnlliani Opera, 4 vol. Lactantii Opera, and several other 
of the Fathers; as also Ridgley's, Watts's, Guise's, Dod- 
dridge's Works, and several others of the most eminent 
Divines, the Universal History, &c. &c. &c. 

There are some few Books lent out, the Persons who 
Iiave them, are desired forthwith to return them. 

— The N'czo York Mercury, No. 450, Monday, March 
23, 1761. 

New-York, March 23. 

A Ship from Halifax for this port, Patterson Master, 
run ashore last Wednesday Night, a few Miles to the 



548 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1761 

Southward of Sandy-Hook, and 'tis feared will l)e lost. 
Custom-House, Philadelphia. Entered In. Schooner 
William & Sarah, James Simonton from Piscataway. — 
The Pennsylvania Joitrnal^ No. 955, MareJi 26, 1761. 

To be Lett, 

A Good Plantation, lying on Newtown Creek, in 
Gloucester County, about 4 Miles from Philadelphia 
Market, with a Quantity of good Meadow, and a suffi- 
cient Quantity of good Range, within Fence. Any Per- 
son inclining to take the same, may apply to James and 
Joseph Graisbury, living in Philadelphia. — The Pennsyl- 
vania Gazette., No. 1683, March 26, 1761. 

All Persons indebted to us as Trustees of the Estate 
of John Ewan, of Bridgetown, for Goods bought at Ven- 
due, or otherwise, are desired to pay the same to Daniel 
Jones, of said Town, who is legally empowered by us to 
receive the same, and in whose Hands the Books, Bonds 
and other Papers are lodged for that Purpose. 

Joshua Howell, 
Henry Woodson, 
Francis Rawle. 

— The PejDisylvaiiia Gazette, No. 1683, Mareh 26, 
1761. 

AT a commodious House, pleasantly situated, 
near the Banks of the Kiver Parito//, in Bonnd- 
Brook.^ Province of East Nezv-Jei'sey., young 
Gentlemen are educated and boarded on rea- 
sonable Terms, by William Haddon, 

Professor of ab, eb, &c. 




1 761] newspaper extracts. 549 

All Persons, 

THAT have any Demands on the Estate of IVill- 
iain Stuart^ deceased, late of Bound-Brook^ in 
the Province of East Nczv-Jci'sey^ are desired 
to appl}' by the first of May next, to the Sub- 
scribers; and all Persons indebted to said Estate are re- 
quested to make Payment to Elizabeth Stuart, Ex- 
ecutrix; or John De Groot, Executor. 

HEREAS the Achquechnonk Lottery,^ which 
\Yas last Year proposed, and some Time 
since ready for Drawing, was by reason of 
the Inclemency of the Weather postponed. 
Now this is to give Notice, that the Drawing begins the 
5th" Day of May next, or sooner if weather permits. 

Nezv York, March 30. The General Assembly of New 
Jersey met on Thursday last. — The Nezv York Mercury^ 
March 30, 1761. 

Whereas on the 7th of March last, William Linsey, 
of the Township of Greenwich, in Gloucester county, 
\\^est New Jersey, obtained a Bond or other Writing, 
for the Sum of Three Hundred Pounds, of William 
Shute, of the same Place, without any Consideration, 
the said Shute not being in his Senses, when he signed 
the same; these are therefore to forewarn all Persons 
from taking an Assignment of the said Bond, for he will 
not pay the same, unless compelled by Law. 

William Shute. 

Run away on the 15th of March from the Sul)scri1)er, 
living in Hopewell Township, Hunterdon County, West 



iFor the benefit of the Reiformed Dutch Church at Acquackanonk; 
now the First Reformed Church of Passaic. 



550 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1761 

New Jersey, a Servant Alan, named John Pinter, High 
Dutch born, a Cooper by Trade, is a short well set Fel- 
low, of a dark Complexion, with short black Hair, about 
five Feet, seven inches high, 27 Years of Age; took with 
him two check Shirts, a yellow cut Velvet Jacket, a 
brown Thickset Ditto, a Lead coloured Broadcloth 
Coat, two red Flannel Jackets, a double-breasted spotted 
Flannel Ditto, new Buckskin Breeches, two Pair of 
Stockings, one Pair black, the other blue and white, two 
Hats, one Castor, the other a Felt, and new Pumps. 
Whoever secures said Servant, and gives Notice to his 
said Master, so that he may have him again, shall have 
Fortv Shillings Reward, and reasonal)le Charges, paid 

by ' ^ 

Valentine Bryant.' 
— The Pennsylvania Gazette^ No. 164S, April 2, 
1 76 1. 

New-York, Mareh 26. 

March 30. Tuesday last Capt. Deedy. arrived here 
from Lisbon, in 38 Days: he says the day he sailed from 
thence Capt. Kennedy arrived there in the Le Blonde 
Frigate, formerly one of ^l. Thurots ships, of 36 Guns 
from Gibraltar. 

Last Sunday week, aljout 30 Leagues S. \V. of Sandy- 
Hook, Capt. Deedy spoke with Capt. Troy from St. 
Kitts for Boston, all well. 

Custom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Schooner 
Helen, William \\'yger from Piscataway. 

All persons indebted to the estate of \\'illiam Cooke, 
deceased, either by Bond, Bill or otherways are desired 

iln 1722 William Briant. of '•Stone bruk." wa.s assessed on three hun- 
dred acres of land. William Bryant was a prominent physician of 1 ren- 
ton. whose house was an imporuuvc place in the events leadms up to the 
battle of Trenton. See Stryker's "Battles of Trenton and Prmceton, 
111, et seqq. 



1 761] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 551 

forthwith to come and pay to the administrator, that 
the estate may be settled. 
Trenton, March 28th 1761. 

Mary Cooke, ] , , . . 

William Clayton, j Admmistrators. 

— TJic Pciinsylvajiia Journal^ No. 956, Api'il 2, 
1761. 

PertJi-Aniboy, March 27. This Day the General As- 
sembly of the Province of New-Jersey met here; when 
his Excellency Governor Boone, was pleased to make 
the following Speech to both Houses'. 

To Be Sold 

AT public Vendue, on Saturday the i6th of May 
next, two good Plantations, to be entered 
upon next March^ lying adjoining to the Grist 
Mills on Crosswicks Creek., in East New- Jersey, 
about four Miles from Crosszuicks Meeting-Hoiise ; one con- 
tains 350 Acres, having a new two Story House, a good 
Barn, a young Orchard of 250 Apple Trees, some are 
Grafts, bearing the best Kind of Fruit; a sufficient 
Quantity of English Meadow, well improved, the whole 
in good Fence, well Watered and Timbered, runs above 
a Mile on Crosszvicks Creek., which makes a natural 
Fence, and convenient for setting a Grist Mill. The 
other Farm contains about 200 Acres, with a good 
House, Barn and Orchard, a very large proportion of 
well improved Meadow, bounded about a Mile on the 
Mill-Pond, which gives a natural Fence, the whole in 
good repair. Any Person inclining to purchase at pri- 
vate Sale, may know the Terms by applying to Isaac 
Rogers, in A lien- Town, near the Premises, or Samuel 
Rocrcrs in Nezv York, near the Exchange, who will give 



1 The speech is printed In N. J. Archives, XVII., p. 224. 



552 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1761 

a good Title for the same. The Vendue will be held at 
Mr JoJui WetJierclPs, living on one of said Farms, where 
the Conditions of Sale will be made known. — The Nciv 
York Mercury^ April 6, 1761. 

To be sold by public vendue on Tuesday the 28th of 
this inst. April, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon at the 
house of John Pridemore in Cranbury, a tract of land 
adjoining to Mill stone river, containing about 800 
acres, belonging to the estate of Joseph Worrell, Esq; 
deceased, and F. Hollinshead, and whereon the said Hol- 
linshead now lives, the said tract is well wooded and 
watered and great part thereof exceeding good meadow 
ground, and will be divided and sold in two equal parts. 
The conditions of said vendue will be published on day 
of sale, Andrew Reed, John Berrien, Joseph Wor- 
rell, and F. Hollinshead, Executors. 

Whereas Phebe, the Wife of William Carter, of 

Trentown, in the County of Hunterdon, in the Province 

of West New- Jersey, has eloped from her said Husband 

the 28th Day of February last without Cause, this is 

therefore to forewarn all Persons not to trust her upon 

my Accompt, for 1 will pay no Debts of her contracting 

from this Date hereof, per me 

William Carter. 

— The Pennsylvania Journal, A'o. 957, April 9, 

I 76 1. 

Strayed or Stolen from the House of Mary Jackson, 
in Woodbridge, East New-Jersey, the 26th of March 
last, a deep sorrel Mare, about 14 Hands high, the Hair 
had been worn off of each Thigh by Work, but was 
grown a little again. She had a large Star in her Fore- 
head that reached about Half way down her Nose: She 
Paces, Trots and goes a Hand-gallop well: Any Person 



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that takes up the said Mare, and gives Notice to the Sub- 
scriber, so that he may get her again, shall have, if taken 
in Woodbridge, Thirty Shillings Rev^^ard ; or if taken out 
of that Township, Three Pounds Reward; and if found 
with the Person that took her, so that he may be brought 
to Justice, shall have Five Pounds Reward, and all rea- 
sonable Charges, paid by 

Nathaniel Lufburrow. 

— The Pennsylvania Ga::cttc\ No. 1685, April q, 

1761. 

Philadelphia, April 9. 1761 
Public Notice is hereby given, that the Sale, by way 
of Auction, or public Vendue, as ordered by Act of Par- 
liament of the Estate of the Pennsylvania Land Com- 
pany in London, will begin at the Old Ferry house, kept 
by Isaac Milnor, in Water-street, between Market and 
Arch-streets, on the Ninth Day of October next, at 
which Time and Place will be exposed to Sale, to the 

highest Bidders, The Water and Bank Lots 

On the loth of the same Month, the following Tracts 
of Land situate in the Province of West New-Jersey, 
viz. 

One Tract of 6252 Acres, situate on Paulin's-kiln 
River, in Sussex County. One other Tract of 280 Acres, 
situate in Morris County, and the said County of Sussex, 
on both Sides of Muskenekunk River. One other Tract 
of 2712 Acres, situate in the said County of Sussex, at 
the Foot of Pehaqualong Mountain: And one other 
Tract, situate in the County of Salem, containing 2460 
Acres in Brand Neck; which said Tracts will be divided 
into smaller Parcels before the Time of Sale, in order to 

accommodate the Purchasers 

Francis Rawle, Attorney of the Trustees. 

— TJic Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1685, April 9, 

I 76 1. 



554 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1761 

Burlington, March 31, 1761. 
Broke out of Burlington Goal last Night, a certain 
John Smith (alias Philip Cantlen) he is near 6 Feet high, 
a slim down-looking Fellow, dark complexioned, and 
slow of Speech, except when in Drink, then very talka- 
tive and (iiiarrelsome: Had on when he made his Escape, 
a dark coloured Bearskin Great-coat (which he stole) all 
his other Apparel being very bad. He appears to be a 
Ser\-ant to a certain Thomas Rambo, of Waterford 
Township, Gloucester County, and committed as a De- 
serter from one of the Battalions of Royal x\mericans. 
Whoever takes up the said Fellow, and brings him to the 
Sheriff of the County of Burlington, shall have Three 
Pounds Reward, ])aid by 

Thomas Shinn,^ Sheriff. 

'John Shinn was among the early English settlers of Burlington, com- 
ing over abO'U't J6TS. or within a few years thereafter.— »S»(/<7t',s- N. J.. 109. 
His name is appended to a Testimony of the Burlington Monthly Meet- 
ing, 7th of 12th mo. 1680 (March 7, 1681).— Frunds in Burliugton, by Amelia 
Mott Gummere, 21. He appears to have been a man of considerable 
substance, and was probably one of the colonists and proprietors of 'the 
Yorkshire Tenth, in Burlington. John Shmn was among the signers to 
a petition to Lord Cornibury praying for the removal of his prohibition of 
Nov. 14, 1706, againsit the granting of any warrants for laying out lands. 
— N. J. Archives, III., 165. He was a wheelwright by trade. The follow- 
ing conveyances indica'te his prorninence and the extent of his po.sses- 
sions in West Jersey: 

16S7, May 25: John S'hinn, senior, and 23 others, proprietors of several 
undivided shares of land in West Jersey, to Thomas Budd, for 15,000 
acres, to be boughit from the Indians; grantee to pay the debts of the 
Province of West Jersey, according to Act of General Assembly of 1687. — 
TAlio- B, ff. 150, 231. 1687, Dec. 14: John Shinn, senior, of Springfield 
Lodge, Burlington Co., wheelwright, to John Crosby of the same place, 
millwright, and wife Mary, daughter of said Shinn, for 150 acres, near 
Bearch Creek.— 7yi6er B, f. 168. 1686, Oct. 8: John 'Skene of Peach- 
field, "Vv^est Jersey, gentleman, to John Shinn, senior, of near As- 
siscunk Creek, for 100 acres in the First or Yorkshire Tenth, :o 
John Skene of Peacbfield, West Jersey, gentleman, to John IShinn, senior, 
of near Assicunk Creek, for 100 acres in tiie First or Yorkshire Tenth, to 
be surveyed.— L/Vkt B, f. 196. 1686, Oct. 10: Same to same, for a wharf, 
and a town lot in Burlington.— Lifirr B, f. 197. 1688-9, Feb. 12: John Shinn 
and other Proprietors consent to the agreement, made by Dr. Daniel 
Co.xe with East Jersey concerning the partition line.— Librr B, f. 233. 
16S6, Sept. 6: Eleazer Fenton to John Shinn, senior, bot'h of Birch Creek, 
yeomen, for his share (1-16) in the First Tenth.— lAhcr B, f. 247. 1690-1, 
Feb. 2: John Shinn of Springfield, Burlington Co., wheelwright, to Will- 
iam Bustill, of said county, carpenter, for 50 acres at Oneanickon, for- 
merly laid out to Peter Harvey.— L-(7>rr B, f. 267. 1690-1, Jan. 11: John 
Shinn, senior, of Burlington County, carpenter, to Edward Bolton of 
said county, hustmndman, for 100 acres near Mount Pisgah.— Liitr B, f. 
— . 1695, June 11: John Shinn, of Springfield Lodge, wheelwright, to 
Jo'hn Crosby and wife Mary, daughter of grantor, for 150 acres on Birch 
Creek [apparently the same as above, p. 16^].— Lifirr B, f. 443. 1693, April 
10: Same to Ms son-in-la-n, Thomas Atkinson, and wife 'Sarah, for 195 
acres in Burlington County.— iibcr B, f. 582. 1697, July 17: John Shinn, of 
Sprmgfield, Burhngton County, wheelwright, to his son, James S'hinn, 



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NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 555 



To be Sold. 

A Commodious House and Lot of Ground, situate in 

Princetown, in the County of Middlesex, and Province 

of New-Jersey, very convenient for a private Gentleman, 

a Merchant, or a Tavern-keeper; the House containing 

for ]20 acres on Birch Creek.— Liftrr B, f. 619. 1711, July 15: John Shinn, 
of Springfield Township, wheelwright, to John Shinn, junior, of the same 
Dlace, for 1-15 of one of the 100 shares of West Jersey bought of William 
Kmley of Nottingham, West Jersey, 'Sept. IS, 1680.— Aifwr AAA, f. 36S. 
The will of John .Shinn, senior, of Springfield, names son (sic) Thomas 
Atkeson and wife Sarah, son-in-law Richard Fenimore and wife Mary, 
grandcliild Mary Crosby, an idiot, sons John, James, son-in-law Joshua 
Owein and wife Martha, grandson Thomas Shinn; wife mentioned, but 
jiot by name. Dated Jan. 11, 1711-12. Proa-ed Feb. 20, 1711-12.— TF. J. WiUs, 
Lihcr 1, f. 337. 

Second Generation. 

John Shinn, senior, had issue, doubtless all born in England: 

I. John, m. Ellen Stacy, 1686. The following conveyances to and from 
him are recorded: 1685, May 13: John Renshawe of Burlington, butcher, 
to John Shinn, Junior, of Birch Creek, West Jersey, hus'bandman, for 
200 acres, to be surveyed in the F'irst Tenth as part of 1-16 of a share, 
bought by Renshawe of Jo'hn Haslehurst, Dec. 19-20, IGSS.—Liher liB, f. 87. 
1706-7, Jan. 6: John and Mary Crosby to John Shinn, junior, all of Spring- 
field Township, for the land, given them by John Shinn, senior.— L/7((r 
liBti f. 215. 1716, May 17: Joseph Ambler, of Philadelphia, to John Shinn, 
of Springfield, for 100 acres adjoining Peter Harvey, et al.— //^., f. 29S. 
1718, Aug. 27: John Shinn, of Springfield, to John Ogborne, junior, of t'he 
same place, for 30 acres there.—/6., f. 348. 1713-14, Jan. 11: Same to Abra- 
ham Bickely, of Philadelphia, for 100 acres in (Springfield Township.—/?)., 
f. 421. 1722, June 30: John Shinn, of Springfield, yeoman, to Thomas 
Budd, of Northhampton, for a meadow in iSpringfield. — Librr BB, f. 379. 
1726, June 1: John Shinn, of Springfield, to Widow Sarah Dimsdale, of 
Hattonfield. Gloucester County, for 618 acres on a branch of Raritan 
River, in Hunterdon County.— L(6(;- D, f. 189. 1736, Oct. 21: John S'hinn, 
of Springfield, to David Lues of Lebanon, Hunterdon County, for 210 
acres in Lebanon.— Librr E, f. 203. 1736, Oct. 21: Same to "his son, William 
Shinn, for 426 acres in Lebanon. — Lihfr E, f. 205. John Shinn, junior, died 
between the date of the deed just cited, and Dec. 12, 1739. 

II. Thomas, m. 1st, Sarah Shawthorne, in Burlington Monthly Meet- 
ing, 1688; 2d, in 1693, Mary iStockton. daughter of Richard Stockton, 
whose son, Richard, was the founder of that family in New Jersey. 
Thomas Shinn and the Stocktons lived in Springfield township, Burling- 
ton county. He died in December, 1694. The will of Thomas Shinn, of 
Spring-field, Burlington county (not recorded), dated Nov. 4, 1694, leaves 
to son Thomas 80 acres; to an unborn child another share of the planta- 
tion; ''unto my now wife Mary Shinn" the other half of the plantation, 
to go to- the two children, if she should marry again. Witnesses — John 
S'hinn. senior, Isaac Horner, Matthew Champion. Executors — Francis 
Davenport and John W'ilston. PrcA'ed Dec. 15, 1694. Widow Mary made 
administratrix .same day. Inventory, taken same day, amounts to £273, 
9s., 6d. By deed dated Dec. 14, 1687, Benjamin Wheate, of Burlington 
county, shoemaker, conveys to Thomas Shinn, of same countv. 200 acres 
of the 500 bought of Benjamin Antrobus, July 23, W&Z— Lihcr B. f. 186. 
Dec. 28, 1697, Mary, widow of Thomas Shinn. of Burlington county, yeo- 
man, conveys to Richard Stockton, junior, her brother, and John Shinn, 
junior, her brother-in-laiw, feoffees in trust to and for her children, 
Thomas and Samuel Shinn, she intending to become t'he wife of Silas 
Crispin, of Pennsylvania, for the plantation in Burlington, bequeathed 
to her by the last will of her late husband, dated Noiv. 4, 1694.— Li6er B, 
f. 612. Crispin was of Dublin township, northeast of Pennepach creek, 
Penn. ; he d. May 31, Mil.— Friends in Burlington, 83, 84; Pcnn. Mug., XX., 
253. 

III. Mary, m. John Crosby, 1686; 2d, Richard Fenimore, in 1711. 

IV. George, m. Mary Thomson, 1691. The will of George Shinn (not 
recorded), dated Jan. 27. 1694-5, makes his wife Mary sole heiress and 
executrix, mentioning children, but no^t by name. Proved March 2, 1694-5. 



556 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1/6 1 

six Rooms, with Fireplaces, besides several without: 
There is also on the Premises, a good Kitchen, Garden, 
a Well with the best of Water, a Barn, and two good 

As none of the children are mentioned in the will of their grandfather, 
John Shinn, Jan. 11. 1711-12, it is probable th.it they were then deceased. 

V. Martha, m. Joshua Owen, 1697. 

VI. James, m. Abigail Lippincott,' 1697. 

VII. Sarah, m. Thomas Atkinson. 

Third (I ni( ration. 

John Shinn, junior, 'had issue: 

I. Vv'illiam, who received by deed from his father, in 173G, a tract of 
426 acres in Lebanon, as above mentioned. 

II. Clement; he seems to huve died without issue. William Shinn, 
his "brother and heir-at-law," conveyed to their father, John Shinn, all 
of Springfield, by deed dated Oct. 20, 1736, a tract of 300 acres in Hunter- 
don county .—Lihtr E, f. 302. This tract was probably given to Clement by 
his father. 

III. Caleb. By deed dated Dee. 12, 1739. Caleb Shinn, of Springfield, 
son of John, conveyed to his brother Jacob 100 acres, inherited from their 
tather.— L-i&cr EF, f. 147. 

Thomas Shinn, 1st, had children: 

I. Thomas, 2d; he m. Martha Earl, 1718. By deed dated Sept. 7, 1720, 
he bought from Jennet, the widow, and John, the son, of Alexander 
Steward (all the parties being of Springfield township, Burlington 
county), a plantation of 350 acres in that township, on the south side of 
Barker's creek, between John Ogborn and Joihn Shinn (his brother). — 
W. J. Deeds, Liber DD. f. 79. In 1739 he was living on "the back street" 
in Bridge-Town (Mt. Holly).— A". J. Archives, XI., 582. He was appointed 
one of the Justices of the Quorum and Assistant Judge of the Burlington 
comimon pleas, Aug. 19, 1732; Dec. 1, 1739, and again April 3. 1741; also 
Judge of that court, July 10, 1746, and on March 28, 1749.—/?*., XV.. 98, 197; 
XVI., 89; Liber AAA oi Commissions, 211, 212, 262. He was ejected to the 
Assembly from Burlington county, in 1743, and again in 1744, being classed 
as "a professed Quaker" in that body, a reputation wliich he main- 
tained by voting against a militia act.— 76., Vl., 202. At a meeting of the 
,Tustices and Freeholders of Burlington county, August 1, 1749, a resolu- 
tion was adopted ordering the payment of a bill of £10 15s.; there were 
present fourteen Freeholders and five Justices, Shinn being among the 
latter. Five Freeholders and all the Justices voted for the bill; five 
Freeholders voted in the negative, and two did not vote. Complaint was 
made to the Assembly in the following February, that the bill had been 
illegally ordered paid, on the ground that a majority vote of all the 
Freeholders was requisite. The Justices were summoned to appear and 
answer for their illegal conduct. Two of them promised not to do so 
again; two refused to make any promises. Shinn was too ill to appear. 
—Jb., XVI., 222-239. His will, dated 10th of Sth mo., 1751, devises to his 
children property on Elbo Alley, Burlington, and "plantations, parcels 
of land, lots and houses not before mentioned." Executors— son-in-law, 
Henry Paxson, and John Woolman. Witnesses— Benjamin Bispham, 
Jos'i Hump'hries, John Clark. This will was proved March 10, 1753.—/?)., 
XIX., 267; W. J. Wills, Liber 7, f. 318. 

II. Samuel; probably died young, as he is not mentioned in the will 
of his grandfather, John Shinn, in 1712. 

Fourth Generation. 

Thomas Shinn, 2d, and Martha Earl had children: 
Ij Susannah, m. Atkinson. 

II. Martha, m. Henry Paxson. 

III. Thomas, 2d; 'he was Sheriff of Burlington county in 1761. He was 
appointed guardian of the person and estate of John Hollinshead, Feb. 
17, 1776.— W. J. Wills, Liber 16, f. 496. Letters of administration were 
granted on his estate, on March 8, 1777, to Buddell [Biddle ?] S'hinn.— /?>., 
Liber 18, f. 141. 

IV. Mary, m. Allinson; 2d (prob.), James Clothier. 

V. Elizabeth, m. Earll. 

VI. Gamaliel. 
VIT. Aquila. 

VIII. Earl. 



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Stables; the Lot is inclosed with a well made Ditch, 
Fence and Privy-hedge, and has on it near 70 choice 
young Apple Trees, and several other Fruit Trees; it 
yields yearly ten, twelve and fourteen Tons of the best 
English Hay, and is generally supposed to be the finest 
Situation in the Town. The Purchaser, paying one Half 
of the Purchase Money down, may have any reasonable 
Time for the other Half, giving good Security, and pay- 
ing Interest. Any Person inclining to purchase, by ap- 
plying to the Subscriber, on the Premises, may be in- 
formed of the Title, which is indisputable 

William Mountere.^ 

To be sold by ]3ublic Vendue, the 28th Instant, at the 
Court-Housc in Trenton, 3 Lots of Woodland, joining 
Land of Nathan Beakes's, ai^out a Mile from Trenton; 
the first Lot containing 10 Acres, 3 of which clear'd; the 
second 20 Acres, all Woodland; and the third about 30 
Acres, 5 of which cleared for Aleadow% and within Fence. 
Any Person inclining to purchase, may see the Land, by 
applying to Nathan Beakes, wdio will shew them any 
Part, or the whole, if desired. A Plan of the whole will 
be exhiliited to View at the Time of Sale, when due At- 
tendance will be given by the Subscrilier. 

Stacv Beakes." 



1 William Mountere or Mountier was living in Princeton in the summer 
of 1748, in a iiouse w'liicli he lented from Judge Thomas Leonard, at £20 
per annum, and was building a house in Middlesex county, on a lot of 
his own, on the othei- side of the street, which he was occupying in Feb- 
ruary, 1750-51. He advertised the place for sale in September. 17o3, de- 
scribing the lot as "containing three acres, eub.iect to Five Pounds a 
year, ground rent, the house is new and well flnished, and very con- 
venient for a tavern (one being kept in it now), or any other public busi- 
ness, being well situated, and near where the college is to be built." He 
was then living in Trenton. He was probably a tavern keeper. _ He seems 
to have been again occupying the premises in 1761. — N. J. Archives, XIII., 
465; XVTII., 21S, 219, 290. 

2The will of William Beaks, of No'tingham, Burhngton county, da.ed 
March 21, 1710-11, names sons William, Edmond, Stacey, Nathan, daugh- 
ter Sarah, and wife Rutli, who is called the mother-in-law of son Ed- 
mond.— Tl'. J. Wills, Liber No. 1, f. 313. ("Mother-in-law" was formerly 
used in the sense of stepmother.) It was doubtless this William Beaks 
who is stated (in 1711) to have been received as a witness in a capital case 



558 N?:W JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1761 

Whereas an Advertisement hath l)een inserted in the 
Pennsylvania (lazette l)y Charles Clark, r [ Deerfield, in 
the Connty of Cnmberland in AVest New-Jersey, Esq; 
against Philip Burgin, Captain of an Independent Com- 
pany, in his Absence, forewarning any Person paying or 
settling the Estate of Michael Hnnter. late of the same 
Place, deceased, to the said Philip Burgin; this therefore 
to inform all Persons concerned in the said Estate, that 
what the said Charles Clark asserted in the said Adver- 
tisement was false, and that the Property of the said Es- 
tate doth now belong to the said Philip Bnrgin: These 
are therefore to forewarn all Persons indebted to the said 
Estate, not to pay any Money, or settle any Matter re- 
lating to the said Estate, to or with the said Charles 
Clark. By order of the said Philip Bnrgin. 

Joseph Burgin. 

— T/ii- Pennsylvania Gazette^ No. 1686, April 16, 
I 761. 



in the court of oyer and terminer against one Thomas Bates, who was 
condemned on his testimony.— Swn'^ft"* Hist. S. J., 392; .Y. J. Archives, 
IV., 42. 

Edmund Bealies (son of William) and Ann, his wife, daughter of 
Tiiomas Gilherthorpe, of Burlington county, by deed dated Dec. 2, 1719, 
conveyed to Mahlon Stacy a plantation of -300 acres in Notingham town- 
ship, on CroBweeks creek. Un Dec. 4, 1719, Stacy reconveyed the same 
premises to Edmund Beaks and wife Ann.— TF. J. /Jctrfs, BB, f£. 226, 22S. 
Edmund Beaks was a shopkeeper in Trenton in 1751; he sold a saw-mill 
to William Morris. He was still of Trenton in 17-55. — V. J. Archirvs, VII., 
637; XIX., 4S9. 

Nathan Beakes (son of William) was of Clies'ter township. Burlington 
county, in 1734, but in 1749 seems to have been of Philadelphia. — V". J. 
Archives, XI., 401; XII., 525. He married Lydia, daughter of Williaim (son 
of Griffith) and Hannah Morgan, and had one child, Morgan Beaks. — 
CIniicnf's First Iflcttlcrs of Ncnion, 2]2, 310, 311. 

Thomas Potts, the ancestor of that family in New Jersey and Pennsyl- 
vania, married Sa'rali Beakee, about I'M.—Coohy's Enrlij Settlers of 
Trenton and Ewing, 192. 

Stacy Beaks (probably a grandson of William Beaks) and Mary, his 
mother, sold a plot of land on Hanover sitreet. Tl-enton, for a parsonage 
for the Presbyterian church. May 3, 1162.— Hall's Ilisl. Pres. Church in 
Trenton, 176. 

Mary Trent, granddaughter of Chief Justice William Trent, of New 
Jersey, was born Dec. 3, 1762; she married Nathan Beakes (probably a 
son of Morgan Beakes), and had children: 1. Morgan, who m. Hannah, 
dau. of George Miller, of Trenton; 2. Lydia, m. Gen. Zachariah Rossell.— 
Vooieii. ut supra, 290. Mrs. Mary Trent Beakes died Dec. 20, 1S40, in 
Trenton, "the last person that had borne the name of Trent," said a 
local newspaper of the day. 



1 761] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 5 59 

New- York^ April 13. We hear that col. Peter Schuyler 
who has been for some Weeks past greatly indisposed 
here, and in the greatest danger, is by the Physicians, 
thought to be vastly l)etter. 

Custom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Brig- 
Friendship, Joshua Titcomb from Piscataway. Schooner 
William and Mary, Benjamin Underwood from Ditto. — 
The Pennsylvania Journal^ No. 958, April 16, 1761. 

PERTH AMBOY, APRIL lo 

Tuesday last the General Assembly of the Province 
of New-Jersey, waited on his Excellency the Governor, 
and presented to him the following Address, viz. 

To his Excclleney Thomas Boone, Esq, Captain General^ 
and Governor in Chief in and over his Majesty s Prov- 
ince of Ne^v Jersey., and Territories thereon depending 
in Anieriea., Chaneellor and Viee- Admiral in the same, 
&c. 

The Huml)le Address of the Representatives of the said 
Province, in General Assembly met. 

]\Iay it please your Excellency, 

We the Representatives of New-Jersey, in General 
Assembly conven'd, with the rest of his Majesty's duti- 
ful Subjects nearly affected by the Decease of our late 
gracious Sovereign, beg Leave to mention it with the 
sincerest Condolance. His distant Subjects felt the In- 
fluence of his Virtues. We gratefully commemorate his 
mild and benevolent Reign: And animated by the Pros- 
pect of the same being continued in his Royal House, 
most heartily congratulate his present Majesty's Acces- 
sion to the Throne of his Ancestors, "Whose acknowl- 
edged Virtues," as your Excellency justly remarks 



560 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1761 

"forbode lis Happiness, and liavc been received with uni- 
"versal Exultation of Joy and Gratitude." 

Though we differ in Opinion with your Excellency, 
that our "Taxes bear no Shadow of Proportion to the 
"augmented Prices of our Commodities." Yet as the 
Management and Success of the present War, afford the 
glorious Prospect of future Ease and Quiet, we do not 
repine; tho' our Debt is great, and we are exposed to 
extreme Difficulties respecting common Labour. Under 
these Considerations, we hope the additional Assistance 
we have now given to the common Cause, may yield full 
Satisfaction, and intitle us to the future Favour of his 
Majesty. 

By Order of the House, 

Samuel Nevill, Speaker. 

To which his Excellency was pleased to return the fol- 
lowing Answer. 
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of tJie House of Representa- 
tives, 

I Return y 021 many Thanks for your Address, and sin- 
ecrely zvish, that the Aid you have given, may be aeeepta- 
ble : To deserve Ids Majesty'' s Favour, Gentlemen, is the 
most eertain means of proeuring it. 

Thomas Boone. 

His Exeel/eney was then pleased to give his Assent to the 
following Bills, enaeting the same, vie. 

An Act for raising Six Hundred eft'ective Volunteers, 
Ofificers included, for his Majesty's Service, and making 
Provision for the same, and for other Purposes therein 
mentioned. 

An Act for obviating Doubts respecting the Acts of 
Assembly passed last Session, and for confirming the 
Proceedings of the Courts of Justice in this Province, 
since the Demise of his late !^Iajesty. 



I761] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 56 1 

An Act for the Relief of Francis Goelet,' and a Nat- 
uralization Act. 

After which his Excellency made the following Speech 

to the Council and House of Assembly. 
GcntU'iiwn of the Council, Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen 
of the General- Assembly. 
It would ha\'e given me great Pleasure, to have re- 
ported to his Majesty's Ministers, that you had fully 
complied with the King's Requisition and Expectations: 
What you have done, as it approaches so very near to 
what was required of you, will, I hope be of Service. I 
have done every Thing in my Power upon this Occasion 
that my Duty to the Crown requires; my Regard for 

iThe act recites: "Whereas Francis Gorhl, of the City of Perth Amhoy, 
hath, by 'his Petition, set forth, chat he is under unhappy circumstances, 
and by misfortunes, rendered incapable of discharging his Creditors just 
Demands: that he is possessed of sundry Bonds, and other Effects, to a 
considerable Value, which he is ready and very desirous of assigning 
and delivering up into the Hands of Trustees justly and fairly, for the 
Use of his Creditors, or such of them as shall apply for that Purpose, 
praving the Aid of the Legislature therein." The act then provides that 
he is to advertise in the W./o iork Gazette that he wants to compound 
with his creditors, vesting 'his estate for that purpose in certain trustees, 
namely, John Ogden, Andrew Smith, Samuel Kemble, William Bryant 
and James Neilson. For the benefit of his creditors beyond the sea, said 
trustees shall "use their utmost Endeavours to notify the foreign Cred- 
itors" of having Goelet's estate in their charge, and wait until May 1, 
lTii2, before giving notice in the New York and Pennsylvania Gazctt^ and 
.M'levrp when and Where Goelet's property will be sold for the benefit 
of such creditors as have handed in their claims; after which time no 
creditor who has not done so shall be entitled to receive anything. The 
eft'ects of Goelet are ndt to be taken out of this Province before sale, 
nor Goelet to be freed from arrest till surety be given. "Provided always. 
That in case it shall thereafter appear, that he the said Francis Goelet, 
on the Oath to be administered to him by the Trustees aforesaid, respect- 
ing his Estate delivered them, hath secreted any Part thereof, he shall 
not be intituled to any Relief by Viritue of this Act, and every Clause, 
Article and Thing therein contained, shall be void and of none Effect." 

The Lords of Trade advised the King to disapprove this Act. on these 
grounds: 1. "As this Act is in the nature of a Bankruptcy Act, with re- 
spedt to the Single Case of one particular person, it appears to LTs to be 
of an Unusual and extraordinary nature," and therefore should have 
contained a clause suspending its operation until His Majesty's pleasure 
should be known. 2. The provision for giving notice to foreign creditors 
is "altogether nugatory and ineffectual." -3. The ptmishme-nt for his 
concealing any part of his estate and effects is "much too light and 
trivial." — K. J. Arcliirrs, IX., 333-4. The Act was repealed January 14, 
17(12. Letters of administration were granted, iSept. 4. 1767. to Elizabeth 
Goelet, widcvw of Francis Goelet. late of the city of Perth Amboy. de- 
ceased. The inventory, signed by the widow, with Jona: Deare and John 
Griggs as appraisers, amounts to £137, 12s., 7d., all personal property, and 
mentions: 2 volumes of the "Universal Traveller," 15s.; 2 vo'lumes of 
Coettogon's Arts and Sciences, los. : Sir Phil. Sidney's Arcadia, 5s.; Doc- 
trine of Morality, 7s.; Netleton on Virtue and Comforts, poems. 2s.; 
Collincby's Memoirs, 4 vols., 4s.; 3 volumes of S'hakespeare. 4s.; 2 vol- 
umes Telemar'hus, 1 volume Seneca's Morals and Sermons, Geometrical 
History, Is.—E. J. Wills, Liber I, f. 152. 

36 



562 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1761 

you now prompts me to set your Conduct in as favour- 
able a Light as I can, consistent with the real Truth; and 
you will not do me Justice,' if you doubt my being at all 
Times solicitous for your Credit and Reputation. I shall 
now, Gentlemen, detain you no longer from your Do- 
mestick Concerns, but prorogue this Assembly to the 
4th Day of J\Iay next, then to meet at Burhngton. 
Perth- Aniboy^ THOMAS BoONE. 

April y^ 1 76 1. 

Neiv York, April 20. The Schooner Delight, Thomas 
Wallace, Master, from Soi.th-Carolina, for Philadelphia, 
run ashore the 8th Instant, in the Night, at Little Egg- 
Harbour; the Vessel and Cargo will be entirely lost, as 
the Men w^ent on shore, and left her to drive to Pieces: 
The Captain could not be found, neither will the Men 
give any Account of him. The Register of the Vessel 
was in Capt. Wallace's Name, though the People say one 
Burns was then Master. 

At a commodious House, pleasantly situated, near the 
Banks of the River Raritan in Bound-Brook, Province 
of East Neiv-Jcrscy, young Gentlemen are educated and 
boarded on reasonable Terms, by 

WILLIAM HADDON, 
Professor of ab, cb, kc. 

Nezu- York, April 20. 
We have advice from Roxbury, in Morris County, 
East New-Jersey, that in the Night of the 25th of March 
last, Mr. Constant King/ of that Place, Hatter had his 

1 Constant King was among the early setitlers of Morris county, from 
Southold, L. I. HiB wife was Phebe Horton. Tiieir children were: 
1. Joseph, b. Dec. 13. 1735; m. 1st, Prudence Howell, of Southaimpton; 
2d. Rhoda Carter, of Chatham, 176S; d. May 19, 1794; 2. Frederick, b. 
Oct. 6, 173S. at Southold; m. Mary Ayres, of Morris Plains, Nov. 23, 1762; 
d. April 4, 1796; he was the first postmaster at Morristown; 3. Caitharine, 
b. Feb. 15, 1740; m. William Walton, who was killed in the British attack 
on Charleston, S. C; she d. Oct. 4, 1805; 4. John, b. March 10, 1742; 5. 
George, b. Sept. 15, 1745; m. Esther Dickerson, Oct. 2, 1774; d. July 3, 
1780. — Registers First Church, Morristown, 127. He was a Judg'e of the 
Morris county common pleas, Feb. 15, 1771, and a Justice o'f the Peace in 
1776. 



1 761] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 563 

Dwelling House and Hatters Shop, in which was a con- 
siderable Quantity of Fur, new Hats, &c. entirely re- 
duced to Ashes by Accident. The major part of the Fam- 
ily had but just time to escape, with only such cloaths as 
they slept in; the wearing Apparel, Furniture, &c. being 
entirely consumed. The whole is valued at upwards of 
500 1. 

Custom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Sloop Abi- 
gail, Peter Groves from Salem. Sloop Speedwell, Fran- 
cis Rust from Piscataway. — The Pennsylvania Journal, 
No. 959, April 21, 1 76 1. 

The Legislature of New Jersey have passed an Act for 
raising Six Hundred effective V'olunteers, Officers in- 
cluded, for his ^lajesty's Service. 

Strayed or stolen from Isaac Andrews, living in Had- 

don field, on the 20th of March last, a likely dark roan 

Mare, about 14 Hands high, has a Star in her Forehead, 

and paces a good Travel. Whoever takes up and secures 

said Mare, and gives Notice thereof to Thomas Goodwin, 

living in Salem Town, West Jersey, shall be reasonably 

rewarded ])y said 

Thomas Goodwin. 

Run away from his Creditors one Samuel Beesley, a 
middle sized Man, wore his own short Hair, and has lost 
his upper fore Teeth: Had on when he went away, a 
light coloured Coat, black Cotton Velvet Waistcoat, and 
Snuff coloured Cotton Velvet Breeches. Fie sings a good 
Song, and commonly chearful in Company. Whoever 
takes him up, and secures him in any Goal, in New Jersey 
or Penns}'lvania, shall have Three Pounds Reward, upon 
Notice given to Robert Coombes, or John Thomson, 
])oth of Perth Amboy. 



564 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1761 

N. B. He was taken with two Writs on the First of 
this instant April, ])nt begged Leave to go to Salem, on 
Pretence that his Brother would pay the Money; but as 
soon as he got to his Brother's house, he made an Ex- 
cuse to go up Stairs to write, and immediately went off. 
— The Pennsylvania Ga::ette^ No. 1687, April 21, 1761. 

New-York, April zj. 

Thursday the i(5th inst. w-as sent in here by the priva- 
teer brig Mars, capt. ^M'Gillycudy, the snow Le Fortune, 
capt. Christ, taken the i6th of Alarch from the Grenadas, 
bound for A'larsellies in old France. Her cargo consists 
of sugar and coffee, and is estemed a valuable prize. 

When Capt. ]\rGillycudy took the above-mentioned 
Snow, he was but 24 Days from Sandy-Hook; and as he 
had Intelligence of Six other Vessels to sail soon from 
the Granadas, under Convoy of a Letter of Marque Ship 
of 24 Guns, he was determined to wait for their coming 
out, and try his Fortune with them. 

Custom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Sloop Rob- 
inhood, Adonijah Pike from Piscataw-ay. Schooner Rye, 
James Gillmore from Piscataway. Schooner Dolly, Isaac 
Rundel from Piscataway. Schooner Rollo, Benjamin 
Purvey from Ditto. 

Outwards. Schooner V.'illiam & Mary, B. L^nderwood 
for Piscataway. 

Cleared. Sloop Abigail, Peter Groves to Salem. — The 
Pennsylvania Jonrnal^ iVo. 960, April 10, 1761. 

RUN-away on Sunday Alorning the 26th of April 
last, from the Subscriber, (who lives at Alaid- 
en Head, New-Jersey) when at New^ Utrecht, 
on Long Island about Business, an Appren- 
tice Lad named James Nelson, born in Trentown, New- 




1 761] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 565 

Jersey, 19 years old, but small and short: Had on when 
he went away, a Bearskin Coat with white Mettal But- 
tons, a thickset snuff colour'd Jacket, Leather Breeches, 
a homespun Linnen Shirt, an old Castor Hat, a pair of 
grey Yarn Stockings and Pumps; and is a Shoemaker to 
Trade. Whoever takes up and secures the said Appren- 
tice Lad, and will return him to his Master, shall have 
Forty Shillings Reward, and all reasonable Charges paid, 
by 

Samuel Large. 

A few good Ditchers. 

ANTED for the ensuing season, and will find 
good encouragement, by applying to Cor- 
nelius Low at Rariton Landing, or to Lot 
& Low in New-York, who have imported in 
the last vessels from europe, a fresh assortment of goods 
to be sold on the most reasonable terms at their store 
in Smith-street, amongst which are Women's white cot- 
ton stockings, men's white silk, white and brown thread 
ditto, silk breeches patterns, silk caps, women's white 
and black silk mits, black worsted ditto. Irish camblets, 
tammies, calimancoes, poplins, missinets, silverets, bom- 
bazeens, cambricks, linnens, silk handkerchiefs, pewter 
quart and pint and 1-2 tea pots, basons, dishes, plates, 
checks, hollands, &c. I Have also to sell, best refined and 
l)loomery L^ON. — TJic Nc%v York Mercury^ May a^^ iy6i. 

Custom-House, Philadelphia, Outw-ards. Schooner 
Rye, James Gillmore for Piscataway. — T/ir Pennsylvania 
Journal^ No. 961, Alay 7, 176 1. 

Philadelphia, May 7. 
"The extraordinary Account of the Loss of the 
"Schooner Delight, John Byrne Master, at Egg Har- 



566 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1761 

"hour, was false in every Circumstance, except the Loss 
''of both Vessel and Carg-oe. The Person who brought 
"the Account first, was one of the Villains who plundered 
"that Vessel: In order to give some Colour of Justice 
"to their Proceedings, they alledged that she had been 
"run away with, and on this Pretence apprehended the 
"Captain for Piracy, and the Murder of Thomas Wallace 
"(the Owner) who they said was real Master, and had 
"been killed by the Mate, who, with the People's Con- 
"sent, assumed the Command. The Captain is now in 
"Philadelphia, with the Gentleman he was consigned to, 
"who desires this may be inserted, in Justice to him." 

The Transports, from Nciv York^ left Sandy Hook, on 
Snnday last. 

April 22, 1 76 1. 
Whereas sundry Notices and Advertisements have 
been given to all Persons indebted to the Estate of Rob- 
ert Hartshorne, Esq; late of the City of Burlington, de- 
ceased, upon Book, or for Bills of Cost and Attorney's 
Fees, to come in and settle and discharge the same, w4iich 
Notices have, in a Manner, been disregarded; this is 
therefore once more to request all Persons that are in- 
debted to said Estate as above to discharge and settle 
their Accounts with me. on or liefore the first Day of 
July next ensuing the Date hereof, or otherwise they may 
depend upon their Accounts being put into a Lawyer's 
Hands, for the immediate Recovery thereof. 

Hannah Hartshorne, Administratrix 
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1689, May 7, 
1 76 1. 

Neiv York. May 1 1 . Extract of a Letter from Eree- 
hold. Monmouth County. East New-Jersey, May i, 1761. 



1 761] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 567 

Samuel Coriias of Shrewsbury, is now in our Goal for 
killing his Wife with a Gun. — TJic Nciu York Mercury, 
May II, 1 76 1 . 

Notice is hereby given to Henry Streter, alias Baker 
(said to be living in Sussex County, New Jersey) who 
came into the Province from Germany in the Year 1744 
with his Father Hans Baker, and Sister Maria Catherina 
Baker, that his said Sister lives in Market-street, Phila- 
delphia, is married to Jacob Stuckke, Stocking Weaver, 
and would be glad to see him there, as she has long made 
Enquiry after him, but cannot find him. Any Person 
informing Henry Streter where his Sister may be found, 

will greatly oblige 

Maria Catherina Stuckke. 

Notice is hereby given, That whereas the Subscriber 
hitherto hath rode as Post, from Philadelphia to the sev- 
eral Stages in New Jersey, and delivered the News Let- 
ters thereat, directed to sundry Persons, who have not 
subscribed any Sum towards the Expence thereof: These 
are therefore to give Notice to those who have not sub- 
scribed, that their Papers will be discontinued for the 
future, unless they subscribe in three Weeks from this 
Date: and those who have subscribed, are desired imme- 
diately to pay, at the several Stages, where their Sub- 
scriptions were taken, in order to enable him to continue 
another Year; who is heartily willing to serve all Gentle- 
men, who will come, subscribe and pay quarterly. 

Joseph Redman. 

— The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 169O, May 14, 
1761. 

New York. May 1 1. 
Since our last, the Snow two Sisters, Capt. Pollard, of 
and from Liverpool, arrived here in 16 Weeks. The 



568 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1761 

25th of April, in Lat. 37.53. Lon. 69, he spoke with the 
Nancy, Capt. Hooker, from Saltertuda, of and from Pis- 
cataqna, who informed him that he and two other vessels, 
all belonging to Piscataway, had l)een taken by a Letter 
of Marque Ship bound from Cape Francois to ( )ld 
France; but that they were all ransomed. 

Custom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Schooner 
Matthew, Richard Kenny from Piscataway. 

Cleared. Schooner R3'e, J'^mcs Gillmore to Piscata- 
way. 

To BE Lett. 

The Fulling-Mill, Dye-House and Utensils, with a 
good Shop and Dwelling-House at Trenton Mills; in- 
quire of Robert Lettis Hooper, living on the Premises. 

Just PUBLISHED and to be SOLD by the PRINTER hereof, 
(Price Eight Pence.) 

A 

SERMON 

delivered at 

Nassau-Hall 

January 14, 176 1 

On the Death of 

His late Majesty 

KING GEORGE II. 

By Samuel Davies, A. M. 

Late President of the College of Nciv Jersey. — TJic 

Pciinsylvajiia Journal., No. 962, May 14, 1761. 

London, March 19. Josiah Hardy, Esq; brother to Sir 
Charles Hardy, Rear Admiral of the Blue, an eminent 
merchant of this city, is appointed Governor of New Jer- 
sey. — The Nczv York Mercury, May 18, 1761. 



1 761] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 569 

New-York, March i8. [May ?]. 
Extract of a Letter from Loudon, dated March 15, 1761. 
"There are within these 24 Hours great changes at 
Court; is is said many wiU kiss the King's Hand next 
Monday; the Chief are as fohows, Lord Bute to be Sec- 
retary of State, in the Room of Lord Holderness; Lord 
HaHfax to be Lord Lieutenant of Ireland; and Lord 
Sands, to be first Lord of the Board of Trade ; Lord Bar- 
rington, to be Chancellor of the Exchequer; Mr. Charles 
Townsend to be Secretary, of War; several Peers to be 
promoted in their Titles, and many to be advanced in the 
Treasury and Navy. Gen. Monckton, to be Governor of 
New York, Mr. Llardy, (Brother to Sir Charles) Gover- 
nor of New- Jersey; Mr. Boone Governor of South Caro- 
lina, and some other Governments to be filled up, &c. 

Custom-House, Philadelphia, Cleared. Schooner Mat- 
thew, Richard Kenny, to Piscataway. 

Just PUBLISHED and to be SOLD by the printer hereof 
[Price Six Pence.] 

A 

Valedictory Address 

TO 

The CANDIDA TES for the Degree of 

Bachelor of Arts, 

delivered in Nassau-Ha/l, 

September 21, 1760. 

The Sunday before the Cominoiceuient^ by 

Samuel Davies, A. M. 

late President of the College deceased. 

To be Sold by Stocker and Fuller, and to be seen 
at Mr. Daniel Cooper'' s Ferry, West New-Jersey, opposite 
the City of PhiladelpJiia, a Parcel of likely NEGROES. — 
TJie Pennsylvania Jonrnal^ No. 963, May 21, 1761. 



570 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1761 

New-York, May i8. 
Wednesday last his Majesty's Ship Greyhound, Cap- 
tain Francis, arrived at the Hook from South Carolina, 
from whence she was dispatched to General Amherst. 

Deserted from Lieutenant Jonathan Stout, of the 
New-Jersey Provincials, A certain William M'Guire, 
born in Pennsylvania, about 30 Years of Age, of a dark 
Complexion, five Feet five Inches high, bow legg'd. 
Whoever secures the said Deserter, and brings him to 
Colonel Flunt's, in Pennington, or to the said Lieuten- 
ant Stout's, near the Baptist Meeting, in Hopewell, shall 
have Five Pounds Reward, paid by me, 

Jonathan Stout. 

There is now in Burlington Goal a Negroe Man, taken 
up on Suspicion of being a Runaway, but will not tell his 
Name, nor that of his Master; he is about 25 Years of 
Age, and had on when committed, an old red Greatcoat, 
a blue Coat under it, and old Leather Breeches, all with 
Brass Buttons; and had with him a blue Coat with Hair 
Buttons on it; no Shirt nor Shoes, but a Pair of old Leg- 
gings; he has a Scar, like that of a Cut, over his Left-eye. 
His Master is desired to come and pay Charges, and take 
him away. 

Ephraim Phillips,^ Goaler. 
— The Pennsylvania Gazette^ No. 1691, May 21, 
1 76 1. 

Ne7v York, May 25. On Sunday the i6th returned 
from the Hook, Capt. Richard Milihan, of the Sloop 
, who on Thursday the 14th was under Sail out- 

iln a pe'tition to the Legislature, dated April 20, 1771, Ephraim Phillips 
states that he has been Goal-keeper for thirteen years past, and asks 
for an increase in his daily allowance of sixpence per day for provisions 
furnished criminals, &c.— JV. J. Hist. Soc. Proceedings, 2d Series, XIII., 74. 



1761] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 57 1 

ward bound from the Hook, when a sudden Storm arose 
h-om the East, which drove his Sloop and 7 or 8 Coast- 
ers ashore, some of which were wrecked. He had Hopes 
of getting- his Vessel off without much Damage. He ob- 
served the Fowey Man of War, and two Vessels with her 
in the Time of the Gale, but thinks they were so far ofif 
the Shore that they received no Damage. 

The Packet was got no farther than the Hook on 
Tuesday Evening, but no doubt sailed on Wednesday 
Morning, as the Wind was then fair. 

TO be sold at publick Auction at Elizabeth- 
Town, a neat Collection of Law Books, be- 
longing to the Estate of Ebenezer Bryant,^ 
late of Elizabeth-Town, deceased: They are 
a Set of the best modern Authors, most of them new, 
gilt and lettered, together with a few Articles of Eurni- 
ture, viz. Two Desks, one Paper Case, some Chairs, &c. 
The sale to begin the 17th of June next, at 2 o'Clock P. 
M. at the late Office of the deceased, in Elizabeth-Town. 
Also, to be sold at private sale, a commodious Earm at 
Raway, containing 205 Acres of Land, with a House, 
Barn and good Improvements, being well situated for 
Business on the Country Road. Enquire of William P. 
Smith, Executor to the said Estate at Elizabeth-Town. 
— The Nc7v York Mercury, May 25, 1761. 

New- York, May 25. 
The Weather on this Coast has been for some Time 
remarkably thick and hazy, and on Monday, off Cape 

1 Ebenezer Bryant was admitted to the New JexBey bar March 25, 
1758; dying- in 1761, he practiced but three years. He was a son of 
Captain William Bryant, of Perth Amboy, who died July 14, 1772, aged 
88 vears. who, says his tombstone in St. Peter's churchyard in that 
ancient city, "in 55 voyages in the merchant ser\nce between the ports 
of New York and I^ondon. approved himself a faithful and fortunate 
commander." The captain's daughter Mary married William Peartree 
Smith, a distinguisTied lawyer of New Yoirk, afterwards of Elizabeth. 
It would seem probable that young Bryant studied law with his brother- 
in-law, who was executor of his estate. 



572 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1761 

May, in about 12 Fathom Water, Captain Hoyt [Sloop 
Dolphin from New Providence] saw a Top Mast with 
some Rigging on it, and sundry broken Pieces of Trunks 
&c, and he took u]) a Cask of Currants, which had not 
been long in the Water, being not much damaged, 
mark'd S. (t. on the Plead; he saw no Vessels on the 
Coast. 

Philadelphia, May 28. 
On Saturday last the pul)lic Commencement was held 
in the College of this City, before a vast Concourse of 
People of all Ranks. Besides the usual Exercises (which 
gave great Satisfaction to the Audience) there was per- 
formed in the Forenoon, an elegant Anihcm, comjiosed 
by James Lyons, A. M. of New-Jersey College; and, in 
the Afternoon, an Ode, sacred to the Memory of our late 
gracious Sovereign George II written and set to Music, 
in a very grand and masterly Taste, by Francls Hopkin- 
SON,'Esq; A. M. of the College of this City. A Sett of 
Ladies and Gentlemen, in order to do Honour to the 
Entertainment of the Day, were kindly pleased to per- 
form a Part both of the AiitJicni and Odc^ accompanied 
by the Organ, which made the Music a \'ery compleat 
and agreeable Entertainment to all present. 

Philadelphia, April 23, 1761. 
Public Notice is hereby given, that the Sale, by way 
of Auction or public Vendue, as ordered by Act of Par- 
liament of the Estate of the Pennsylvania Land Company 
in London, will begin .... on the 23d Day of 
October next ; at which Time and Place, at Eight o'Clock 
in the Morning, will be exposed to Sale, to the highest 
Bidders, The following Tracts of Land, in the Province 
of West New-Jersey, viz ' 

iFor a sketch of Francis Hopkinson, see N. J. Archives, X., 42C-S, note. 
2 As on page 553, ante. 



1 761] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 573 

N. B. The Advertisement of April 9, of the Sale of 
the London Company's Estate being inserted only in 
the Supplement to the Pennsylvania Gazette, it was 
afterwards apprehended that it might admit of a Dispute, 
whether the Supplement would fully answer the Purpose, 
as the Act required it should be inserted in the Gazette 
aforesaid; therefore to remove all Objections, it was 
thought best to have it inserted anew in the Gazette it- 
self, which, of Course, makes an Alteration in the Days 
of Sale; and it was also since thought proper to endeav- 
our to finish the Sales of the whole Interest this Fall, 
which, the Public may perceive by the above Advertise- 
ment, is intended to be done in November next. 

By Virtue of his IMajesty's AVrit to me directed, will 
be exposed to publick Sale, on the Premises, on the Fifth 
Day of June next, about i o'Clock in the Afternoon, A 
valualjJe Tract of Pine Land, situate in the Township of 
Greenwich, in the County of Gloucester, containing by 
Survey 1068 Acres of good Pine Land, on which has been 
a Saw-Mill, on a constant Stream of Water, about four 
Miles from a Landing, the Property of William Gerrard, 
and subject to a ^lortgage to the Estate of Isaac Stev- 
ens, deceased. Taken in Execution at the Suit of Charles 
\\'est, by 

Thomas Denny, Sheriff. 

Just imported from Barbadoes, in the Ship A\'illiam and 
Mary, George Nicholson, Master, and now lodged at Mr. 
Daniel Cooper's Ferry, on the Jersey Shore, 

A Negroe Man, and two New^ Negroe Boys, who are 
to be sold by Willing, Morris and Company. The 
Purchaser to pay the Duty lately imposed by Act of As- 
semblv, if brou^-ht into this Province. 




574 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1761 

Said Willing;, Morris and Company, have also for 
Sale, Madeira, and an Assortment of other Wines, Rum 
and Sugar &c. — The Pciiiisyivaiiia Garjcttc, No. 1692, 
May 28, 1 76 1. 

By his Excellency Thomas Boone, Esq. Governor and 
Commander in Chief of the Province of N. Jersey, &c. 

HEREAS a Report has prevailed, that the 
New-Jersey Levies were intended to be sent 
to the West-Indies, which has been assigned 
to me by many Officers as a Reason for the 
Backwardness of their Levies; and as a few able bodied 
Volunteers are still wanted to compleat the Regiment, 
I have thought proper to give this Notice, that our 
Troops are on the Point of embarking for Albany, agree- 
able to the Directions of His Excellency General Am- 
herst, nor do I know' of any other Destination. Given 
under my Hand and Seal at Arms, this 30th Day of 
May, 1 76 1. 

Thomas Boone. 

— TJic Nezv York ]\Icr en ry^ June 1, 1761. 

New-York, June i. 

We hear from New-Jersey, that notwithstanding the 
Bounty for Volunteers is something less than it has been 
for tw'O or three Years past, and the Scarcity of Men 
there, the number agreed on by that Go\'ernment will 
probably be raised; for, by the indefatigable Industry of 
the Officers concerned therein, their new Levies are very 
near compleated. — The Pennsyhania Gazette, No. 1693, 
June 4 1 76 1. 

Whereas Elizabeth Crib, who served her time with 
Benjamin Lownes in Spring-field Chester county, and 



I761] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 575 

left that about 4 years ago, since which her friends have 
heard nothing of her, this is to desire the said EHzabeth 
Crib, to send an account to her friends where she is, or 
where she may be heard of, or come to John Smiths near 
Bachelors Hall, where she will hear of her Mother which 
she has heard was dead, or if she applys to Mr. James 
Parker at Woodbridge, she will there also have an ac- 
count of her mother. 

Ne\v-York, June i. 

Thursday Night last three Vessels with King's Stores 
on board arrived at Sandy Hook, in 16 days from Hali- 
fax: They came out with two others under Convoy of 
his ]\Iajesty's ship the Penzance of 44 Guns, John Boyd, 
Esq; Commander. Major Merry now of Montgomery's 
Regiment, came Passenger in one of the above Vessels, 
and we hear he soon sets out for his Regiment that lately 
sailed from hence for the West Indies. — TJic Pciuisylva- 
nia Journal^ No. g6^^ June 4, 1761. 

Custom-House, Philadelphia. Entered In. Brig Fair 
Lydia, Edmund Harriman from Piscataway, 

The Method of disposing of landed Estates by way of 
Lottery, having been in practice in most Countries time 
out of mind; and as no Lotteries have been more com- 
mon m America, in particular, it is presumed the follow- 
ing Scheme for disposing of 46 Acres of Excellent 
Meadow ground, situated on the South West End of 
Petty s Island, nearly opposite the City of Philadelphia, 
lieing the present Property of Alexaude)- Alexander , will 
b-c equally acceptable to the Publick with any Lottery 



576. NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1761 

yet set on foot on the Continent: .... And it is 
well known, that no tract can l)e more pleasant or better 
sitnated for a Country Seat than Petty s Island; from 
every part of which there is a most delightful Prospect 
up and down the River Delaware; oi all outward and in- 
ward bound shipping; of the Jersey and Pennsylvania 
Shoars, and a full View of the City of PhiladelpJiia. . . . 
— The Pennsylvania Jour)ial^ No. ^66., Jnne 11, 1761. 

Just published -At VVoodbridge, in New-Jersey, and to 
be sold at the New Printing Office, in Philadelphia 
[Price 4d]. 

An Oration pronounced at Nassau Hall, January 
14, 1 76 1, on Occasion of tlie Death of His late 
Majesty King George H. By Samuel Blair, A. 
1^., and one of the Students of the College of New-Jer- 
sey. Now published at the particular Desire of some 
of the Auditors. 

Whereas, by Virtue of an Act of the Legislature of 
the Pro\'ince of New-Jersey, a Lottery was erected in 
the Year 1759, for raising the Sum of Six Hundred 
Pounds, towards repaying a Sum of ^loney advanced by 
that Go\-ernment for purchasing the Claims of Lidians 
to Lands therein; which Lottery was to have been drawn 
in October 1759; but a sufficient Number of Tickets not 
being disposed of, together with the Death of one of the 
Managers, the said Lottery then dropped; whereupon 
the General .\ssembly of the said Province have thought 
fit again to pass an Act for a new Lottery, wherein all 
the Adventurers in the first were to be intitled to the 
same Chance they were to have had in that; of which 
the following is the Scheme, viz. 



1 761] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 577 



Numl 


)er 




Value in 








of Prizes 




Pieces of Eight 




Total Value. 


2 




of 


800 




are 


1600 


2 




of 


400 




are 


800 


2 




of 


200 




are 


400 


6 




of 


100 




are 


600 


8 




of 


50 




are 


400 


10 




of 


40 




are 


400 


20 




of 


30 




are 


600 


30 




of 


20 




are 


600 


50 




of 


12 




are 


600 


610 


of 
Prizes 


8 




are 


4880 


740 


10840 


2460 


Blank 


s 


15 per Cent 


deducted 


1910 



3200 Tickets at Four Dollars each, 12800 

The Prizes to be intire, as the Fifteen per Cent, is to 
be first deducted out of the whole Sum. In the above 
Scheme there are not quite three and a half Blanks to a 
Prize; and when it is rightly considered how much Chris- 
tian Blood this Purchase probably saved, as the Mas- 
sacres so fre([uent till that Time, on the Frontiers of New 
York, Pennsylvania, and that Government sufiiciently 
testify, and which, after that Purchase, entirely ceased, 
the Indians having made the Want of it their chief Plea 
for those Hostilities; it is to be hoped those Govern- 
ments, as well as New-Jersey, will cheerfully become Ad- 
venturers in this Lottery, and especially as it is the first 
erected there by publick Authority. The Drawing, by 
Law is not to exceed the End of October next ; but the 
Managers propose drawing the first Day of August next, 
if it can be filled by that Time, and many of the Tickets 
are already disposed of. The fortunate Numbers to be 
printed in the Pennsylvania Gazette, and Parker's New- 

37 



578 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1761 

York Gazette. Tickets are now disposing of by the 
Managers, Joseph Hollingshead, Esq; at Burlington, 
Moore Furman, Esq; at Trenton, Hendrick Eisher, Esq; 
at Somerset, and James Parker, at Woodbridge (who 
have given Bond, and are under Oath for the faitliful Dis- 
charge of their Trust) at Four Dollars each. 

N. B. Any Person in New-York, or elsewhere, upon 
sending a Letter, with the Money, to said James Parker, 
shall have a Ticket or Tickets sent them without Charge. 

To be Sold 
A Farm on the North Branch of Rariton River, in 
East Jersey, (being near a good Mill) containing 109 
Acres of good Land, well watered and timbered; on which 
is an Orchard of 300 Apple Trees, and several other 
Kinds of Fruit Trees; and a Meadow which has produced 
20 Loads of Hay within a Season; also a large new- 
Dwelling-house, two Stories high, pleasantly situated 
thereon. Any Person inclining to purchase, may apply 
to Joseph Sackett, Merchant, in New York or to Doctor 
Joseph Sackett, jun/ living on the Premises. 

New-York, June 4. 
We hear from New-Jersey, that the Rev. Mr. James 
Finley is chosen President of the College at Prince- 
Town. 

Came to Greenwich-Point Ferry, opposite Glouces- 
ter, last August, A black Horse, about 13 Hands high, 

1 This family of Sacketts descended from Simon Sackett, who. about 
1628-29, came from the isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, and settled 
at Camibridge, Mass., where he died in 1G35. His grandson, Joseiph Sack- 
ett, born at Springfield, Mass., Feb. 23, 165i3, was brought by his maternal 
grandfather, Williaim Bloomlield, to Newtown, L. I., in 1662. where he 
died in 1719. His grandson, Joseph Sackett, was a merchant in New 
York for Bome years, subsequently removing to Orange county, where 
he held a large tract of land. His son Joseph was born Feb. i6. 1733-4, 
became a physiician, and practiced in Newtown, L. I., before the Revolu- 
tion. From the above advertisement it would seem that he was practic- 
ing in Somerset county in 1761. During the Revolution, it is said that 
he lived at Paramus, N. J. He died in New York, July 27, 1799.— JJjfcw's 
Newtown, 344-7. 



1761] np:wspai>p:r extracts. 579 

shod before when he first came, a small Star in his Fore- 
head, his near hind Feet white, no Brand nor Farmark 
that can be seen. The Owner is desired to come and 
])rove his Property, pay Charges, and take him away, or 
he will l^e sold in 30 Days from the Date hereof, at public 
Vendue, to pay Charges. 

June II, 1761. Richard Renshaw. 

Strayed or stolen, the 19th of May instant, from Ed- 
ward Brooks, Merchant, in Bordentown, Burlington 
County, a lightish roan Mare, l)ut when her old Coat is 
o^ will appear more darkish, with a little Cast on the red 
Roan, has a brown Nose, about 14 Hands high, between 
four and five Years old, a natural Pacer, shod before, 
ne\'er been trinnned about the Footlocks, her A fane and 
Tail well grown when stolen, the Outside of her Tail, 
close to her Buttock is more on a lightish grey than the 
rest of it, has a black Spot on each Shoulder, occasioned 
i)y the Collar, paces fast, and easy Travel, and of good 
Courage, her ]\Iane hangs on the off Side, and has been 
lately trimmed on the Foretop. Whoever takes up said 
Mare, and brings her to the Owner in Bordentown, or to 
Abraham Carlile, House-carpenter, in Philadelphia, shall 
have Forty Shillings Reward, and reasonable Charges, 

paid by 

Edward Brooks 

— T//C- Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1694, June 11, 
I 761. 

To be Sold, l\v 

Isaiah Younglove^ 

Li\ing on the Premises, in the Tow'u of Roxbury, in 

Alorris County, in New-Jersey, 

lYounglove is an unusual name in Morris county. Israel (perhaps an 
error for Isaiah) Younglove is menitioned •among' the common pleas judges 
in ITCO. Ezekiel Younglove, of Reddis Town, married Mary I^yon, May 
16, 174U, and on presenting his child. Dorcas, for baptism, in the Morris- 
toAvn church, Sept. 27, 1747, renewed 'his covenant as a member of the 
church. 



58o NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1761 

A Good Plantation, well watered and timbered, con- 
taining abont 160 acres of Land; and by estimation 
abont 62 acres of plow land is cleared, and in good fence, 
and about 8 acres of good meadow, well cleared and 
fenced on the same, with two bearing orchards, and a 
large dwelling house, with two cellars under the same, 
and other out buildings, besides a good barn. Also on 
the same a grist mill, now in good repair for country 
work, and with a small expence may be fitted for mer- 
chant Work, it having a good stone dam, with a very 
[good] public over said dam, and in a place where two 
ways meet, very fit for public business; said mill is on a 
good stream, well known by the name of Black River. 
Whoever inclines to purchase the same may apply to said 
Isaiah Younglove, who will agree at a moderate price 
and give a good title for the same. 

To be Sold. 
A Neat Farm in Elizabeth-Town, in New-Jersey, near 
Samuel Woodruff, Esquire's, containing upwards of 20 
Acres of Land, of which 5 Acres are Wood Land, with 
a good House, Barn, and three Orchards on the same. 
Also, four Acres of Salt Meadow, lying within 3 Quarters 
of a Mile of said Farm. For further Particulars enquire 
of Sylvester Cole, on the Premises, or of Jacob De Hart, 
Esq; in Elizabeth-Town aforesaid, by whom an indis- 
putable Title will be given; the Money is not at present 
wanting, therefore good Security will be taken. 

St. James's April 14, 1761, 

His Majesty was this Day pleased to appoint the fol- 
lowing New Governors and other O facers, in several of 
His Majesty's Plantations in America, viz. 

Robert Monckton, Esq. Governor of New-York 



1 761] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 58 1 

Cadwallader Golden, Esq. Lieutenant-Governor 
Benjamin Pratt, Esq. Chief Justice 
South Carolina, Thomas Boone, Esq., Governor 
Nova Scotia, Henry Ellis, Esq., Governor 
Jonathan Belcher, Esq., Lieutenant-Governor 
New-Jersey. Josiah Hardy, Esq., Governor 
— TJie Neiv York Mercury^ June 15, 1761. 

New-York, June 15. 
The six Companies of the New-Jersey Regiment em- 
barked the End of last Week, on board proper Vessels, 
and have since passed by this City, in their Way to Al- 
bany: It is said they are generally near compleat. 

To be Sold 
A VERY commodious handsome Brick House, pleas- 
antly situated in the City of Burlington, containing 32 
Feet Front on Pearl-street, and 30 Feet Deep; the chief 
Rooms furnished with Tile Chimneys and Marble 
Hearths; a large convenient Kitchen; a pleasant Piazza, 
with a Pump of good Water in it; also a Garden adjoin- 
ing, containing a Variety of Grape Vines, Pears and 
other Fruit, &c. For further Particulars, enquire of Ann 
Shaw, at the upper End of Market-street, Philadelphia, 
or Samuel Shaw near Chester, or of Samuel Shaw, jun. 
in Philadelphia. 

Whereas a certain Abraham Freehold, alias William 
Roaney, did, on Monday, the 8th Inst, inlist as a private 
Soldier with Col. Samuel Hunt, of the New- Jersey Regi- 
ment, but pretending to have a Wife and Family near 
the Sign of the Buck, in Bucks County, hired a Horse, 
Bridle and Saddle of Benjamin Ketchem, living in Hope- 
well, with Intent to take Leave of his said Family; but, 
upon Enquiry, it appears he was an Imposter, having no 



5cS2 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1761 

Family near that Place: He is of a pretty short stature, 
has black Hair, one Shoulder a])pears to be a little higher 
than the other, having been broke: He is an Irishman, 
and may be about 25 Years of Age: He has often 
changed his Name, and was punished as a Deserter from 
the Pennsylvania Forces in the Year 1756, The Horse 
he is gone ofif with is about 14 Hands and an Half high, 
6 Years old, a dark sorrel; is bald faced, and is a natural 
Pacer. He was seen last Monday night in Philadelphia. 
Whoever apprehends said Deserter, and secures him in 
any Goal, shall receive Five Pounds Reward; and if the 
Horse is secured also, so that the Owner may have him 
again. Nine Pounds Reward, and all reasonable Charges, 
paid by CoL. Hunt, and Benjamin Ketchem. — Tlie 
Pennsylvania Gazette, No. i6g<,, June 18, 1761. 

To be sold or lett, by Augustine Hicks, a plantation 
lying on Delaware, opposite Marcus-PIook, containing 
312 acres of land and marsh, 100 acres of marsh bank'd 
in with about sixty rod of Bank, and 20 acre of said marsh 
cleared and in good grass, a good house and barn, and a 
very good orchard. Whoever inclines to hire or i^ur- 
chase, may know the terms of the subscriber, now living 
on the premises. 

Just published, and ready to be delivered to the Sul)- 
scribers, by Mr. Andrew Stewart, at the Corner of 
Black-Horse-Alley, in Second street Philadelphia. 
A Treatlse of SUBTENTIAL PLAIN TRIGONO- 
METRY, applied to Navigation and Surveying. 

I. Is given, A Demonstration of the Grounds of the 
Method. 2 The Structure of the Sliding Rule, and the 
Numeration of its Lines. 3. Plain Trigonometry, Rect- 
angular and ()l)li(|ue. 4. The common Cases in Naviga- 



I761] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 583 

tion wrought by the SHcling Rule, and also by Arith- 
metic, in a very concise Manner, with very few Figures. 
I have set many Examples for casting up the Content of 
Land by this excellent Method, from the Field Account, 
without Plotting. By this Method the content will be 
as true, as the Lines are measured, and the Angles taken. 
7 Mensuration of Masons work, both by Pen and Sliding 
Rule, by a concise new method. 8 a Solution of Roto; 
or Arristotle's Wheel. 9. A brief Discourse on Gravity, 
shewing the Authors Opinion of the Cause of that 
Power, and proving it not to be from the Influence of 
Bodies on the AEther, as set forth by some late Authors. 
The whole very concise, and delineated on 7 Copper- 
plates, by Thomas x\bel. 

N. B. The Subscribers at Newark, New Barbados 
Neck, and Second River, in New Jersey, are desired to 
send to New York for their Books, when they see them 
advertised in the New-York Papers; and those at Perth 
Amboy, and at and near Woodbridge, to receive theirs 
at James Parker's in Woodbridge. 

There are a few Books more than is subscribed for, to 
be disposed of by said Stewart; some in half binding at 
a Dollar, and some stitched in Paper, at Seven Shillings 
each Book. — JVu^ Pennsylvania Jo7irnal^ No. 967, June 
18, 1761. 

New -York, June 22. 

Last Sunday Week sailed from the Hook, on a Cruize, 
his Majesty's Ship Penzance, Capt. Boyd: We hear she 
is to return to this Port again in August. — T/ic Peniisyl- 
vania Journal., No. (^6'^, Jitnc 2^, 1761. 

To be Sold 
A Tract of very good Woodland, containing about 
180 Acres, situate in the Township and County of Glou- 



584 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1761 

cester, in the Province of New-Jersey, upwards of 30 
Acres whereof is good White-oak Swamp, and when 
cleared will make excellent Meadow. It is very suitable 
for a Settlement, and convenient for disposing of the 
Timber, as it lies on a public Road, within two Miles of 
a commodious Landing on Great Timber Creek, from 
whence Logs, Cordwood &c may be readily transported 
to Market, it being but 15 Miles by Water to Philadel- 
phia. Any Person inclining to purchase, may view the 
same, be informed of the Title and know the Terms of 
Sale (which will be easy for the Purchaser) by applying to 
the Subscriber, near the Premises. 

Samuel Blackwood. 
— TJic Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1696, Ju)ic 25, 
1 76 1. 

Run away from the Subscriber, living in Cuml3erland 
County, West-New-Jersey, One John Morrison, a short, 
thick, well-set Fellow, about 30 Years of Age: Had on 
when he went away. An old light colour'd Waistcoat, an 
old Hat, but neither Shoe or Stocking. It is thought he 
will make towards Bucks County, as it is reported he has 
a Wife and Family there. Whoever takes up and secures 
said Morrison, so that the Subscriber may have him 
again, shall have Forty Shillings Reward, paid l)y 

June 26, 1 76 1 Jonathan Strathem 

N. B. He was bought out of Philadelphia Jail this 
Day. — The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1697, Jnly 2, 
1 76 1. 

New-York, Jnne 29. 

Since the Caution given in this Gazette of the 8th In- 
stant, about the New-Jersey Six Pound Bills, dated April 
10, 1755; and that in our last Monday's, about 10 Pound 
Bills passing among us; there have been discovered 



1761] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 585 

false Jersey Bills of other Denominations, bearing dif- 
ferent Dates, viz. 

Twelve Shilling- Bills, made out of One Shilling ditto, 
dated April 12, 1760. 

Three Pound Bills made out of Three Shilling ditto, 
dated June 14, 1757; and it is thought there are num- 
bers of the like dispersed abroad. 

The New-York false Ten Pound Bills, also appear to 
be of various Dates; and are all altered after the same 
Manner as described in our last, by having the proper 
Words, Figures and Devices rased out, and others pasted 
on in Lieu thereof: The same has been done on both 
Sides, with Regard to the Jersey Bills. 

Some of the New- York Bills, that are rendered false, 
are printed on thin, others on thick. Paper: . . . To 
discover those of the First, hold it against the Light, 
when the Falshood will appear very perceptible: To dis- 
cover those of the latter, bend the Bill back direct across 
the Word Ten, and the Letters will instantly scale off 
more or less at Top and Bottom; as will also all the other 
Alterations. . . . The like is to be observed with 
the Jersey Bills. 

It appears that there have been five or six Men con- 
cerned in this very base and villainous Affair; . 
Three of whom were committed on Tuesday last to Goal, 
on Suspicion of altering and uttering the Bills, viz. 
Achelles Letvis, (Tavern-keeper, near the White-hall,) 
who made a very large Confession of the Fact soon after 
he was detected in uttering them. . . . IcJiabnd 
Higgins^ and RicJiiu'd Cooly. . . . On the Confes- 
sion of Li'zc'ts, one /o/in Higgijis, brother to Ichabiid 2i\i- 
pearcd to be concerned, and that he was gone towards 
Philadelphia. . . . Warrants being immediately is- 
sued, he was apprehended on Wednesday last, on his Re- 



5cS6 NEW JKKSKY COI.ONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1761 

turn to New York, between Bordentown and Am1)oy- 
Ferry ; carried to Amboy Goal, fetter'd there for a Night, 
and was brought handcuffed last Friday to this City, is 
now lodged separate from his Accomplices in the New 
Goal, and there is no doubt made but that they will meet 
with the Reward due to their Demerits. 

It is said that John Higgins^ when taken, had a large 
Sum of Half Johannas's about him, which he hath gath- 
ered ])y changing the false Money thro' the Jerseys and 
Pennsx'h'anias. 

The following Captains were taken and carried in Mar- 
tinico, from the 20th of March to the 15th of May, viz. 

From Piscataway, Captains Pickering, Rust, Meserve, 
Sherburn, Purcell, Meade, Clark, Warner, Hixon, Baker, 
and Seaward. From the same Port Capt. Langdon taken 
but cast away on Burbuda; and Capts. Warner and Mar- 
tin taken but retaken 

Custom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Sloop Wil- 
liam and George, G. M'Lellan, from Piscataway. Schoon- 
er Resolution, Thomas Dallin from Piscataway. 

Outw^ards. Schooner Resolution, Thomas Bailing for 
Piscataway. — The Pennsylvania Journal^ No. g6g, July 
2, 1 76 1. 

BY Virtue of a Writ of Fieri Facias to me Directed, 
will be exposed topublick Sale on the Premises, on Mon- 
day the 27th Day of Jjily Inst, at one o'Clock of the 
same Day, two Lots of Land, situate and being at a Place 
called the Ship-Yard^ in the City of AVzc/-Brunswick, in 
the County of Middlesex, the one 80 Feet in breadth, and 
200 Feet in length to Low-Water Mark, on which is a 
good House, two Story high; the other Lot directly op- 



1 761] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 587 

posite, late the Estate of JVi/Z/a/j/ B/<rn/, Ship Carpenter, 
deceased, and taken in Execution at tlie Suit of Ricliard 
Gibb^ by me 

Samuel Throckmorton, Sheriff. 

— The Nciv York Mercury, July 6, 1761. 

New-York, July 6. 

Tuesday evening- last, Capt. Basset arrived here from 
Jamaica, in 21 days 

Last monday off Sandy-Hook, Capt. Basset was 
chased l)y a ship, which he imagined wanted to speak with 
him, but as soon as the Pilot stood out to meet her, she 
backed and put out to sea directly. Next day the same 
ship appeared off the Hook, and gave chace to the ship 
Grace, Capt. Chambers, and Capt. Sheldon, both outward 
bound. 

The same ship was again seen off the Hook on Wed- 
nesday, and 'tis supposed is an enemy. 

Custom-House, Philadelphia, Cleared. Schooner 
Resolution, Thomas Bailing, to Piscataway. — TJic Peiiu- 
syhaiiia Jour)ial, No. 970, y///)' 9, 1761. 

Scheme of a Lottery. 
By Jlrtuc of au Act of the Colouy of New York made 
and passed the \gth Day f/ May, 1761, for raising the 
Sum of 3000 Pounds to be employed for and tozvards pur- 
cliasijig so much of S'Awdy-Wook as shall be necessary, and 
thereon to erect a proper LiGHT HOUSE.^ The said Lot- 
tery to consist of 10,000 Tickets, at Forty Shillings each, 
tvhereof 1684 are to be Fortunate, from zvhich 15 per cent 
is to be Deducted. 



1 For notes in relation to the establisliment of beacons and other lights 
at Sandy Hook, see Proceedings N. J. Historical Society, Second Series, 
XIII., 13, 72-73. 



f. 


Vain. 


c of each. 




Total Value. 


of 


£\ 


[OOO 


arc 


i^2000 


of 




500 


arc 


2000 


of 




200 


are 


1600 


of 




100 


are 


1000 


of 




50 


are 


I 500 


of 




20 


are 


1000 


of 




15 


are 


1500 


of 




10 


are 


4000 


of 




5 


are 


5400 



588 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1761 

Number of Prizes. 
2 

4 
8 

10 

30 

50 

100 

400 

1090 

1684 Prizes ) . , . r 

^ „, , \ IS 10,000, at \os. each is £20,000 
8316 Blanks ) 

The Drawing to conunence on the 2d Day of November 
next or sooner if sooner full, at the City Hall in New 
York, under the inspection of the Corporation and t7vo 
Justices of the Peace, or other respectable Freeholders of 
every county, zvJio are impowered to inspect every Transac- 
tion of said Lottery. Tickets are to be had at the Dwell- 
ing Houses, of Anthony Ten Eyck, Theodorus Van 
Wyck, Abraham Lott, jun. and Dirck Brinckerhoff, 7i'ho 
are appointed Managers., and sworn faithfully to execute 
the trust reposed in them. 

Tickets in the above Lottery may be had of William 
Bradford at the London Coffee House in Philadelphia/ — - 
The PennsylvaJiia Journal., No. 970, July 9, 1761. 

Neiv-York, July \i. Saturday the 4th Instant, the 
General Assembly of the Province of New-Jersey, met at 

iThe above advertisement of the Lottery to purchase part of Samlv 
Hook, appeared in the A'. 1". Mercury, July 6, 1761. After the words "und 
sironi faithfuUij to (xatttc the Trust reposed in them," the following is add- 
ed in the same paragraph ^without the last paragraph, "Tickets iii 
the above Lottery may be had of W^n. Bradford"): 

"Timely notice will be given of the putting the Tickets in the Boxes, 
and as soon as the drawnig is finished and Books settled, the fortunare 
Tickets will be published in this paper, and the monies paid to the Pos- 
sessors thereof. As the PuDiic must be convinc'd of the Utility of a 
Light-House upon Sandy Hook, it is hoped that all who have the safety 
of Navigation at Heart, on the which [sic] the prosperity of this Pro"- 
vince greatly depends, will become chearful Adventurers "to promote tO 
laudable an Undertaking." 



1 761] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 589 

Burlington, and are now sitting for the Dispatch of Busi- 
ness. — The Nczv York Mercury, July 13, 1761. 

New- York, July 9. We have Advice from several Parts 
of East-New-Jersey, that the late hot Weather had much 
blasted many Fields of Wheat, to the great Disappoint- 
ment of the poor Farmer's Hopes. 

July 13. The Ship we mentioned in our last, to have 
chased the Captains Chambers and Sheldon off Sandy- 
Hook, and supposed an Enemy, was his Majesty's Ship 
the Penzance, Captain Doake. — T he Pennsylvania Ga- 
zette, No. i6gg, July 16, 1761. 

Gloucester County, July 13, 1761. 
Lost, on the 28th Day of June last, on the Road be- 
twixt Spicer's Ferry and Daniel Cooper's Ferry, in said 
County, an old Leather Pocket-book, with a Hole 
through the Back of it. There was in said Pocket-book 
two Pennsylvania Bills of Credit, of the Value of Five 
Pounds each, and one Jersey Bill of Credit, of the Value 
of Six Pounds. Also a small Piece of Calicoe, purple and 
white, and a Paper stuck with Needles. Any Person hav- 
ing found said Pocket-book, with the Money and Partic- 
ulars aforementioned, and will deliver the same, or the 
Money itself to the Subscriber, living at Samuel Spicer's, 
near Spicer's Ferry aforesaid, or giving her such Intelli- 
gence, so that she may recover the same, without any 
further Cost, shall receive Forty Shillings Reward from 

Ehsabeth Jones 

Burlington, July 9, 1761. 

To be Lett, by the Subscriber, living in this City, an 

old accustomed Bake-house, with all Utensils convenient 

for following the Loaf Bread Business. Likewise to be 

sold, in the said City, Two Lots of Land, bounded by 



590 NKW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [ 1 7^ 1 

Pearl-Street, and runnini;- from Pearl-street to Low-water 
Mark. For further Particulars, encjuire of 

Thomas Robinson. 

N. B. Said Robinson still continues to follow his 
Business of Stay-making in the said City as usual ; where 
all those that are pleased to favor him with their Business, 
may depend on being served with Care and Dispatch, 

Fort Pitt, June 24, 1760 [1761]. 
Deserted from this Garrison, Samuel Pellton, Ser- 
jeant of Captain Paul Dehaus's Company of the Penn- 
sylvania Forces about five Feet seven Inches high, a 
round Face, disfigured about his Nose and Mouth with 
the Small-pox, curled brown Hair, betw^een 25 and 28 
Years of Age: Had on and took with him his Regimental 
Clothes, red Calimancoe Breeches, and a Pair of Leather 
Breeches, and some other Clothes not remembered; he 
was born in the Jerseys, and had a Silver Watch, with a 
single steel Chain. Also Richard Worren, Cor]>oral of 
Capt. Samuel Neilson's Company of said Troops, about 
five Feet three or four Inches high, about 22 or 23 Years 
of Age, born in the North of Ireland, speaks good Eng- 
lish, has a smooth face, and is a great Gamester at Cards: 
Plad on blue Regimental Clothes, and had a Highland 
Plad Kealt, w'hich makes him remarkable when he wears 
it, he also had l)lue Cloth Breeches. They lioth have 
their Firelocks with them. Worren was in the Jersey 
Service last Campaign, and as they both are acquainted 
with that Part of the Country, and are sly smart Fellows, 
'tis thought they are gone that W^ay, or to New York. 
As it is supposed they broke open and plundered a Store 
the Night they went away, whoever takes up the said 
Deserters, and brings them to this Garrison, or secures 
them in anv Goal in this Province, so as they may be 



1 761] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 59 1 

brought to Justice, shall have Eight I'ounds Reward for 
both, or Four Pounds for each, paid by the Officers to 
whom they belong. 

Samuel Neilson. 

• — TJic Pcivisylvania Gazette^ No. 1699, July 16, 
1 76 1. 

New-York, July 13. 

On Monday last arrived at Sandy-Hook, his Majesty's 
ship Assistance, of 50 guns, William Norton, Esq; com- 
mander: She sailed from Spithead the latter End of 
April, as convoy to the Maryland and Virginia fleets, and 
having seen them safe into the capes, she proceeded to 
Sandy-Hook. We hear she has brought upwards of 30,- 
000 Pounds Sterling, being part of the parliamentary 
grants, for the use of these northern colonies. It is said 
25.000 1. of them are for this government. — The Pennsyl- 
vania Journal, No. gy\,july 16, 1761. 

Seminaries of Learning having always been highly re- 
garded in every polite and free Nation; and the College 
of New-Jersey, (without pretending to any Superiority 
above other Institutions of the like Kind) has been so 
well approved of, as tending to advance Religion and 
useful Learning, that it has been a favourite 01)ject of 
public Charity both in Great-Britain and America, from 
its first Foundation: But notwithstanding the generous 
Donations made to this laudable Undertaking, the great 
and necessary Expence that have accrued, render the 
present State of the Fund all together inadequate to the 
Execution of the original and extensive Designs of the 
Trustees. In order therefore, to enal)le them to carry 
on the useful and important Purposes they have in View; 
(and having at present no other Resource:) The follow- 
ing Scheme of a Lottery is presented to the Public, and 



592 



NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 



[1761 



it is hoped, that since Lotteries of a less public Nature 
have been countenanced, this will meet with Encourage- 
ment from all who are \\^ell-\yishers to the Interests of 
Virtue and Learning". 









The Scheme. 






Numlj 


»er 




V 


alue in 






of Prizes. 




Pieces of Eight. 




Total Value 


I 




of 




3500 


is 


3500 


I 




of 




1500 


is 


1500 


I 




of 




TOGO 


is 


1000 


I 




of 




750 


is 


750 


2 




of 




500 


are 


1000 


5 




of 




200 


are 


1000 


10 




of 




100 


are 


1000 


20 




of 




60 


are 


1200 


30 




of 




40 


are 


1200 


135 




of 




20 


are 


2700 


3131 


of 

Prizes. 




8 

First 


are 
Drawn 


25048 


3337 


50 


6663 


Blank 


:s. 




Last 


Drawn 


52 



10,000 Tickets at 4 Dollars each, are 40,000 
Fifteen per Cent to be deducted from the Prizes. 

Notwithstanding the many high Prizes in this Lot- 
tery, there are not two Blanks to a Prize. The Drawing 
will begin in Philadelphia, the loth of September next, 
or sooner; (if sooner full) of which timely Notice will be 
given, and the fortunate Numbers to be published in the 
Pennsylvania Journal: Prize Money not demanded in 
six ]\Ionths after the Publication of them, \vill be deemed 
as generously given to the Purpose of the Lottery. 

The following Gentlemen are appointed Managers, 
viz. Samuel Smith, Doctor Thomas Bond, Doctor Wil- 



1 761] NEWSPy\PER EXTRACTS. 593 

Ham Shippeii, Andrew Hodge, John IM' Michael, Charles 
Coxe, Thomas Smith, Andrew Bankson, Jedediah Snow- 
den, John Rhea, George Bryan and Charles Pettit, who 
are to be upon Oath and give Bond for the faithfnl Per- 
formance of their Trnst. 

Tickets will be ready for Sale by the said Managers, 
and by Mr. David Hall,' and William Bradford/ in Phila- 
delphia, the 23d Instant; and also by Col. Peter Bayard," 
at Bohemia; Col. Isaac PIandy,''in Somersett; Col. John 
Plenry, in Dorset; John Stevenson, Escj; in Baltimore; 
Doctor Sliiyter Bonchell in Charles-Town, Maryland; 
\\'illiam Patterson, Esq; at Christeen-bridge; Doctor 
John Al'Kinley, at Wilmington; Richard Walker, Esc|; 
in Bucks County; William Clingham, Esq; in Chester 
County; Edward Shippen, Esq; in Lancaster County; 
Col. John Armstrong, in Carlisle, George Stevenson, Esq ; 
in York-Town, Pennsylvania."* 

TO be sold, at private Sale, a convenient Dwelling- 
House and one Acre of Land, very agreeably situated in 
Connecticut Farms, in Nczv-Jerscy, near the Mceting- 
Hoitsc, has four Fire-places on a Floor, with three upper 
Rooms, a good Kitchen and an extraordinary good Stone 

1 Printers. 

2 Samuel Bayard married Annie, sister of Petrus Stuyvesant, Director 
General of New Netlierland, whose wife, Judith, was Bayard's sister. 
Bavard died in Holland, leaving t'hree sons: Pebrus, Nicholas and Bal- 
thazar. When Stuyvesant came to assume the government of New 
Netherland, he was accompanied by his widowed sister a,nd her three 
sons, their vessel arriving May 7, 1647. Petrus :Bayard, one of the sons, 
■married Blandina Kierstadt, Nov. 4, 1G74, and had three children: Sam- 
uel. Petrus and Sarah. He died in New York, in 1699. In 169S his son 
Samuel removed to Bohemia Manor, Cecil county, Md., and purchased 
in partnership with his brother-in-law, Hendrick Sluyter, an extensive 
tract of land, on which he erected a great manor-house. He married, 
1st, Susanna Bouchelle (bom 1677): 2d, Elizabeth Sluyter, and died Nov. 
2:3, 1721. He had children: Samuel, Peteir (mairried Susanna Bouchelle), 
Marv Ann (married Peter Bouchelle), and James.-^See Memorial of Col. 
John Bayard, bv Gen. James Grant Wilson, N. J. Hist. Soc. Proceedings, 
2d Series, V., 141-145. 

3 Col. Isaac Handy was a man of large possessions and great influence 
in Princess Anne county, Maryland. His son, Isaac Handy, graduated 
at Princeton in 1761. 

i The above advertisement was also published in The New York ilcr- 
i-uiu for August 10, 1761. 



594 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1761 

Cellar, besides Out-Houses, aud a couveuient Baru, a 
very good Gardeu and an extraordinary good Well. Its 
beautiful Situation, with the several convenient Advan- 
tages attending the same, may recommend it for a private 
Gentleman's Country Seat, a Merchant, Trader, or Tav- 
ern-keeper. Any Person inclining to purchase the above, 
may apply to John DeHart, Esq ; in ElizabctJi- Tozvn^ or to 
Dr. Moses Clark^ on the Premises, who will give an indis- 
putable Title, and agree on reasonable Terms for the 
same. — The Nczv York Mercury^ July 20, 1761. 

Custom-PIouse, Philadelphia, Entered In. Sloop 
Speedwell, Francis Rust from Piscataway. Sloop Jo- 
anna, William Bartlett from Salem. — The Pennsylvania 
Journal^ No. 972, /;//;' 23, 1761, 

Philadelphia, July i^i^, 1761 
All Persons indebted to Nixon Chattin of Woodbury, 
Shopkeeper, are desired immediately to pay the same to 
the Subscribers: And those who have any Demands 
against him, are recpiested to bring in their Accounts be- 
fore the first Day of September, that the Proportion of 
each respective Creditor may be adjusted, and a Dividend 
made by Thomas Clifford, Benjamin Kendall and Sam 
uel Fisher, Trustees for the Creditors. 

Philadelphia, July 18, 1761 
Forty SlilLLLNGS REWARD. 

Run away on the 17th Inst, from the Subscriber, liv- 
ing in Evesham, Burlington County, West New-Jersey, 
a Servant Woman, named Eleanor Ferrell, born in Ire- 
land, talks good English, is of a short Stature, long Vis- 
age, has browm Hair: Had on and took with her, a cross 
barred dark Worsted Gown, three short Calicoe Gowns, 
one of them double; three good Shifts, one of them new; 



1/61] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 595 

three good speckled x-Vprons, one white Ditto, one red 
Petticoat, one honie-spnn Ditto, with green, blue and 
white Stripes; a white Flannel Ditto, a Pair of blue 
worsted Stockings; with white Clocks; one Pair of 
Leather Shoes with Straps and Leather Heels; a new 
Pair of yellow Stuff Shoes, with red Binding; a Pair of 
odd Piuckles, a considerable Quantity of Caps, several 
Handkerchiefs, and two Silk Ones; a Pair of black Silk 
Mittens, a new lilack Silk Bonnet, a Bag, with a Yard of 
white Linen, and a Quarter of Cambrick in it; and sun- 
dry other Things. She served some Time with Joseph 
Biddle of Springfield; and Zachariah Russell of Mount 
holly. Whoever takes up the said Servant, and secures 
her m any Goal, and gives Notice thereof, shall receive 
the above Reward, and all reasonable Charges, paid by 

Thomas Talman. 

— T/ic Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1700, July 23, 

1 76 1. 

STRAv'D,or drove away from the Subscriber, in Nciv- 
Brunsxuick, the 20th ult. a sprightly black Horse, about 
14 Hands and an Half high, has no white about him, ex- 
cept a white Spot on the near Side, towards the Back, 
occasioned by some hurt received in that Part; has a 
Bob-Tail, the ends of his Mane are dipt, was shod on the 
Fore-Feet, and was in Company with a black Mare with 
Foal, supposed to be stray'd or drove ofif with him. 
Whoever takes up said Horse and brings him to the 
Owner, (if within 12 Miles) or secures him if farther oft, 
so that he may ha\e him again shall have Twenty Shil- 
lings Reward, clear of all reasonable Charges, paid by me. 
Nezv- Brunsiviek, J uly 2 i , 1 76 1 . 

William Ouke. 

— The New York Mercury, July 27, 1761. 



596 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1761 

Prmcctoivn, Nciv-Jcrsey, July 25, 1761. 

''Last Evening the Reverend Mr. Samuel Finley, 
lately elected President of the College of New-Jersey, 
with his Family came to this Town, from his Parish in 
Pennsylvania. He was met by several of the Inhabitants 
of this Village, and by the College Officers, a few Miles 
out of Town, and by them conducted to the President's 
House, which was prepared for his Reception. From 
thence, in his Habit of Office, he was attended by the 
Tutors, and the other Officers, to the College, and in- 
troduced into the Great Flail; where the Scholars re- 
ceived him with the greatest Respect. He then ascended 
the Desk, and, after Prayers, made a polite and judicious 
Speech to the Students, and the other Part of the Audi- 
ence, convened on that Occasion. From the Character 
which this Gentleman hath long since acquired for Piety, 
Learning and Affability, and from that Series of Evi- 
dence, added to the universal Pleasure with v/hich he was 
received, at this Seat of the Muses; there is the greatest 
Reason to believe, that the Clouds which have hung over 
this Seminary of Learning since the Death of its late 
worthy President, will be happily dispelled." 

New-York, July 27. 

The same Evening [last Monday], a Farmer's Barn, 
near Ten Mile Run in New- Jersey, with a considerable 
Quantity of Wheat, and other Grain, being all his Har- 
vest, was set on Fire by the Lightning, and entirely con- 
sumed. 

Custom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Sloop 
Wolfe, John Oram from Piscataway. — The Pcnnsylvatiia 
Journal^ No. (^J I, July 30, 1761. 



1 761] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 597 

Run away from the subscril)er, living on Cooper's 
Creek, an English servant lad, named Richard Tucker, 
about 18 years of age, 5 feet 4 inches high, of a brown 
complexion, and has short hair: Had on, when he went 
away, a linsey jacket, the stripes cross-ways, ozenbrigs 
shirt, long petticoat trowsers, much worn, and an old felt 
hat, is bare-footed, and has a cut on his fight-ancle. Who- 
ever secures him in any goal, or brings him to his master, 
or to the New Ferry-house, on Arch-street Wharff, shall 
recei\'e Forty Shillings reward, from 

Isaac Horner. 

N. B. All Masters of vessels are forbid to carry him 
off at their peril. — The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1701, 
July 30, 1 76 I. 

THE Managers of the New- York Lottery, for 
Building a Light-House upon Sancly-I/ool\ 
hereby inform the Publick, that contrary to 
the Practice of former Lotteries, which used 
to fill principally towards the End of the Time limited for 
drawing; the present is so for filled, that instead of its 
being drawn on the second Tuesday in Ahrveinber next, 
as advertised before; They (from the Countenance that 
has been given to it, by those who have already testified 
their Pul)lic Spirit, for promoting so laudable a Design) 
have the greatest Reason to think, that the same will be 
filled so as to be drawn some Time in the Month of Sep- 
tember next. Desiring therefore all those who have as 
yet not become Adventurers in the said Lottery, to be 
speedy in their Application for Tickets, that they may 
not be excluded from testifying their ready Disposition 
towards forwarding a Design of such manifest Utility: 
A Design calculated for the Preservation of the Lives 
and Properties of the commercial Part of this Colony in 



598 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1761 

particular, and of the others in General. A most useful 
Part of the Community ! 

[Here follows list of prizes printed July 9, 1761.] 
— TJlc Nczv York JMcrciiry^ August 3, 1761. 

New -York, August 3. 
Tuesday Night last Ichabud Higgins, committed on 
Suspicion of counterfeiting the Bills of Credit of this Col- 
ony, in company with a Sailor and Soldier, crept up the 
Chimney of the Room in which they were confined, let 
themselves down by the Help of their Bed Cloaths into 
the Goal-^^ard and got clear off. 

To be sold, 
On board the Schooner Hannah, lying in the River 
Delaware, very near Mr. Daniel Cooper's Ferrv, West 
New Jersey, opposite the City of Philadelphia, a Cargo 
of likely Negroes, just imported in said Schooner, direct- 
ly from the Coast of (juinea. For terms of sale apply to 

Thomas Riche, 
David Franks, 

or 
Daniel Rundle. 

Mr. Bradford, 

I Am recjuested by Mr. James Henry of Accomack 
County in Virginia to desire you to give the following 
Extract of the Record of Court in said County, a place 
in your next Paper, in order to Vindicate his Character 
from a heavy Charge brought against it by John Manby, 
Esq; now confin'd in Burlington Goal; and who, on his 
solemn Oath doth Depose, that when he left the County 
aforesaid, he neither procured Bail himself for his Appear- 
ance, nor was any found for him, as he declares by an Af- 



1761] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 599 

fidavit published in your Journal of the i6th inst. In 
doing this yon will very much oblige 

your Humble Servant 
James Taply & Knox 1 p^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ 

against > ^ , 

John Manby. ) Damage 100 1. 

"The Sheriff having returned, viz. By Virtue of this 
Writ to me directed, I have taken the Body of the within 
John Manby, and have James Henry Bail for his Appear- 
ance so Answers 

James Rule, Sheriff. 

Copia Vera of the Return, 

George Holden, Clerk. 

— TJic Pennsylvania Journal . No. 974, August 6, 
1761. 

Broke out of Goal, at Freehold, in the County of Mon- 
mouth East-New-Jersey, on Friday Night the 31st of 
Julv last, tlie two following" Criminals. One named 
Samuel Cortis, committed on Suspicion of Murder, of 
middle Stature, has black Eyes, black curled Hair, a cut 
on the Top of his Flead, about 20 Years of Age, supposed 
to have on when he went away, a lightish homespun 
Worsted Coat, and striped W^aistcoat, and white Fus- 
tian Breeches. The other named Andrew Hume Craw- 
ford, committed for stealing, about 5 Feet 10 Inches 
high, has lightish Hair, a Cut on the Top of his Head, 
and blue Eyes; had on a Drugget homespun Jacket, 
white Shirt, and striped Trowsers. Whoever takes up 
the above described Persons, and brings them back to 
the Goal from whence they made their Escape, or secures 
them in any Goal in this, or either of the neig-hbouring 
Provinces, shall have a Reward of Twelve Pounds, and 
reasonalile Charges, paid by me. 

Thomas Leonard, Sheriff. 



600 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1/6 1 

Monmouth County, New-Jersey, July 23, 1761. 

(Dn Wednesday the Nineteenth Day of August next, 
is intended to be sold by Way of ])ublic Vendue at (that 
called) Jonathan Thomas's Little Saw Mill, the said Mill, 
and Lands thereunto adjoining, being several Hundred 
Acres of good Pine Land and Timber Swamp, a Pair of 
good Oxen, a good Horse Waggon, and several Parcels 
of Boards and other Things of Value; the Vendue to 
begin at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon. And on the Day 
following, is to be sold, at the late Dwelling-house of the 
said Jonathan Thomas, by Vendue, to begin at Nine 
o'clock, the Plantation of the said Jonathan Thomas, 
containing 173 Acres of good Upland and Meadow, on 
which there are erected a large good two Story Brick 
Dwelling-house, with a Cellar under it, a Kitchen, Barn 
and other valuable Buildings, a good W^ll of Water, Gar- 
den, Orchard &c. and a very valuable Grist-mill, built on 
Crosswicks creek in Upper Freehold, where no Want of 
Water has ever been known, and is in a Part or Place 
fully inhabited, where Plenty of Wheat is raised and is 
to be had, and is situated in a convenient Place for a 
Merchant, or a Person of any Trade whatever. Like- 
wise a good new Fulling-mill, with the Utensils there- 
unto belonging; a very large Quantity of good House- 
hold Goods; a very likely Negroe Lad; the Time of Ser- 
vitude of a Mulattoe Man, a Negro Woman &c, a con- 
siderable Number of very valuable Oxen, Milch Cows, 
and young Cattle, Sheep, Swine, several good Horses for 
riding or Draft, Feather-Bcds, and many other Things 
too tedious here to mention. Also the one Half of a val- 
uable new Saw mill, situate on the South Branch of Met- 
eitunk, &c The Vendue to continue from Day to Day 
till all is sold. Where People may depend on fair Usage 
by the Executors, Edward Tonkin, James Lawrence, and 



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Joseph Arney. — T]ic Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1702, 
August 6, 1 76 1. 

Imported in the last Ships from London and Liverpool, 

Via New-York, by 

Andrew Johnston & Co. 

And to be sold at Perth-Amboy 

AN Assortment of Goods suitable for the Sea- 
son; they have also for Sale, a Parcel of the 
best old Madeira Wine. 

James Thompson, 
OF the City of New-Brunswick, Tavern and Inn- 
Keeper, who some Time past was obliged to leave the 
House he then dwelled in, is removed to a House the 
other Side of the Way, in the same Street, at the Sign of 
the Ship, opposite the House where he lately lived in, 
and still continues to keep a public House of Entertain- 
ment, and where all Gentlemen, Ladies and Travellers 
will be Accommodated in the best Manner, by their 

Huml)le Servant, 

James Thompson. 

— The New York Mereury., August 10, 1761. 

To be sold, by the Subscribers hereof^ 
A Good Plantation, late belonging to William Beakes, 
of Upper Freehold, in the County of Monmouth, in the 
Eastern Division of New-Jersey, deceased, containing 200 
Acres, pleasantly situated by Crosswick's Creek; a good 
Dwelling-house, and good Kitchen, a good Barn, Bar- 
rack, and other Out-houses; two good bearing Orchards 
of very good Fruit ; 80 Acres of cleared Land, in conve- 
nient Fields, and in very good Fence; and 30 Acres of 
good English Meadow, the Wood-Land well timbered, 



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and watered with very good Springs. The said Planta- 
tion is 4 Miles from Crosswicks Meeting house, and 
about Half a Mile from Jonathan Thomas's Mill. Any 
Person inclining to purchase the same, may be informed 
of the Terms of Sale &c, by applying to Ann Beakes, and 
Edmund Beakes (her Son) Execut. of the last Will of 
the said William Beakes, on said Place, who can make a 
good Title to the same. — TJic Pennsylvania Gazette^ No. 
1703, August 13, 1 76 1. 

Neiv-Vork, August 17. Monday Evening the 3d. In- 
stant Mr. Phineas Dunn, of Piscataqua, in New-Jersey, 
fell off from a Gang of Hay into Rariton River, and before 
any Relief could l^e had was drowned. He was a Man 
of a fair Character, and truly lamented — The New York 
]\Iercury, August 17, 1761. 

James Thomson, 
Of the City of New-Brunswick, Tavern and Inn- 
keeper, (who, sometime past, by the Contrivance of 
some ill designing People, was obliged to leave the House 
he then lived in) Is removed to a House the other Side of 
the way, in the same Street, at the Sign of the Ship, opix>- 
site the House where he lately lived, and still continues 
to keep a publick House of Entertainment, and where 
all Gentlemen, Ladies and Travellers will be accommo- 
dated in the best Manner, by their huml^le Servant, 

James Thomson. 
— The Pennsylvania Gazette., No. 1704, August 20, 
1761. 

RuN-away from the Subscriber, a Negro Man named 
Ouaco, about five Feet eight Inches high, marked in the 
Face with sundry short Strokes: Had on when he went 
awav, an old light coloured Coat, old torn Shirt, a white 



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Pair of Trowsers, a Pair of new Shoes, with a Pair of 
brass Buckles in it, and a Pair of light coloured yarn 
Stockings: The said Negro had an iron Collar with two 
Hooks to it, round his Neck, a pair of Hand-cuffs with 
a Chain to them, six Feet long. Whosoever takes up 
said Negro, and confines him in any Goal, or conveys him 
to his Master, shall have forty shillings Reward, and 
all necessary Charges paid by me 

Joseph Carver. 

N. B. It is supposed that he will make for Philadel- 
phia, for he was taken from thence the i ith Instant. The 
Negro talks broken English. He is of a black Complex- 
ion, and a lusty Fellow. All Persons are forl)id harbour- 
ing said Negro, if they do, they must expect to suffer 
the Penalty of the Law. 

^.% Please to enquire for the Owner at Daniel Coop- 
er's Ferry. 

TO BE SOLD OR LETT, 
For a Term of Years and may be entered on immedi- 
atelv, a House, Garden, Orchard &c. with about five 
Acres of good Land, is situated in the Town of Salem, 
in the Province of West New Jersey. For further Par- 
ticulars enquire of John Hart, living on Society-Hill, or 
Joseph Borrough's near the Premises. 

N. B. Said Hart continues his Vendue of Merchan- 
dize &c. on Society Hill, as usual. — TJie Pennsylvania 
Journal, No. 976, August 20, 1 761. 

New-York Light- House Lottery. 
IT having lately been intimated that there was a Pros- 
pect of the Lottery's being drawn some Time in the 
Month of September next, and Tickets having within 
these few Weeks gone off so briskly, that the Managers 



604 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1761 

imagine the Whole may be disposed of in about a Fort- 
night; they therefore propose to put the Tickets in the 
Boxes on Saturday the Nineteenth of September next, 
and to begin the drawing on the Monday following in 
the City-Hall, in the City of New- York. — The New York 
Mercury^ August 24, 1761. 

Custom-House, Philadelphia. Entered In. Sloop Sea- 
flower, Elias Philpot from Piscataway. Schooner Saun- 
ders. Thomas Staniford from Salem. Sloop Conqueror, 
Mayo Greenleafe from Piscataway. — The Pennsylvania 
J ON ma/, N'o. 977, August 27, 1761. 

Custom House, Phi/ade/phta, Inward Entries. 
Schooner Saunders, T. Staniford, Salem. 

This is to give Notice, that on Monday Night, the 27th 
of July, Anno Domini 1761, Isaac Davis, a Deserter from 
Capt. Crookshank's Independent Company, aged about 
48, Size 5 Feet 9 Inches, and Coal black Hair, broke the 
common Goal of the County of Sommerset, in the Prov- 
ince of New-Jersey, and made his Escape. Whoever 
therefore takes up the said Deserter, and secures him, so 
that he may be transmitted to the said Goal shall have 
Ten Dollars Reward, paid by 

Job Stockton, Sheriff. 

— The Pennsylvania Gazette^ No. 1705, August 27, 
1 76 1. 

List of Letters remaining in the Post- Office, in 
Philadelphia. Samuel Anderson and James Armstrong, 
Cumberland County. Thomas Bowen, Salem. Captain 
Thomas Derrick, Noxintown, James Johnston, Somer- 
set County. Jacob Lawrence, Salem; William Laird, 
Freehold. Mr. Nipe, Nottingham. Geo. M'Collach, 



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Nottingham; John M'Gallart, East-Jersey, John Read, 
Cumberland County. William Trinnell, Cumberland 
County. James Woodside, jMountholly. Robert 
Young, Nottingham 

To be sold at public Vendue on Monday the 7th Day 
of September next, at Perth-x\mboy, the Brigantine 
Henry, together with her Furniture, Tackle and Apparel, 
165 Hogsheads and 21 Tierces of Brandy, 54 Keggs of 
Geneva, ten Tierces and ten Barrels of Starch, libelled 
and condemned in the Court of Vice-Admiralty of the 
Province of New-Jersey. The Sale to begin at Ten 
o'clock in the Forenoon of said Day. 

Perth-Amboy, Aug. 29, 1761. 

Andrew Smyth. 

— TJie Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1706, September 

3, 1761. 

Isaac Hinchman, 

At his House at Benjamin Cooper's Ferry, has for Sale, 
sundry Merchandize, just imported in the last Vessels 
from London and Bristol, viz. 

Ticklenburgs, hempen and flaxen ozenbrigs, Pomer- 
ania linens, yd. 3-8ths, yd. wd. 7 8ths, 3-qr, and 1 1 nail 
checks, Irish sheeting, yd wd. and 7-8ths Irish linens, 
huckaback, 3-qr, fine napkin diaper, clouting ditto, 6-qr 
muslins, fine lawn, fine Irish holland, a variety of striped 
lincey, red flannels and fine red serge, mens and womens 
kid gloves and mitts, green and cloth coloured naps, 
beavers and coatings, broadcloth, shaloons, durants and 
tammies, variety of coat and vest silk and hair buttons, 
with silk and hair wrought, yellow and white ditto, horn 
and hard metal ditto, an assortment of sleeve links, cut- 
lear knives, Barlow's and other small ditto, a great as- 
sortment of shoe buckles, silk and linen handkerchiefs, 



6o6 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1761 

felt hats, quart and pint decanters, wine glasses, best 
London pewter i)lates and dishes, soup ditto, sewing silks 
and thread, stock, cupboard, chest and padlocks, warm- 
ing and frying- pans, tea kettles, choice bohea tea by the 
dozen, pepper and piemento liy the dozen, with sundry 
other things too tedious to mention. As he intends to 
remove his store to Philadelphia in a few weeks, he will 
sell very cheap for ready money or the usual credit; those 
that are pleased to favour him with their custom, their 
favours shall be gratefull}- acknowledged l)y their friend 

Isaac Hinchman. 

N. B. He has a good young horse, fit for saddle or 
chair, and a riding chair to sell 

To be Sold. 

K Tract of Land, lying on Tokhokonetcong River or 
Paulin's Kill, and the Branches thereof, in Newtown 
Township, Sussex County, in East Jersey, containing 
2701 Acres, with the usual Allowance for Highways. It 
is extremely well watered, with several Creeks and 
Streams running through it, with a great Deal of good 
Meadow Ground; it is well im|)roved, having upwards 
of 20 Settlements upon it, and well suited to raise and 
feed Cattle. Whoever inclines to purchase the same, may 
see a Draught thereof, know the Terms, and be informed 
of any other Particulars relating to the Premises, by ap- 
plying to the Subscri])cr, living in Philadelphia. 

Daniel Rundle. 

To be sold at I^aniel Cooper's Ferr\', in the Jerseys. A 
likely Negroe Wench. Any Person inclining to pur- 
chase, may apply to William and John Harris, at John 
Jarvis's, in Second-street, Philadelphia. — The Pennsylva- 
nia Gazette^ No. 1706, September 3, 1761. 



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To BE SOLD. 

A Plantation containing- 202 acres, sitnate on Ancocus 
Creek, adjoining- Coxes Ferry, in the West New-Jerseys, 
now in the tenure of Jonathan Coxe. For further par- 
ticulars inquire of John Kidd in Philadelphia. 

Boston, August 24. 

List of the Captures lately carried into Alartinico. a 
Brig, Lovett, from Salem; a Brig, Hathorn, from Salem. 

A FEW Tickets in the Nezv- York LIGHT House Lot- 
tery which Ijegins Drawing the 21st Listant, may be 
had of William Bradford. ?,i the London Coffee House. — 
The PoDisylvania Journal^ No. 978. September 3, 1761. 

ON the first Tuesday in October next, will be run for, 
at Elizabeth Town, a Purse or Plate, value Twenty 
Pounds, by any Horse, Mare, or Gelding, carrying eight 
Stone, the best of three Heats, two Miles to each Heat. 
The Owner of each Horse, Mare or Gelding, that runs, 
must enter them the Day before, and pay unto John 
Jelang, or Jecamiah Smith, the Sum of Twenty Shillings 
for each. The Entrance Money to be run for the next 
Day by all but the Winning Horse, and those distanced. 
Those that neglect to enter till the Day of running, must 
pay double Entrance 

Perlh-.lmboj, August 29. The Judges of the Supreme 
Court have appointed the Circuit Courts to the Eastward 
of this Province to be held as follows, viz. 

For the County of Essex. On the second Tuesday in 
September, at the Court-house in Newark. 

For the County of Bergen. On the third Tuesday in 
September, at the Court-House near ILickinsack 



6o8 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1761 

For the County of Morris. On the fourth Tuesday in 
September, at the Court-House in Morris-Town. 

For the County of Sussex. On the last Tuesday in 
September, at the House of Amos Petit, near Pequess. 

For the County of Somerset. On the first Tuesday in 
October, at Milstone. 

For the County of Monmouth. On the first Tuesday 
in October, at the Court-House in Lower-Freehold. 

The drawing- of the New-York Light-House Lottery, 
will certainly commence on Monday Morning the 21st 
Inst, and as soon as the drawing is finished, and Books 
posted, the Prizes will be published in this Paper, and the 
Monies paid to the Possessors of the Fortunate Tickets. 
— The New York Mercury^ September j ^ 1761. 

*.x.*The Managers of the New-Jersey College Lottery, 
having many of their Tickets in distant Places, are forced 
to postpone the Drawing till Wednesday the 30th In- 
stant, at which Time they will positively proceed to draw 
the same. 

N. B. All Gentlemen at a Distance, who have Tickets 
for Sale, are earnestly requested to send back those not 
sold in Time, to reach this City on or before said Day. 

Custom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Schooner 
Hannah, William Taylor, from Burlington. 

Outwards. Sloop Seafiower, Elias Philpot, for Piscat- 
awav. — TJie Pennsylveoiia Journal^ No. 979, September 
10, 1761. 

Strayed out of the pasture of John Smith, Esq; m 
Philadelphia, the ist inst. at night. A brown horse, about 



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9 years old, neither l)rand nor ear mark, much tan'd with 
sweat; with a mealy nose, about 14 hands high, round 
made and well spread, paces a travel, gallops and trots, 
he is shod before, and has a broad flat foot. Whoever 
takes up said horse, and brings him or sends information 
to Peter Reeve, Merchant in Philadelphia, or the sub- 
scriber at Burlington, shall have twenty shillings re- 
ward, and reasonable charges paid by 

ScAMON Rodman. 
— The Pennsylvania Journal^ No. 979, September 
10, 1761. 

Run away on the First of this instant September, from 
the Subscriber, living in Amwell Township, West New 
Jersey, a Negroe Man, named Peter, about Twenty-five 
Years of Age, five Feet nine Inches high, walks very up- 
right and speaks good English: Had on when he went 
away, a lightish coloured Kersey Jacket, considerably too 
large for him, a Pair of brownish Fustian Breeches, blue 
Worsted Stockings, half worn Shoes, with Brass 
Buckles, Ozenbrigs Shirt and Trowsers, with a Tow 
Frock, Felt Hat and wears a white Cap. He was seen 
with in a few Miles of Philadelphia, enquiring whether 
there were any Privateers fitting out, and it is very prob- 
able he will endeavour to get on board some Vessel, as 
he has sailed some Time in small Craft. He is a cunning 
Fellow, and perhaps may change his Apparel. Whoever 
apprehends said Negroe, so that his Master may have 
him again, shall have Forty Shillings Reward, and rea- 
sonable Charges, paid by 

John Wood. 

All Masters of Vessels are forbid to harbour him at 
their Peril. — TJie Pennsylvania Gazette^ No. 1707, Sep- 
tember 10, 1 76 1. 

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To be Sold, by 

Dr. John Budd, 

At Salem. 

A Tract of Land, lying in Morris County, in East- 
New-Jersey, a Part of it being Part of Whippenung 
Meadow, containing 500 Acres, 100 of which is Upland, 
60 or 80 of English and Timothy drain'd Meadow, and 
all the rest may be made so with a very little expence; 
many bearing Fruit Trees on it; a beautiful Situation 
for a House and Orchard; the Upland is well Timbered; 
it will make a fine Coinitry Seat for a Gentleman, or a 
profitable Place for a Grazier, with a fine Stream (if well 
managed) for a Mill. Any Person inclining to Purchase, 
may know^ the Terms by appl3'ing to Lewis Stewart, near 
the Premises, or to said Budd, at Salem. 

Nezv-York^ September 14. Earatum. In our last 
Week's Paper, the Circuit Court for Alonmouth-County 
in New-Jersey, are said to be on the First Tuesday in 
October next, whereas it should have been said the Third 
Tuesday in October. — The New York Mercury, September 
14, 1761. 

Custom House, Philadelphia, Inward Entries. 
Sloop Friends, W. Deadman, Sloop Ivebecca, B. Kemp- 
hall, and Sloop Abigail, P. Groves, Salem. — TJie Pennsyl- 
vania Ga::ette, No. 1708, September 17, 1761. 

To be sold by public Vendue, at the House of Daniel 
Jones, Inn-keeper, at Bridgetown, commonly called 
Mountholly, on the tenth Day of October, the following 
Houses or Tenements, and Lots of Ground, late belong- 
ing to John Ewan, viz. A Tenement and Lot of Ground, 
formerly Nicholas Toy's, with a Piece of Meadow adjoin- 



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ing thereto, situate on the North side of Mill-street, 
nearly opposite the (irist-mill. Also two other Tene- 
ments and Lots of Ground (where John Ewan dwells) 
situate on the North Side of Mill-street aforesaid, adjoin- 
ing to the Three Tun Tavern. These two Tenements 
and Lots may be sold together or separate, as it may best 
suit the Purchasers. The Sale to begin at Ten o'Clock 
in the Morning where Attendance will be given by 
Joshua Howell, and Henry Woodrow, Trustees to 
the Estate of John Ewan. — The Pennsylvania Gazette^ 
No. 1708, September 17, 1761. 

Custom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Schooner 
Rye, James Gillmore, from Piscataway. Sloop Friends, 
William Deadman from Salem. Sloop Rebecca, Benja- 
min Kambell from Ditto. Sloop Abigail, Peter Groves, 
from Ditto. 

Outwards. Schooner Swan, Giles Seward for Piscat- 
away. Schooner Rye, James Gillmore for Ditto. — The 
Pennsylvania Journal^ No. 980, September 17, 1761. 

%* The Managers of the Nezv Jersey CoWegQ Lottery, 
beg leave to advertise the Public that the favorable 
Light in which the Friends of Learning in this and the 
other Provinces, have viewed their Endeavours to serve 
this useful Institution, has enabled them to fix the Time 
of drawing pereiiitorily to Wednesday the Thirtieth of 
this Instant. The Numbers, Blanks, and Prizes are now 
actually rolling up, and every other necessary Prepara- 
tion in forwardness. The remaining Tickets, few in Num- 
ber, are yet to be had of the Managers, viz. Samuei 
Smith., Dr. Thomas Bond, Dr. William Shippen, Andrew 
Hodge., John JVPMiehael, Charles Coxe, Thomas Smith, 
Andreiv Bankson., Jedcdiah Snoivden, John Rhea, George 



6l2 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1761 

Bryan, and Charles Petit ; and of Williavi Bradford at 
the London Coffee House, and David Hall. 

Custom-House, Philadelphia. Entered In. Sloop 
John and Polly, Philip Babson from Piscataway. Brig 
Sommerswoth, John Oram from Piscataway. Sloop 
Charming Michael, Afa Leech from Piscataway. 

Outwards. Sloop John and Polly Philip Babson from 
Piscataway. Brig Sommersworth John Oram for Ditto. 

Cleared. Schooner Swan Giles Seward to Piscataway. 
Schooner Rye James Gillmore to Ditto. — The Pennsyl- 
vania Journal, No. 981, September 2^, 1 761. 

MuiR and Crawford, 

Of Prince-Town, in the Province of New-Jersey, 
Shopkeepers; Designing to remove out of said Province, 
propose to sell by Way of public Vendue, on Thursday 
the first Day of October next (being the Day after the 
public Commencement for the College of New-Jersey) 
eight Lots of Land, lying in Princetown aforesaid, on 
each Side of the Street, called Horner's Street, and four 
of them adjoining the Land of the College. On Lot No. 
2 is a neat commodious Dwelling-house, with a good 
Kitchen, and a well fenced Garden, which would rent at 
20 1. per Annum. On Lot No. 5 is a small Tenement, 
which now letts for 8 1. per Annum. On Lot No. 7 is a 
neat tho' small Building, which may be lett for 9 1. per 
Annum. The other Lots have no Buildings on them, 
but, together with these mentioned, are capable of great 
Improvements, and are advantageously situated either 
for Merchants or Tradesmen who may have an Liclination 
to settle in this pleasant and growing Village, as they all 
lie within 100 Yards of the College, and are very conve- 
nient for the Custom of the Town. There is also a verv 



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good Well lately sunk in the Center of the Lots, and 
Care will be taken in drawing- the Conveyances, that no 
one Purchaser shall have it in his Power to deny the oth- 
ers the Privilege of it: These Advantages, together with 
that of an indisputable Title, which the present Posses- 
sors are able to make, induce them to believe, that those 
who are inclined to purchase will attend the Sale at the 
said Day, on the Premises, where the Conditions will be 
made known, and the Purchasers may, immediately after 
the Sale, have their Conveyances executed, by Robert 
MuiR, and ALEXANDER Crawford. 

N. B. The said Robert Muir has for some Years past 
carried on the Taylor's Business to good Advantage, and 
as he is now removing a Person of that Trade will meet 
with particular Encouragement. 

Boston, September 14. 

On Saturday last three Men passed through this Town, 
on their way to Newbury, and inform, that they lately 
belonged to a Vessel commanded by Capt. Nicholas 
Tracy, of that Place, but were taken on their Passage to 
the West Indies, in Lat. 23, by a French Privateer Sloop 
of about 70 Tons, Bermuda built, and an extraordinary 
Sailer, of 10 Carriage Guns, 3 and 4 Pounders, and 120 
Men; that they were taken five Days after the Privateer 
sailed from Martinico, who a few Days after also took a 
Vessel of and for Rhode Island from TenerilTe, in Lat. 
37. She also brought to a Vessel bound to New York, 
that had been taken and ransomed, but on the Captain's 
producing the Ransom Bill, she was dismissed, after hav- 
ing the above Men, and a Number of Prisoners, put on 
board her. This Privateer was seen by the above Men 
Yesterday se'nnight, off Long Island, and were designed 
for Egg-Harbour to Water, as they were in great want 



6l4 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1761 

thereof. There were several Pilots on board the Priva- 
teer who were well acquainted with Coast, and intended 
to cruize there for some Time. 

To be sold at Daniel Cooper's Ferry, three likely Ne- 
groes, viz. two Men about 20 Years of Age, and a Boy 
about 13. Enquire of John Harris, at the House of 
John Jervis, Hatter, in Second-street. — TJic Pennsylva- 
nia Gazette^ No. 1709, September 24, 1761. 

Neiv-York., September 28. On Monday last the New- 
York Light-House Lottery began drawing, and we hear 
the following Numbers are Fortunate, viz. No. 4759, 
£. 1000. No. 4256, £. 500. No. 901, 2267, 6631, 8203, 
£. 200 each. No. 596, 3229, 4053, 4385, 5800, 7754, 
8914, £. 100 each. And, No. 22, 206, 342, 1418, 2831, 
2977. 3460, 4317, 4457, 5567, 5730, 5790. 6015, 6318, 
6429, 6471, 6630. 6829, 6913, 7526, 8239, 8715, 9266, 
£. 50 each. 

We hear that Samuel Carles, formerly twice mentioned 
in this Paper, who shot his wife last summer, and escaped 
by breaking the goal in Monmouth county. East New- 
Jersey, having applied to inlist in the army, where he had 
been described, was secured and delivered to the Sheriff 
of the county, by whom he was again committed to goal, 
where he now lies in irons. 

To BE Sold, 

About 52 years Lease of a large Dwelling-House in 
the City of Neiv-Briuisivick, in which Mr. William 
Symonds lately lived, now in the Tenure of Mr. Brook 
Farmer, with a good Stable and Chaise House, together 
with the Lot whereon the whole stands, containing in 
Front 80 Feet, and in Rear about 103 Feet, subject to a 
Ground Rent of Four Pounds Fifteen Shillings, Nezv- 



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Jersey Currency , per Annum ; it is very conveniently Sit- 
uated for a Store-Keeper or Public House. Any Person 
inclined to Purchase the same may apply to David Van 
Home, of the City of Nezv- York, who will give a proper 
Conveyance for it. — The New York Mercury, September 
28, 1761. 

The Neiv-Jersey College LOTTERY begins Drawing this 
Morning, at a Store on Mr. Master'' s Wharf. A few Tick- 
ets may be had of the Managers at the Place of Drawing, 
and of William Bradford, at the London Coffee-House, 
and of Mr. David Hall. 

Custom-House, Philadelphia, Outwards. Sloop Re- 
becca, Benjamin Kemball, for Salem. Sloop Charming 
Michael, Ai^a Leech for Salem. — TJie Pejinsylvania Jour- 
nal, No. 982, October i, 1761. 

Wednesday last the New-York Light House Lot- 
tery finished Drawing at the City-Hall, in this City. 

The following are the fortunate Numbers, numerically 
digested, and examined by the Managers Books. 

[Here follows an entire page of numbers, with the 
prizes drawn.] 

— The Nezv York Mercury, October 5, 1761. 

New York, October 5. 
Josiah Hardy, Esq; Governor of New-Jersey, is on 
board the Men of War expected in, as is also the Earl of 
Sterling:^ The Packet saw some of the Fleet near the 
Hook. The Captains Davis, Manly, and another are 
amongst them, from London. 



1 Wiiniam Alexander, of New Jensey, who was returning from Eng- 
land, where he had been prosecuting his claim to the peerage, as the 
Earl of Stirling. 



6l6 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1761 

Pkincetown, (in New-Jersey), Oct. 2. 

On Wednesday last his Excellency Governour BoONE 
with the other Trustees, and a great Concourse of the 
learned and curious, from this and the Neighbouring 
Provinces, attended on the public anniversary Com- 
mencement of the College of New-Jersey. The Busi- 
ness of the Day began with a salutatory latin Oration, 
pronounced by Mr. James Thompson, one of the Candi- 
dates for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts: which was 
succeeded by a syllogistic Dispute, in Latin, on this 
Thesis, to wit, Omnis Actus Dei rita est Sapiois, ut iiiil- 
lus alius AcJies acque sapiens esse potiiisset ; wherein the Re- 
spondent and his several Opponents manifested their 
[^earning and Ingenuity. An intermediate english (Ora- 
tion on the Blessings of Peace, delivered by Mr. Jahleel 
Woodbridge, agreeably entertained the Audience, untill 
the Introduction of an English Dispute, in the forensick 
Way, on the following Thesis, to wit. Neither Virtue nor 
Vice receive their proper Rewards, in this Life: the Re- 
spondent and Opponents gave a good Specimen of their 
Abilities, as publick Disputants. The forenoon Exercises 
were concluded with an animated English Oration on 
Benevolence, composed and delivered, with great Pro- 
priety and Elegance, by Mr. David Rice. 

The Rev. Mr. President Finley having been initiated 
into his Office, since the last Commencement, thought 
proper to answer the Expectations of the Publick, by an 
Oration from himself. . . . with this the Entertain- 
ments of the Afternoon began; and the Composition was 
made up with such Purity of Diction; flowing and har- 
monious Periods; the Pronunciation so exact and ele- 
gant; that no one but so great a Master of the Roman 
Language as this Gentleman evidently is, could have ef- 



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fected it. . . . With Pleasure the Patrons of this 
Seat of the Muses, once more, behold the Presidents 
Chair so honourably filled. A Syllogistick Dispute in 
Latin, immediately succeeded on the Thesis, Malum 
Morale pcrftxtioncui hiijas Mundi noii tollit ; which was 
well maintained by the Respondent; altho' ingeniously 
controverted by his Opponents. An English forensick 
Dispute on the following Thesis, to wit, No Man can be 
a compleat Orator without a universal Acquaintance 
with the Arts and Sciences, having concluded the Exer- 
cises preceding the Graduation, the President descended 
from the Rostrum, and conferred the Degree of Bachelor 
of Arts on the following young Gentlemen, to wit, David 
Caldwell ^^ Laivrcnce Vandcrveer,' David Gillispie, Isaae 
Handy ^^ Thomas Hende^-soii^^ William Jauncey^^ Nathan 



1 David Caldwell was a carpenter by trade, the son of a respectable 
farmer of Lancaster county, Penn., and becoming- converted deter- 
mined to acquire an education, that he might preach the gospel, and 
made every sacrifice to that end. He was thirty-six at the time of 
his graduation. He was licensed to preach in 1763, whereupon he went 
as a missionary to North Carolina, and in 1768 became pastor of the 
churches at Buffalo and Alamance. N. C. He started a classical school 
there, where he educated a large number of men afterwards prominent 
in the State. He was chosen as the first president of the University 
of North Carolina, but declined the honor. He was a member of the 
State Convention of 177G, and of the State Convention of 1788 which 
acted on the Federal Constitution. He died August 25, 1824. 

2 Lawrence Van Derveer was from Somerset county. He was an 
original member of the New Jersey Medical Society, in 1766. Later he 
removed to Shepardstown, Va., but soon returned to Somerset county, 
and practiced at Roycefield. He exploited the value of the ScutcUaria 
Lutcriflora in the prevention and cure of hydrophobia, and claimed to 
have used it successfully in four hundred cases. His method was kept 
secret. He was highly regarded by his neighbors, as a generous friend 
of the poor. He died in 1815. 

3 Isaac Handy was born Dec. 19, 1743, in Princess Anne, Maryland, 
where he subsequently practiced law, until his death, in 1773. 

4 Thomas Henderson was born at Freehold, Monmouth county, in 
1743, where his father was a ruling elder in the Presbyterian church, 
an office he himself afterwards held for forty years. Having gradu- 
ated at Princeton, he studied medicine with Dr. Nathaniel Scudder, 
and began practicing in 1765. He took an active part in the Revolution, 
attaining to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in Heard's Brigade. In 
1779-1780 he was in the Continental Congress, and in 1795-1797 in the Fed- 
eral Congress. Various local offices were also held by him. We owe 
to him the very remarkable Life of the Rev. William Tennent, the 
manuscript of which is in the library of the New Jersey Historical 
Society. He died December 15, 1824. 

6 William Jauncey was afterwards a mt<rchant in New York city. 



6l8 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1761 

Kcrr^^ JoJin Lcffcry^ Thomas Af Kiiakcn,- David Rice^^ 
John Rosbriigh.^ Saimicl S/oaii^ James Thompson'' and 
Jaldcel Woodbridgc J' And also the Degree of Master 
of Arts on Jacob Kerr and ]Vi//iam Tennent^ jun. and 
the honorary Degree of Master of Arts on the Rev. 
Mr. Samuel Lockivood. Mr. Kerr concluded the whole 
with a Handsome Latin Oration, on the Misapplication 
of Genius. 

Ciistom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Schooner 
Penobscot, John Frost from Piscataway. 

Cleared. Sloop Charming Alichael, Asa Leech, to 
Salem. Sloop Rebecca, Benjamin Kemball, to Ditto. 
Sloop Abigail, Peter Groves, to Ditto. — TJic Pen)isyhh.- 
nia Journal^ No. 983, October 8, 1761. 



1 Nathan Ker was from Freehold. After graduating from Princeton 
he was licensed in 1762 as a preacher, and in 1766 became pastor of the 
Presbyterian church at Goshen, N. Y., where he remained until his 
death, Dec. 14, 1S04. He served as a volunteer Chaplain in the Revo- 
lution. He was vigorous and persistent in the prosecution of the Rev. 
David Barclay for heresy in 1794. 

2 Thomas McCracken was ordained as a preacher by the Presbytery 
of Lewes, Del., in 1768; he died in 1770. 

3 David Rice was from Virginia, and finished his course at Prince- 
ton In 1761 through the generous aid of Richard Stockton. He was 
licensed by the Hanover (Va.) Presbytery in 1763, and labored in the 
ministry in Virginia until 17S3, when he removed to Kentucky, and he 
was the father of the Presbyterian church in that State. He died in 
1792. 

4 John Rosbrugh, born in 1714, came from Ireland in 1735, learned a 
trade, and married, but losing his wife his thoughts were turned to- 
wards the ministry, and as a preparation therefor he entered Princeton, 
and having graduated in 17G1 he was licensed by the Presbytery of New 
Brunswick, August 18, 1762. He was ordained, and installed as pastor 
of Greenwich, Oxford and Manslield churches, in Sussex and Warren 
counties, December 11, 1764. In 1769 he removed to the Forks of the 
Delaware, where he was pastor, until his death, of the Presbyterian 
church of Allen's Township, Penn. As Chaplain of the Northampton 
county militia he was at the battle of Trenton, and was cruelly mur- 
dered at Trenton by the Hessians, January 2, 1777. 

n James Thompson was a tutor in Princeton College, 1762-1770, and in 
1767 occasionally supplied the pulpit of the Presbyterian church in 
Trenton. 

fi Jahleel Woodbridge, after graduating from Princeton in 1761, re- 
turned to his native Stockbridge, Mass., where he practiced law, and 
held many local offices. He was a member of the General Court, 1780- 
1784, and was a Judge of the local courts. He died April 13, 1796. 



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London, July 29. 
On Monday last Josiah Hardy, Esq; set out for Ports- 
mouth, to embark on board the Alcide Man of War for 
his government of New Jersey. 

Captain Campbell, from Newfoundland, ofif Cape May 
spoke with a French Flag of Truce, bound to Boston from 
Martinico; on board of which were Mr. Stevens of Bos- 
ton, Captain Elridge from Casco Bay; Loring, of Bos- 
ton, Guppy, of Piscataqua; and another Master of a Ves- 
sel, Name not known. 

A Snow belonging to Marblehead, and bound to 
Jamaica, having sprung a leak, ran ashore at Cape May. 

Dropt from a Chaise, about the 4th or 5th of Decem- 
ber last, between the Landing and Trenton Mills, a 
small neat Fowling-piece, with a double Breech, the 
Stock fastened with Loops to the Barrel, a Piece of the 
Stock broke off, about a Foot from the Top, and which 
is secured also with a Loop. A Person was seen to take 
it up, and promised to leave it at Messieurs Hoopers 
Store; he is desired to leave it with Messieurs Hoopers, 
at their Mills or Store, near Trenton, who will reward 
him for his Trouble, otherwise he may expect to be pros- 
ecuted. 

To be Sold, 
A Valuable Plantation, containing upwards of 240 
Acres of Land, 60 or 70 of which is very fine Meadow, 
and more may be made; about 50 Acres of good Plow- 
land, the greater Part lately cleared, the Remainder very 
well timbered; there are also on the Premises a neat 
handsome Brick House, a large Frame Kitchen, Piazza 
&c. with a fine Avenue of English Cherry Trees, leading 



620 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1761 

to the Road; a very fine bearing Orchard, consisting of 
4 or 500 choice Frnit Trees; a large Barn, Stable, Out- 
houses «&c. The above is esteemed to be a very healthy, 
pleasant Situation, lying about Two Miles from the City 
of Burlington, West Jersey. Any Person inclining to 
purchase the same, may know the Terms, and be in- 
formed of any other Particulars, l)y applying to the Sub- 
scriber, in Philadelphia. 

John Siiaw. 

— TJic Pouisylvaiiia Gazette^ No. 171 1, October 8, 
1761. 

Custom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Schooner 
Saunders, Thomas Staniford, from Salem. Sloop Com- 
pany, Joseph Hodgson, from Burlington. 

Outwards. Schooner Two Brothers, Alexander 
Campbell, for Piscataway. — TJic Poinsylvania Journal^ 
No. 984, October 15, 1761. 

Taken out of the Barrack or flack yard, of Mr. Yard, 
tavern-keeper at Prince-Town, at the sign of Hudibras, 
early on Thursday morning Oct. i, being the morning 
after the commencement, a dark brown horse near four- 
teen hands high, about nine years old, is neither marked 
or branded, has a Star in his forehead, which is somewhat 
dull and low, his cheeks resemble the cheeks of an ox 
rather than those of a horse, he had been lately shod be- 
fore, he was worked in seed time, so that he was some- 
what galled, he is a natural pacer, and from his pace runs 
pretty easily into a hand gallop, which he goes pretty 
fast, the person who took him is supposed to have taken 
him by mistake, because there was a brown horse much 
of his size and not unlike, left in his stead, which the Gen- 
tleman that rid my horse took for him, mine being gone, 
and rid him home; whoever has the above described horse 



1 761] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 62 I 

is desired to send him to Edward Antill living near New 
Brunswick, and take back his own horse, or give notice 
where he may be had. — TJie Nczv York Mercury, October 
12, 1761. 

Ciistom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Sloop 
Greyhound, John Gage, from Piscataway. — The Pennsyl- 
vania Journal, No. 985, October 22^ 1761. 

Shippensburg, July ii, 1761 
Whereas the Wife of the Subscriber was most in- 
humanly MuRDEREDon the first Day of the Date hereof; 
and as it is supposed to be done by the aftermentioned 
Person.^, viz. Abraham Freehold and Robert Brown; 
The said Abraham Freehold is about 5 Feet 5 Inches 
high, 35 Years of Age, of a dark Complexion, down 
Look, and one Shoulder higher than the other; had on a 
Regimental Coat, blue faced with red. Robert Brown, 
about 5 Feet 6 Inches high, of a pale Complexion, long 
Visage, and long pale Hair; wore a Thickset Coat, of a 
Snuff Colour; he is about 19 or 20 Years of Age. Any 
Person or Persons apprehending and securing said Per- 
sons, so as they may be brought to Justice, shall have 
Twenty Pounds for each, or Forty Pounds for both, 

paid by me, 

Samuel Sellers. 

N. B. Freehold is a Deserter from the Jersey Regi- 
ment. Brown was formerly a Soldier in the Pennsylva- 
nia Regiment, and was Waiting-man to Lieutenant-Col- 
onel George Armstrong. 

Just imported in the Sloop Company, Captain Hodg- 
son, from the Coast of Africa, 

A Parcel of Likely 

Negroe Slaves; 

Which may be seen on board said Sloop, lying off Coop- 



622 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1761 

er's Ferry. For Terms, apply to SAMUEL and ARCHI- 
BALD M'Call, and James Wallace and Company. — 
TJie Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 17 13, October 22, 1761. 

New-York, October 26. 

Since our last arrived His Majesty's Ship the Alcide, 
Capt. of 64 Guns, on board of which came Pas- 
senger, the Right Hon. William Alexander, Earl of 
Sterling, His Excellency Josiah Hardy, Esq; Governor 
of New-Jersey, with his Lady and Family, J ared Inger- 
SOL, Esq; late Agent at London, from the Colony of 

Connecticut, Temple, Esq; Surveyor General 

of his Majesty's Custom, of Boston, and other Gentle- 
men. 

Thursday last Capt. Brass in the Ship Samuel, re- 
turned to this Port: He sailed from Sandy Hook the 
8th Instant, bound to the West Indies, and the same 
Night met with a very violent Gale of Wind which lasted 
him 6 Days, in which he was obliged to throw overboard 
43 fine Horses and all the Lumber off his Decks, and was 
in Expectation of foundering every Minute. 

The List of the fortunate Numbers in the New-Jersey 
College Lottery, is ready for the Press, but for want of 
Time must be deferr'd until next Week's Paper. 

Custom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Sloop 
Charming Polly, Adonijah Pike, from Piscataway. 
Schooner Resolution, Edward Serjeant, from Piscata- 
way. Sloop Endeavour, John Grant, from Piscataway. 

Cleared. Schooner Two Brothers, Alexander Camp- 
bell, to Piscataway. — TJie Pennsylvania Journaly No, 
986, October 29, 1761. 



1 761] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 623 

To be Sold, 
At Public Vendue, 

ON Thursday the 5th of November next, at Elizabeth 
Town Point, a New Boat, about seven Cord Burthen, 
she is a prime Sailor: belonging to Matthias Dehart, late 
deceased. The Conditions of Sale, to be published at the 
Time of Sale. 

N. B. All those who have any Demands on the Estate 

of the said Matthias Dehart, are desired to bring in their 

Accounts that they may be adjusted, and those that are 

indebted to the said Estate, are desired to pay the same 

unto 

Elizabeth Town Jacob Dehart, or ) . , . . , , 
r\ ,. ^r «/- T\T i.i.1 • T^ 1 .. ' Admmistrator. 

Oct. 26, 1 76 1, Matthias Dehart ) 

— The Nciv York Mercury^ November 2^ 1761. 

\* T/u- fortu/zate Numbers 0/ t/ie Ne,W-]ER<,EY COL- 
LEGE Lottery are come to Hand ; but not being in Time 
for this Day^ s Paper ^ they will be inserted in next IVee/c^s 
Gazette. — The Pennsylvania Gazette^ No. 17 14, Oetober 
29, 1761. 

New-York, October 29. 
We hear from Amboy, that 2 Whales were seen near 
that Place about a Fortnight ago, but before any Person 
properly skilled could be got, they had disappeared, and 
are thought to be got back to Sea. 

Burlington., October 31, 1761. 

This Afternoon the Commission of His Excellency 
JosiAH Hardy, Esq; as Governor of New Jersey, was 
published here. The Corporation afterwards waited on 
him with the following Address, viz. 

To His Excellency., JOSIAH Hardy, Esq; Captain 
General., and Commander in Chief in and over His Jl/af- 



624 NKW IKRSKV COLONIAL DOCIIMKNTS. [1761 

fs/ys Proviucc of Nova dcsarca, or New Jcrscv, mid 
TcrritoriiS //urcoii (/(■/^t-//i////i^- in Aiiiiricd^ Chancellor and 
1 '/(■(• . liliiiiral ill the sa)ni\ &'c. 

May it please your EXCKLLKNCV, 

riio Mayor, kooordor, Aldoniicn, and Coinnionallv of 
llio C'ily of IWirliiii^lon, 1)cl; Leave to congratulate your 
safe Anixal in this Troxince. 

Tliongh they are very much Strangers to your Person, 
they receive your Excellency \vith Pleasure, and hid vou 
a hearty Welcome to this I'ity. and shall he glad of your 
Residence among tliem. 

As a 'rHlmte (\\\^' to Merit, which we cannot he sup- 
posed to niagnify, ])ermit us just to rememher the Qual- 
ihcatitins (\\ your innnediate rredecessiM", and having no 
Reason to douht that yoiu^ Administration, can leave any 
Room to regret the Loss of that (lentleman, we would 
just remark, that his Veracity and puhlick Spirit, in the 
l^xecution of his Trust, will reuiler his Memory dear to 
us. 

May your Lxcellencx' long li\e among us happy and 
easy in the Discharge of the Duties of (lovernment, and 
ahvavs receive friMu a grateful People the Ketrihution 
due to distinguishetl Merit. 
Burlington^ October J\v Order of flic City 

31, 1761. RU'IIAKD Smitii, Recorder. 

To which his EXCELLENCY was pleased to return the 

following .\nswer. 
(ientlemen, 

1 Ill-:AK'riLV thank you for your kind Co)igratulatio)is 
on my .Ir rival in this Country. 

]'our Keinenibranee of the Oualif cations of your late 

(r07'ernour, is 7'ery /^Icasinj^- to ///<•, (mil gives me Hopes 

that my F.ndeavours for the Service of this Province loill 

meet zoith your Approbation. 

JOSLMI ILvRin'. 



1/61] NEWSl'ArKR EX'IRACTS. 625 

After which tlie uiulcr-writlcn valedictory Address 
was (leHxered in like Manner, to the late Ciovcrnor. 

To /lis lixccllciicy, TlIOMAS BoONE, ESQ. 

May it ('Icasc your EXCEI,I,ENCY, 

The Mayor, keconler, Aldermen and Comnionalty of 
the City of Ihnlint^ton, having- this (Opportunity, beg 
Lea\e just to mention that the public Spirit. Renevo- 
lence and Probity of your Administration, hath justly 
intillcd you to our Friendship and Regard; and animated 
with (iratilude for the public r>enehts received, we can- 
not but obser\ e. now on your Departure, that wherever 
your Situation may be, our best Wishes will attend you. 

By Order of the City 
l^urliiij^ton^ October RifllAlM) SMt'lIl, Recorder. 

31, 1761. 
His EXCEI,LENCV was pleased to return the following 

Answer. 
( ieiU lenien, 

/ nui extremely Jiaf>f^y to Jiavc your good WisJics and 
good Opinioii accompany me to another Part of the World ; 
ami as [ have great Reason to af^l^land your Conduct dur- 
ing mv Administration, so, (ioitlemoi shall I recollect it 
ivith iiratitude. 

Thomas Boone. 

To be Soi.l), by the SUHSCRIHER, 
{Living on the TreMLSES) 
A (lood riaiUation, sUuated in Hopewell, Cumberland 
Count}-, in the Province of West-New-Jersey, containing 
189 Acres; on which is a good b'rame House and Barn, 
a good young Orchard, about 50 Acres of cleared Land, 
and about 50 Acres of Drain Meadow; the Remainder 
well timbered, and the whole well watered. Any Person 
inclining to i)urchase the said I'lantation, may know the 



626 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1761 

Terms, by applying to the Subscriber; or John Hart, 
living on Society-Hill, Philadelphia. 

Benjamin Holme. 
N. B. He has also to sell, 19 Acres of good Drain- 
Meadow, about two Miles h'om the above Place, with or 
without said Plantation. 

To BE SOLD. 

The fourteenth Part of the Copper-Mine and Works 
of New-Brunswick, commonly called French's Mine;^the 
Share being clear of all Charges, Costs and Incumbrances 
whatever. Also a Plouse and Lot in Princetown, a pleas- 
ant and agreeable Situation opposite the College, being 
46 foot front, and 36 deep, with 10 Rooms, 8 with fire 
Places; a large new Stable 40 foot long and 20 broad, 
with a good Well and a large Garden with variety of 
Fruit Trees, a large Bed of the best Asparagus, &c. all 
inclosed with a o-ood boarded Fence, fit for a jlerchant 



1 The American Geography, by Jedediah Morse, published at KHza- 
bethtown, N. J., in 17S9, gives (on pp. :i!)y-290) the following account of 
this mine: 

"About the years 174S, 1749, 1750, several lumps of virgin copper from 
five to thirty pounds weight, (in the whole upwards of 200 pounds) 
were plowed up in a field, belonging to Philip French, Esq; within a 
quarter of a mile of New Brunswiclc. This induced Mr. Elias Boudinot, 
of the city of Philadelphia, to take a lease of Mr. French of this land, 
for ninety-nine years, in order to search for copper ore, a body of 
which he concluded must be contained in this hill. He took in several 
partners, and about the year 1751 opened a pit in the low grounds, about 
2 or 300 yards from the river. He was led to this spot by a friend of 
liis, who, a little before, passing by at three o'clock in the morning, 
observed a body of Hame arising out of the ground, as large as a com- 
mon sized man, and soon after die away. He drove a stake on the 
spot. About fifteen feet deep, Mr. Boudinot came on a vein of bluish 
stone, about two feet thick, between two perpendicular loose bodies 
of red rock, covered with a sheet of pure virgin copper, a little thicker 
than gold leaf. This bluish stone was tilled with sparks of virgin 
copper, very much like copper tilings, and now and then a large lump 
of virgin copper from five to thirty pounds weight. He followed this 
vein almost thirty feet, when, the water coming in very fast, the ex- 
pence became too great for the company's capital. A stamping mill 
Was erected, when by reducing the bluish stone to a powder, and wash- 
ing it in large tubs, the stone was carried off and the fine copper 
preserved, by which means many tons of the purest copper was sent 
to England without ever passing through the fire; but labour was too 
high to render it possible for the company to proceed. Sheets of cop- 
per about the thickness of two pennies, and three feet square on an 
average, have been taken from between the rocks, within four feet of 
the surface, in several parts of the hill. At about fifty or sixty feet 
deep, they came to a body of fine solid ore, in the midst of this bluish 
vein, but between rocks of a white flinty s])ar, which, however, was 
worked out in a few days. These works lie now wholly neglected, 
although the vein when left was richer than ever it had been." 



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or Tavern. Whoever inclines to purchase, may apply to 
Elias Boudinet of Princetown, or Elias Boudient/ At- 
torney at Law at Elizabeth-Town. 

To be sold by Way of public Out-cry, or Vendue, to 
the highest Bidder, at the Court-House in Trenton, in 
the County of Hunterdon, on Saturday the 5th Day of 
December next, between the Hours of 12 and 5 in the 
Afternoon, a convenient Stone House, with a good new 
Stone Kitchen and Lot of Land, situate on the West 
Side of King-street, in Trenton aforesaid, being in a good 
Part of the Town for Trade. Also six Acres of exceed- 
ing good Pasture Land, within a Quarter of a Mile of 
Trenton, on which there is a good bearing Orchard of 
the best grafted Fruit. The Terms and Conditions will 
be made known at the Time and Place of Sale. Late the 
Estate of Thomas Merriott, deceased; and taken in Ex- 
ecution by 

Allen Sherd. 

— The Pennsylvania Gazette^ No. 171 5, November 
5, 1761. 

Notice is lie re by Given, 

That whereas a Number of Gentlemen in Pennsyl- 
vania, Maryland, and Nezv-Jersey s within these Two 
Years past, subscribed to publishing a Book, by THOMAS 
Abel {consisting of substantial plain Trigonometry, ap- 
ply\l to Navigatio/i, and Surveying. Also, Mensuration 
of Masons Work. A Solution of Rota, or Aristotle's 
Wheel. And a brief Diseourse upon Gravity.) and many 
of them have not yet sent for their Books, tho' they 
have been advertised in this Paper four or five Months 
past, to be delivered by Andreiv Steivart, Printer at 

1 Elias Boudinot, President of tlie Continental Congress in 17S3. 



628 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1761 

Bible ill Hearty in Second Street, JVii/adelphia. This is 
therefore to desire such Subscribers, to send for their 
Books immediately. 

Gentlemen Subscribers^ 

The most of yon, at the Time of subscribing, were 
pleas'd to say, Tliat you subscrib" d ojit of no other Motive 
than to encourage useful Improveuients in Arts. If you 
call, or send for your Books immediately, I shall be no 
Gainer by them: But if yon entirely neglect to send, or 
call for them, the Consecjuence must be, the Ruin of my- 
self and Family; and so far from encouraging useful im- 
provements, that it will be a Discouragement, not only to 
me, but to any otlier Man, ever to attempt anything of 
the kind in America., for the Benefit of the Public. My 
Necessity requires Haste, therefore I beg you would de- 
lay no longer. 

Thomas Abel. 

N. B. There are some Books more than are subscrib'd 
for, to be dispos'd of by said Stcivart. 

U:^^I understand that many Persons, from a super- 
ficial Survey of my Performance, have scurrilously re- 
ported, that there is nothing new in it. I challenge all 
such Persons to prove their Assertion; and desire it may 
be done in publick, otherwise it may reasonably be 
thought, they arc conscious they have injured me wrong- 
fully, in obstructing the Sale of my Books. 

To BE SOLD, at publick Vendue, 
At the house of Mr. John Shaw% in Burlington, on Fri- 
day the 1 8th day of December next, at 3 o'clock in 
the afternoon. 

A PLANTATION situate on Ancocus creek, adjoining 
Coxe's ferry, containing 202 acres with convenient build- 
ings thereon; now in the tenure of Jonathan Cox. Credit 



1 761] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 629 

will be given for part of the purchase money, which will 
be more fully declared at the time of sale: The buyer 
may enter into possession the 25th of March next. 
October 26, 1761 

Custom-House, Philadelphia, Outwards. Sloop Grey- 
hound, John Gage, for Piscataway. Schooner Resolu- 
tion, Edward Serjeant, for Piscataway. 

Cleared. Sloop Friendship, Nicholas Tucker, to Pis- 
cataway. — The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 987, Novem- 
ber 5, I 76 1, 

Taken up, and committed to Goal, in the County of 
Somerset, and Province of New-Jersey, a Negro Man, 
his Name and Place of Residence unknown, being a New 
Negro, who cannot g-ive any Account of himself or Mas- 
ter; he is a young Negro, supposed to be about 18 or 20 
Years of Age, thickset and lusty, has a Scar under his 
Eye: Has on, a brown homespun Jacket, with large flat 
buttons, wide tow Trowsers, has no Shirt, Shoes, Stock- 
ings, nor Plat. Whoever owns the said Negro, may have 
him, by paying the lawful Costs and Charges. — The Nezv 
York Mercury, November (^, 1761. 

Custom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Schooner 
Good-Intent, Andrew Thorndike, from Salem. 

Cleared. Sloop Greyhound, John Gage, to Piscata- 
way. Sloop Endeavour, John Grant, to Ditto. — The 
Pennsylvania Journal, No. 988, November 12. 1761. 

Hunterdon County, West-Jersey, November 7, 1761. 

A Majority of the Owners of that Tract or Piece of 
Meadow, situate in Maidenhead (commonly called and 
known by the name of the Great Meadow) intending to 



630 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1761 

apply to the Assembly of this Government, in order to 
obtain a I-^w for ditching- and draining of the same; any 
Owners of said Meadow having any Thing to ofTer 
against a Law being obtained for that Purpose, are de- 
sired to come to the next Sessions of Assembly, that their 
reasons may be heard and considered. 

By order of the said Majority, 

John Bainbridge 

Strayed or stolen from the Plantation of James Clarke, 
of Stoney-Brook, Hunterdon County, in the Province 
of West-Jersey, about the loth of October last, A bay 
Plorse about 12 Years old, about 14 Hands high, with 
two white hind Feet, a small Star in his Forehead, a large 
Slit near the Top of his near Ear, and a natural Pacer. 
Also a black Mare, 5 Years old last Spring, about 14 
Hands high, paces a short Travel, trots out of Hand, has 
neither Brand nor Ear-mark; both shod before. Who- 
ever takes up and secures the said Horse and Mare, so 
that they may be had again, if strayed, shall have Twenty 
Shillings Reward for each, or if stolen and the Thief ap- 
prehended and secured, so that he may be brought to 
Justice, shall have Five Pounds Reward for the Thief, 
and Thirty Shillings for each of said Creatures, paid by 
Michael Baker, near the Mores-Town, in Burlington 
County, or the said James Clarke, or Thomas Douglas, 
at Crosswicks, in the said County of Burlington. 

Strayed or stolen, the 15th of this instant October, 
from Newark, a bright bay Horse, near 15 Hands high, 
Brand not known, lately cut, one Stone out, the other 
in, with a small bob Tail, his Mane trimmed, is black, 
with some grey Hairs in it, not shod, paces well, and 
about 4 or 5 Years old. Whoever takes up the said 
Horse, and brings him to Newark, shall have Fifteen 



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Shillings Reward, and reasonal)le Charges, paid by Ed- 
ward Miles, or William Wells, Tavern-keeper, in Dover. 
— The Pennsyh'ania Gazette^ No. 17 16, Novciiibei- 12, 
1 76 1. 

To be Sold by 

CONSTANTINE DOUGHERTY, 

(Wholesale or Retail) cheap for ready Money. 
Broadcloths of different colours, saggathies, everlastings, 
coatings, fri/^es, kerseys, bearskins, flannels, tammies, 
dnrants, shaloons, cross-barr'd stnfts, calimancoes, silk 
and worsted camblets, crapes, poplins, sattins, pelongs, 
silk gauze, figured silk, bombazeens, taffeties, damasks, 
silvcrets, dresdenets, messinets, grazets. allopeens, lute- 
string gauze caps, cardinals, polanese, muffs of the new- 
est fashions, silk hats and bonnets, l)rilliants, snail fringes, 
gimps, necklaces, taffeties, silk handkerchiefs, silk gauze 
handkerchiefs, flowered bordered lawn handkerchiefs, 
check linen handkerchiefs, love gauze, an assortment of 
mourning for men and women, persians, ribbons, velvet, 
plush, cotton velvet, velvet shapes, silk and thread lace, 
sewing silk, thicksets, fustians, chintz, calicoes, curtain 
calicoes, yd and 3-8ths cotton and linen checks, linen, 
nankeens and striped hollands, pistol lawns, long lawns, 
flowered lawns, plain lawns, cambricks, ozenbrigs, mus- 
lins, mens and womens worsted, cotton and linen stock- 
ings, stock tape, scarlet and cloth coloured cloaks, buck- 
rams, silk and hair buttons, metal ditto, silver locket but- 
tons, a neat assortment of hardware, shoes, fans, paper, 
nutmegs, pepper, alspice, indigo, knit patterns for 
breeches, hats, ferretings, garters, silk, worsted and 
glazed mitts and gloves, mens gloves, spectacles, table- 
cloths, diaper, doulas and Russia linen, whalebone, white 
Imckram, stay cord, braid, galoon, russels, tea, l)uck- 
skins, and sundry other goods, too tedious to mention. 



632 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1761 

This is to o-ivc Notice, That I Constanline Doiio-h- 
erty will (|uit the way of trade I now follow in six weeks, 
and will sell what goods I now have, which is a large as- 
sortment of the above-named, at the following ])laces, at 
first cost; and I desire the fa\-onr of all those to whom I 
am indebted, to have their acconnts ready in about six 
weeks from the date hereof, as I intend to clear of¥ all 
acconnts at that time; and all those that are indebted to 
me, to make speedy payment at the following places, to 
prevent further trouble. The above goods are to be sold 
at the following places: At New Germantown, at the 
house of the widow Raird. from Tuesday the loth, to 
Monday the i6th of Noveml^er. At Bound-Brook, at 
William Wortman's, near ATr. Field's mill, from Tuesday, 
the 17th, till Monday the 23d of November. At Trenton, 
at Peter Marseillei's' the brewer, from Wednesday the 
25th of November, till Wetlnesda}' the 2d of December. 
At Hopewell, at the widow Davenport's, where Mr. 
Pain kept shop, fn^m Thursday the 3d till Thursday the 
loth of December. At Amwell, at Gershom Mott's mill, 
near merchant l\eed's, from Friday the iith, till Thurs- 
day the 17th of December. At Bethlehem, at Jacob 
More's tavern, from Saturday the 19th, till Monday, the 
28th of December. After the goods, the following books, 
divinit}', law, physick, surgerv, history, arithmetick, 
mathematicks, &c. 

Run away on the 27th of October last, from Peter Tm- 
lay, Miller of Upper Freehold, in the County of Mon- 
mouth. New-Jersey, a Servant Boy, named Matthias 
Walker, Country born, aliout 15 Years of Age, he is slim 
built: had on, when he went away, a light brown liome- 



1 Peter Mersellls— so the name appears on his tombstone— died at 
Trenton, June 25, 1764, aged 43 years. Me was a carpenter at that time. 
His brother, Henry Marselis, was a brewer in Trenton until his death, 
in 1753. Peter and Henry had a brother John and a sister Catharine. 



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spun Jacket, a striped under jacket, a reddisli strii)ed hol- 
kand I'air oi Jireeches, a Pair of Tow I'rowsers, oood 
Stockings and Shoes, and good felt Hat; it is snp])osed 
he is gone to his Father, a School-Master, one John 
\\'alker, hut where he now keeps is unknown to me. 
Whoever takes up the said Boy, and secures him, so as his 
Master may have him again shall have Twenty Shillings 
Reward, and reasonable Charges, paid by 

Peter Imlay. 

Stolen from the Subscriber's Plantation at Kingwood 
in Hunterdon C"ounty, in the Western Division of the 
Province of New-Jersey, about the 14th of May, 1760, 
a dark bay Gelding, about 15 Hands high, well-set, 
l)ran(led on the near Thigli 11, had a short switch Tail, 
wlien taken, about se\en Years old, short Ears, paces and 
canters easy, of good Spirits; it is supposed he was taken 
into Penns}d\ania. Whoever l)rings said Horse to Peter 
Robeson, in l'hiladel])]iia, or to the Owner in Kingwood 
shall ha^'e P^ortv Shillings Reward, ])aid by 

Jonathan Robeson. 

— T/ir Pennsylvaiiia Gazette, No. 1717, November 
19, 1 76 1. 

Straved or stolen from the Sul)scriber, living in Ches- 
ter Township, Burlington County, uear the Lower Ferry 
on Ancocus Creek, on the 13th Instant at Night, a light 
grey Horse, about 14 Hands and an Half high, with a 
Saddle and Bridle, the Saddle about half worn, with a 
Buckskin Seat and Leather Housings; the Horse is a 
natural Pacer, neither Brand nor Ear-mark, about 6 
Years old. no Shoes on. a switch Tail, his Mane hangs on 



634 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [ I 76 I 

tlie off Side. Whoe\cr takes up and secures said Horse, 
if stra}-cd. shall lia\e Thirty Shillings Reward, and if 
stolen, and the Idiicf apprehended and brought to Jus- 
tice, Five Pounds Reward, paid by 

William Allen. 

To be sold l\v the Sul^scriber, li^•ino- in Second-street 
opposite the Baptist-Meeting-house. 

1. A Three Story commodious Brick Dwelling-house, 
situate on the Corner of Sassafras (or Race) and Sec- 
ond 

2. A Lot of Ground 

3. A Water Lot 

4. A Tract containing 200 Acres of Woodland, on 
Pohatcong-Creek, in L^ast New Jersey. For Title and 
Terms, apply to 

George Dillwvn. 

— The Pcuusylvaiiia Garjcttc^ No. 171 7, Novcuibcr 
19, 1761. 

Custom-House, Philadelphia, Cleared. Schooner 
Resolution, Edward Sarjent, to Piscataway. — The Podi- 
syhania Journal, No. 989, Novcvibcr 19, 1761. 

To His Excellency Josiah Plardy, Esq; 

Captain General, and Governor in Chief, in and over 
Flis Majesty's Province of Nova-Caesarea or New-Jersey, 
and Territories thereon depending in America, Chancel- 
lor and A^ice-Admiral in the same, &c. &c. 

The Address of the Episcopal Clergy in the said Prov- 
ince. 



1761] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 635 

May it please your Excellency. 

ANIMATED with the most grateful sentiments to 
the best of Kings, for appointing- one of your 
excellency's amiable character, to succeed our 
late worthy governor in ruling this province, 
we, the clergy of the church of England, as l)y law estab- 
lished, beg leave to congratulate your excellency on re- 
ceiving this distinguishing mark of the royal favour, and 
on your safe arrival with your lady and family, at this 
critical juncture, when to the common danger, of the 
seas, must be added that of an enraged, revengeful and 
despairing enemy, infesting the british and amcrican 
coasts. 

As the signal piety of our King assures us, that your 
virtues were one principal inducement in the constituting 
your excellency representative of his royal person in this 
province: So w^e cannot entertain the least doubt, but 
in imitation of his illustrious example, your excellency 
will esteem it the highest honour to be the guardian of 
religion as well as the laws: and that the hands of the 
clergy may be continually strengthened in the great and 
important duties of their calling, by the weight of your 
countenance and authority. 

The church of england, always faithful and steady in 
their attachments to our admiral)le form of government, 
cannot fail of your excellency's protection, and support 
in all her privileges: And we presume to engage to your 
excellency, that we will on our part, agreeably to our 
sacred obligations, constantly inculcate loyalty to our 
good and glorious sovereign, and the most ardent affec- 
tion for our happy constitution, while at the. same time, 
we shall do everything in our power to contril)Ute to the 
ease and honour of your excellency's administration. 
That your excellency may long be a blessing to the 



636 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [ I 76 I 

people committed to your care, and enjoying the auspi- 
cious smiles of a gracious King here on earth, may very 
late exchange the temporary laurel for an immortal 
crown of glory abo\'e, is the devout prayer of, 
Sir, 

Your Excellency's 
Most Obedient 

Humble Servants. 
Isaac Browne,' 
Colin Campbell,' 
Samuel Cooke," 
Thomas B. Chandler,* 
Robert M'Kean,' 
Andrew Norton." 

1 The Rev. Lsaac Browno was Reclor of Trinity Cliurch, Newarlc. 

2 The Rev. Colin Campbell was Rector of St. Mary's Church, Burling- 
ton. 

3 The Rev. Samuel Cooke, a graduate of Caiu.s College, Cambridge, 
was appointed by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in 
Foreign Parts to succeed the Rev. Thomas 'J'hompson as missionary 
to the Episcopal churches in Monmouth county, and arrived there in 
September, I'ial. He attended a (.'onvention of the Episcopal clergy of 
Pennsylvaiiia in I'lUO, and was recognized as an induenlial member of 
his denomination in New Jersey. He continued in charge of the Epis- 
copal churches in Shrewsbury, Freehold and Middletown until the Rev- 
olution. He sailed with the Rev. Myles Cooper and the Rev. T. B. 
Chandler, on Ma>- 24. 1775, for liiistoi, lOngland. On his return he took 
ui) his residence in New York, where he became a deputy chaplain to 
the Guards. In 17S5 he settled at Frederickton, New Brunswick, as 
the first Rector of the church at that place. In 17itl he was Commis- 
sary to the Bishop of Nova Scotia. He was drowned in crossing the 
river St. John, in a birch birk canoe, in 1795. His wife was Graham, 
daughter of Michael Kearny, of Perth Aniboy. His son perislied with 
him. I^ydia, his fifth daughter, died at Frederickton in 1S46, aged 76; 
Isabella, ihe last survivor of the family, died at the same city in 1848. 
She was the widow of Col. Harris William Hales. 

■1 The Rev. Thomas Bradbury Chandler, the famous advocate of an 
American Episcopacy, was Rector of St. John's Church, Elizabethtown. 

r- The Rev. Robert McKean was the well-known missionary at New 
Brunswick, and afterwards at Perth Amboy. 

'■•The Rev. Andrew Morton (not Norton) was an itinerant missionary 
in New Jersey as early as 1760, having been sent out by the Society for 
the Propagation of the Gospel in I-'oreign Parts. He was commended 
for his shrewdness in persuading "the people to obligate themselves to 
do such and such things for him so that he has a legal demand on 
them for ye same when he discharges his duty." In 1764 he had some 
difficulty with a Mr. Garrison, who claimed that Mr. Morton had 
wronged his daughter; but having been confronted by Mr. Morton 
and a Mr. Steuart at Trenton, Mr. Garrison withdrew his charge. 
However, the affair ainiarently impaired Mr. Morton's usefulness. 
His field of service seems to have been in the western part of New 
Jersey. 



1 761] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. (iT^-J 

To which His Excellency was pleased to Return the 
following Answer. 

Gentlemen, 

YOUR congratulations on my appointment to 
the government of ;;his province, as also on 
mine and my family's safe arrival, demand my 
sincerest thanks. 
The assurances you give me of inculcating loyalty to 
our gracious Sovereign cannot but be very pleasing to 
me, and you may depend that I shall always protect, and 
support the church of England in all her privileges. 

JosiAH Hardy. 
Perth-Amboy, 

Nov. 13, 1761. 

/ To be sold or rented, by 
Samuel Johnston, 

Of Kingwood in Hunterdon County, and Province of 
New-Jersey; 

A Eurnace almost new\ well built, with a large coal 
house; a good dwelling house for a manager to live in, 
several homes for carters, founders, &c. &c. with 3000 
acres of wood land, extremely well timbered; near the 
center of which the furnace stands, the iron mines within 
a cjuarter of a mile of the furnace; the quality of the pigs 
it hath produced, is well known to be as good for making 
bar iron, as any in America. With the furnace, will be 
sold or let, one fourth part of another iron mine, about 8 
miles from said furnace, which has been tried, proves rich 
and easy melted, and makes choice bar iron; the furnace 
is situate in a fine country, where provisions are plenty 
and reasonable, and at an equal distance from Philadel- 
phia and New York; a good plantation already cleared, 



638 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1/6 1 

and a considcrble quantity of medow cleared, and in good 
fence. 

Likewise a forge lately rebuilt with three fires, situate 
on the south branch of Rariton, a fine stream of water 
sufficient in the dryest season, with near 1000 acres of 
good wood-land, mostly well timbered, a good coal 
house, houses for forgemen, a large stone house two 
stories high, .for a manager; with stables, barracks, &c. 
and if necessary fifty acres of choice meadow. 

Also two tracts of land, one of 1000, the other of 1500 
acres, situate on the valuable river Musconetcung; on 
each of which there is a conveniency for building a forge 
within 8 miles of 3 furnaces, both tracts extremely well 
timbered. Any person inclining to purchase the whole 
or part of the premises aforesaid, by applying to the said 
Samuel Johnston, may view the same, be convinced of 
the title, and on paying one fourth of the purchase 
money, have any reasonable time for the payment of rest 
upon interest. 

For further particulars, enquire of W. Kelly, in New- 
York. — The Nczv York Mercury, November 21^ 1761. 

The several petitions from Hunterdon, Morris and Sus- 
sex, and Edward Broadfield, against the Erecting of 
Pounds, &c. in the River Delaware, for the catching of 
Fish, and obstructing the Navigation, were read the sec- 
ond Time, and referred till next Session, that it may be 
seen what the Legislature of Pennsylvania may do on 
the Occasion; as it is probable nothing can be eft'ectually 
done without their Assistance, and because it has not ap- 
peared to this Plouse, that any of the Parties concerned 
in erecting the said Pounds have had Notice of the Ap- 
plication against them; and if it appears at the next Ses- 
sion that public Notice has been given in the News- 



1 761] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 639 

papers of this Application, and nothing then appears 
against it, 

Ordered, That the Members of Hunterdon have 
Leave to bring in a Bill, pursuant to the Prayer of the 
said Petitions. 

New- Jersey. To all whom it may concern. Please to 
take Notice, that you appear, at the next Meeting of the 
Assembly of this Province, to show Cause (if any there 
be) why a Bill shall not pass, to prevent the Destruction 
of Fish by Pounds in the River Delaware, agreeable to 
the Act passed in Pennsylvania and pursuant to the 
above Minute. 

W. Morris, Benj. Biles. 
— Tlic Pennsylvania Ga.':cttc, No. 1718, November 
26, 1761. 

RuN-away, from Lieut. Shute, of the New-Jersey Regi- 
ment, living at Greenwich, in Salem County, West Jer- 
sey; an indented Servant Man, named John Rigar, a Ger- 
man by birth, about 26 Years of Age, 5 Feet 6 Inches 
high, speaks pretty good English; and had on when he 
went away, an old Red Coat and Breeches, white flannel 
Jacket: Whoever brings him to said Shute, or to Andrew 
Smith, Esq; at Amboy, shall receive Three Pounds Cur- 
rency Reward, and all necesary Charges. Note, He com- 
monly is called Prussia (from his Country) and is sup- 
posed to have gone towards Redding Town in the Jer- 
sey. 

Nezv York., November 30. For the Addresses of the 
Corporation of New-Brunswick, to their Excellencies 
Josiah Hardy, and Thomas Booue, Esqrs, see the last 
Page of this Paper. 

The Humble Address of the Corporation of New- 
Brunswick, presented the 30th of October, 1761. 



640 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1761 

To His Excellency Joslmi I Iardv, Esq; Caplain Gen- 
eral, and ( "lONcrnor in C'liief in and over His Majesty's 
I'rovince of New- Jersey, and Territories thereon depend- 
ing" in America, Vice Admiral and Chancellor in the same, 
&c. 

May it please yonr Excellency, 

THE ]\Iayor, Recorder, Aldermen, and Com- 
nitin Council of the Cit)' of New-Brunswick, 
intreat your Excellency's Permission to con- 
gratulate your Excellency on your safe Ar- 
rival to this your Government. 

Your Appointment, Sir, to this eminent Station, by 
his present Majesty our most gracious Sovereign, whose 
l)rincely X'irtues so justly makes him the Joy and Delight 
of his People, gives them, and all his Majesty's Subjects 
in this Province, Reason to rejoice in a certain Reliance 
of Protection in the Enjoyment of all their Rights and 
Liberties, and that the promoting their Happiness and 
Welfare will be the chief End t)f your Excellency's Care. 
As these Reflections leaves them no Room to doubt 
that your Excellency will meet with equal Marks of Duty 
and Gratitude from his Majesty's faithful Subjects in this 
Province in general; so we, in our particular Sphere, 
shall, on all Occasions, endeavour to make your Excel- 
lency's Administration easy and agreeable. 

To which his Excellency was pleased to make the fol- 
lowing Answer. 

Gentlemen, 

I Ret URN you m_\- sincere ^Phanks for }-our kind 
Congratulations on my safe Arrival in this 
Country. 
If any Thing can add to my Hai)piness in 
being ai)pointed to the Government of this Province by 
the best of Kings, it will be in the Success of my Endeav- 



176 J J NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 64I 

ours to promote the Welfare of the People committed 
to my Charge. 

The City of New-Brunswick may be assured of my 
best Wishes. 

JosiAH Hardy. 

New-Brunswick, Nov. 2, 1761. 

The Humble Address of the Corporation of New- 
Brunswick. 

To his Excellency Thomas Boone, Esq; Captain Gen- 
eral, and Governor in Chief in and over His Majesty's 
Province of South Carolina, &c. 

May it please your Excellency, 

The Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen, and Com- 
mon Council of the City of New-Brunswick, 
impressed with a due Sense of that just and 
impartial Exertion of the Powers of Govern- 
ment with which your Excellency was invested in this 
Province, humbly beg your Excellency's Permission to 
say. That the supporting- the Dignity of your Station, in 
niaintaining- the King's Honour, and promoting his Ser- 
vice, as well as preserving to them and all his Majesty's 
Good Subjects in this Province, the peaceable and un- 
interrupted Enjoyment of their Civil and Religious 
Rights and Privileges, hath been equally Remarkable in 
your Excellency's Conduct in the Course of your Ad- 
ministration, 

It gives them a particular Pleasure, Sir, that since it 
hath pleased His Majesty to remove you from this Sta- 
tion to promote you, in some Respects, it may be said, 
to a more considerable and respectable Government, 
which they consider as a fresh Instance of Royal Favour, 
and which may also be more agreeable to your Excel- 
lency's own Inclination. 

May the Divine Providence preserve and conduct you 



M 



642 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [ 1 76 I 

safe to the People of your Department; and that you 
may meet with a Reception from them suitable to your 
Merit. 

Your Excellency will be pleased to accept these sin- 
cere Sentiments from this Corporation, as the small Trib- 
ute of their Acknowledgment, for your past Favours, and 
as a Mark of that Veneration and esteem which they re- 
tain of your amial)le Character, and distinguished Vir- 
tues. 

To which His Excellency was pleased to make the fol- 
lowingf Answer 

Y Intentions, Gentlemen, for the Province 
in general, and this Corporation in Particu- 
lar, were such that I can receive your Ac- 
, .T X knowledgments with Pleasure, and set a 
Value upon this last Testimony of your Approbation. 

T. Boone. 
— The New York Mercury^ November 30, 1761. 

Custom-]! ouse, Philadelphia, Entered In. Sloop Sal- 
isbury, Benjamin Batchelor, from Salem. Brig Harle- 
quin, John Bottenham, from Piscataway. — TJie Pciuisyl- 
viDiia Jour)ial, No 991, Deeej/ibej- t,, 1761. 

To be Sold, at publick Vendue 
At the House of Mr. John Shaw, in Burlington, on 
Friday, the i8th Day of this inst, December, at Three 
o'clock in the Afternoon. 

A Plantation, situate on Ancocus Creek, adjoining 
Coxe's Ferry, containing 202 Acres, with convenient 
Buildings thereon; now in the Tenure of Jonathan Coxe. 
Credit will l)e given for Part of the Purchase Money, 
which will be more fully declared at the Time of Sale: 
The Buyer may enter into Possession the 25th of March 
next. 



1761] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 643 

TO BE SOLD. 

A Plantation, lyinc^- upon George's Road, Middlesex 
County, in the Province of New Jersey, 7 Miles from 
Brunswick, and aI)out the same Distance from Kings- 
ton and Cranberry, containing 300 Acres, with a good 
House and Barn, a large bearing Orchard, and plenty of 
good Timber for sawing and Stave-making, with a con- 
venient Stream through the Swamp, for a double geared 
Mill; forty Acres of excellent Meadow may be made on 
the Premises, and the Clearing very easy. For Terms of 
Sale, enquire of John Lawrence, in Philadelphia, or Mr. 
Samuel Oakson, at the Long Bridge Farm. 

Run away on the 28th ult; from Charles Moore, An 
Apprentice Lad, named William Moore, by Trade a Hat- 
ter, about 19 Years of Age, 5 Feet, 9 Inches high, wore 
his own Flair, tied behind with a Ribbon: Flad on a blue 
Coat, Jacket and Breeches, good Shoes and Stockings. 
He was seen in Trenton the Day after he went away. 
Whoever takes up and secures said Lad, in any Goal, so 
that his Master may have him again, shall have Thirty 
Shillings Reward, paid by me. 

Charles Moore. 

N. B. All Persons are forewarned not to harbour said 
Apprentice at their Peril. — Tlic ]\'uusylvaiiia Garsctte^ 
No. I 7 19, December 3, I 76 1. 

WE in the English Neighbourhood in the County of 
Bergen, desire, That if any single Man has a Mind to 
come there to keep School, he may apply to them. — The 
New York Mercury., Dceeniber 7, 1761. 

Philadelphia, December 3, 1761 
Five Pounds Reward. 
Stolen from Brunswick Ferry, on Saturday Night, the 



644 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [ 1 76 1 

28th of November last, A good Saddle and Bridle, a Pair 
of Saddle-bags with i'] Dollars in them, three Shirts and 
three Pair of Stockings. The Man who stole them was 
seen at Ashton's Ferry, in this Town, on Tuesday Night, 
the 2d Instant. He is a likely Man, named John Arm- 
strong, but sometimes calls himself John Wilson, about 
5 Feet, 9 Inches high, with black curled Hair, a little 
Pock-marked, with a Scar on one of his Cheeks: Had 
on a blue Coat, white Swanskin lapelled Jacket, and 
Leather Breeches. Whoever takes him up, and secures 
him, shall have the above Reward, and all reasonable 
Charges, paid by Francis Holeman, at Brunswick Ferry, 
or John Butler, at the Corner of Fourth-street, in Chest- 
nut-street, Philadelphia. 

To be Sold 

A Tract of Land, in Mansfield Woodhouse, in Sussex 
County, New Jersey, containing 900 Acres, plenty of 
good Timber on said Tract, several fine Springs, and a 
fine Creek running through the same, may be divided 
into three or four Plantations, as may best suit the Pur- 
chasers. Also a Plantation, about six Miles above Fas- 
ten, containing about 270 Acres; hath on it a good Log- 
house, two good Barracks, and a fine Orchard of 400 
Apple Trees, Half of which is fine Grass; about 15 Acres 
of English Meadow already made, and as much more may 
be made; and about forty Acres of Plow Land already 
cleared, and in good Fence; several fine Springs near 
the House, and a fine Creek running through the Planta- 
tion. Any Person inclining to purchase, may know the 

Terms by applying to 

Richard Shackleton. 

Custom House, Phi/adc/phia, Inward Entries. 
Sloop Martha and Hannah, W. Kilgore, Salem. 



1 761] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 645 

Notice is hereby given to Alexander Martin, Merchant 
in SaHsbury, North Carolina, that his Father, Hugh Mar- 
tin of Plunterdon County, New-Jersey, died the 9th of 
March last, and left him and his Brother James his Exec- 
utors; wherefore said Alexander Martin, if not incon- 
venient to his Business, is desired to return home, to 
settle his late Father's Affairs; but if his coming should 
be attended with any Disadvantage to him, he is re- 
quested not to come, by his Mother. 

Jane Martin. 

— The PoinsylviDiia Ga::ettL\ No. 1720, December 
10, 1761. 

To BE SOLD, 

By the Subscribers. 
The following settled Plantations and Tracts of Land in 

the township of Tenicum, and County of Bucks, in 

Pennsylvania, about Thirty five or Forty Miles from 

Philadelphia laying on and near the River Delaware, 

viz. 261 Acres of Land .... 

Also three Tracts of Land in West-Jersey, Paulins- 
kiln River, two of which Tracts, viz. 678 Acres now in the 
Possession of Uriah Dildine, and 513 Acres in the Pos- 
session of John Heaton, jun. are settled; the other Wood 
Land. 

Also to be Leased, a Farm containing 302 Acres well 
improved, now in the Possession of Edward Marshall. 

Also to be sold a Quantity of third and fourth divided 
West-Jersey Rights. All the above Farms are under 
Lease, to the present Possessors, only till the first Day of 
next April, and is free of all Quit-Rents and other Li- 
cumberances and will be disposed of on easy Terms of 
Payment. Whoever inclines to purchase any of the 
above Places, must apply to Richard Stevens, at Phila- 
delphia, or William Pidgeon, at Trenton, who will also 



646 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 1 I 76 1 

give their Attendance the first three Days of every 
Month, at the House of the Widow Baley's on Delaware, 
adjoining to David Newl:)urn's Ferry on said Tracts in 
Tenicum Township. — The Pciiusyivaiiiajcnirnal^ No. 992, 
December 10, 1761 . 

To 1)6 Sold by the Subscriber, the following pieces of 
(iroinid, beginning at a corner of a road, leading from 
(iloucester-Point to Phila(lel])hia thence North 2 de- 
grees, West 16 perches, thence North 2 degrees East 2 
perches to Jonas Keallers land, adjoining land of Jacob 
Viney, North 60 degrees. West 15 perches thence North 
7 degrees. East 67 perches to land, of William Plumsted 
Esq; thence by said Plumsted's land North 63 degrees 
West to Land sold to Matthias Culp thence by said 
Gulp's Land West 2 Perches thence south 63 Degrees 
East to a Lane reserved for the use of Culp and Dowell 
containing 3 Acres 100 Perches be the same more or less. 

JUDAM FOULK. 
- — The Pennsylvania Journal^ No. 992, Deeeniher 
10, 1761. 

Custom-House, Philadelphia, Entered In. Sloop Mar- 
tha and Hannah, William Kilgore from Salem. — TJie 
Pennsylvania Journal, No. 992, Deeeniber 10, 1761. 

To be Sold and may be entered on the first of April 
next; Two Plantations or Farms, one called Bellemont, 
w^hereon the late Mr. Daniel Cox lived, situate on the 
River Delaware, on which it has an extent of at least a 
Mile. The Mansion-house is in good repair and very 
convenient either for a Gentleman or Farmer, and has 
four Rooms on one Floor, all with Fire Places, and good 
Cellars under the v^hole, partitioned into four Parts; 
also a large commodious Kitchen adjoining the House 



1761] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 647 

with two lodging- Rooms for Servants. There is besides 
a large new Barn well finished and several Out-houses, 
as a Smoak-house, Wash-house, &c. the place contains 
about 540 Acres of excellent Upland, Lowland and 
'Meadow, well known for its Fertility and Riches both 
for Grass and Grain. 

The other plantation contains about 507 Acres, is ad- 
joining to and lying below the above place, and has also 
a Front on the Delaware of near a Mile, and is separated 
from the above Farm only by a Creek which is a very 
convenient and safe Harbour for Boats of all Kinds, 
either for ferrying over to Pennsylvania, or transporting 
the Country produce to Trenton or Philadelphia; it has 
about 100 Acres cleared, most of it Lowland witlj a small 
Flouse, Barn and Orchard, and is Patent for a Ferry; to 
which there is a Road opened from Pennington, and the 
Land on the Pennsylvania Shore is purchased to secure 
a convenient Landing; both the above Farms are within 
12 Miles of Trenton and 30 of Philadelphia by good 
Road. An indisputable Title will be given, and the 
greatest part of the purchase Money may remain some 
Years at Interest. For Terms apply to Mr. William 
COXE at Philadelphia, or Mr. DANIEL CoXE, at Tren- 
ton.' 

Whereas the Partnership between Robert and Jacob 
Hooper is dissolved, all persons indebted to said Part- 
nership by bond or otherwise, are desired to make pay- 
ment by the first Day of January next and all those who 
have any demands against said Partnership are desired 
to send in their Accounts to Robert Lettis Hooper, junr. 
in Trenton for payment. 

To be sold by the said Robert Lettis Hooper junr. 
West-india and Philadelphia Rum by the Hogshead. 

iFor sketch of the Coxe family, see N. J. Archives, X., 225-227, note. 



648 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [ I 76 I 

Wine by the quarter cask and sugar in small barrells. — 
The Poinsylvania Jour)ial^ No. 992, Decciiilur 10, 176 1. 

I The subscriber having lived at the King's- 
Arms and Fountain tavern, in New-York, as 
a waiter, have taken the house wherein James 
Thompson lived, in New-Brunswick, now the 
sign of the White Hart, and has a compleat house and 
stable, where all gentlemen travellers that will be pleased 
to favour him with their custom, will meet with genteel 
accommodations, by their Most Obedient Servant 

Michael Duff. 

Five Pounds, Reward, 

FOR apprehending a certain man, who calls 
himself Thomas Partridge, and sometimes 
Wilson: He carried off the 28th of Novem- 
ber, from New-Brunswick Ferry, a saddle 
bags belonging to Eliphelat Plat, of Long-Island, con- 
taining 37 dollars, and some linnen, &c. Whoever takes 
up and secures the said fellow so that he may be brought 
to justice, shall have the above reward paid by Francis 
Holeman, at Brunswick, or Eliphelat Plat, on Long- 
Island: He is about 5 feet 9 inches high, with black 
curled hair, is a little pitted with the small pox, and has 
a large scar on one side of his cheeks. — The New York 
Mercury^ December 14, 1761. 

The Ship Nancy, Capt. Brice from New-York for this 
Port, is ashore near Cape May, but it is thought will be 
got oiT. 

' The Subscriber begs Leave to inform the Publick, 
that he has removed from the House he lately lived in, 
the Sifrn of the Red Lion in Nezv Brunswick, near the 



1 761] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 649 

Ferry, to the House, lately kept by Joshua Mullock, 
where he has hung his former Sign, and hopes for the 
Continuance of his former Customers; and where all 
Gentlemen and Ladies who travel the road, may depend 
upon the best of Accommodations and Usage from their 
humble Servant, 

Brook Farmer. 

— The Pennsylvania Journal^ No. gg^,, December 17, 
1 76 1. 

These are to forewarn all Persons from taking an As- 
signment of a Bond, given by Andrew Homan, of the 
Township of Greenwich, in Gloucester County, New- 
Jersey, to John Jones, senior, of the same Place, dated 
the 19th Day of June, 1744, for the conditional Sum of 
Four Pounds, Twelve Shillings, due the 19th of Decem- 
ber following, which has been paid. 

Jonathan Rumford, Administrator. 

Stolen on the Night of the 26th ult. from the Sign 
Post of Gilbert Barton, Tavern-keeper in Cranberry, a 
sorrel Mare, with a bald Face, and white Mane and Tail, 
four white Feet, a w^hite Spot under her near Eye, about 
15 Hands high, 5 Years old last Grass, shod before, 
branded on the near Buttock *, paces pretty swift, trots 
well, and has a Mark of a Rope-gall in her near Hough, 
and some small white Spots on the near Side of her Nose. 
Had on a Saddle and Bridle, the Saddle breasted both 
before and behind with red Plush Housing, and Curb 
Bridle. 'Tis supposed she was stolen by one John Mar- 
tin, who has lately been in the Jersey Provincials. Who- 
ever takes up the Thief and Mare, shall have Six Pounds 
Reward for both, or Three Pounds for the Mare, Saddle 
and Bridle, paid by 

James Dye, in Cranberry. 



650 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1761 

Notice is hereby given, That a Schoolmaster is want- 
ed in tiie Township of Elsinl)orough, in Salem County, 
and Western Division of New Jersey: One that can 
come well recommended, may meet with good Encour- 
agement, by the Inhabitants of said Township, Signed, 
on Behalf of myself and Neighbours. 

Joshua Thompson. 

Morris-Town and County (N. Jersey) Dec. 12, 1761. 

Taken or stolen away, on Friday the nth Instant, by 
John Laver (so called) the following Articles, viz, a 
sorrel Horse, about lo Years old, about 14 Hands high, 
a natural Pacer, and N^ery ill-natured, shod before, brand- 
ed I C or B C, on his off Buttock, with a hunting Sad- 
dle, somewhat worn, and Brass Nails on the Head of it, 
a Crupper, with two Buckles, a Bridle and Saddle-bags; 
he also took with him a Quantity of woollen Yarn, and 
sundry other Things. Said Laver is a thick well set Man, 
of middling Stature, about 30 Years of Age, full fac'd, 
of a ruddy Complexion, had strait brown Hair, much 
given to Drink, and when intoxicated, apt to twinkle re- 
markably with his Eyes, had a Wound on the Back of one 
of his Elands, says he is an Englishman, and was Coach- 
man to General Amherst last Winter; he is a very good 
Weaver, and had on when he went away, a Snuff col- 
oured Broadcloth Coat, almost new, with Buttons and 
Lining near the same Colour, a black cut Velvet Vest, 
without Sleeves, the back Part of it black Everlasting, 
a brown Bearskin Great-coat, a pair of Shoe Boots, and 
light coloured Breeches. Whoever takes up said Per- 
son, and commits him to Morris County Goal, or any of 
his Majesty's Goals within lOO Miles of said Morris 
County, so that John Keney, former Sheriff of said Mor- 
ris County, may have him again, shall have Five Pounds 



1761] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 65 I 

Reward: Or, whoever secures said Horse, so that said 
Keney or Benjamin Coe may have him again, shall have 
Forty Shillings Reward, and all reasonable Charges, paid 
by us. . ^ 

, Benjamin Coe, 

John Williams. 

Burlington, 12th Month, 21, 1761 
As sundry Debts are yet owing to the Estate of 
Joshua Raper, late of Burlington, deceased; these are to 
request the Persons owing the same, to make speedy 
Payment. And if any Person have Demands against the 
said Estate they are desired to bring in their Accounts, 
that they may be settled by John Hoskins, Daniel 
Smith, junior, and Abigail Raper, E.xecut. 

— The Pennsylvania Gazette^ No. 1721, Deeeuibcr 
17, 1761. 

The Books containing the Revd. Samuel Harker's 
Thoughts on the Scheme of the Covenant of Grace, or 
Predestination consistent with general Liberty, being 
now finished, these are to acquaint the Publick, that said 
Books may be had at Samuel Tuthils, in Hanover, Mor- 
ris County, New-Jersey, at the Author's House at Black- 
River, and at many other Places in New-Jersey, of which 
the Publick will easily get Notice. Tho' many Things 
in said Books are handled in a very different Manner to 
any Thing heretofore published, yet they are well fenc'd, 
and supported with Evidence, and in as much as some 
are disposed to Slander and Redicule the Performance, 
the Author Thinks it but Just, in the Favour of Truth, 
to acquaint the Publick, he humbly conceives he can (by 
God's Assistance) vindicate the Scheme of the Covenant 
of Grace, as asserted in said Books, against all Opposi- 
tion, therefore desires Professors of all Denominations 



652 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1761 

will Read and Think for themselves, and not despise 
Truth because it may be Evil spoken of. 

Extract of a Letter frojii Perth- Ainbojy Dee. 16, 1761. 
"Once again we find this Province happy in the State 
of the Superior Court. . . . What Anxieties have 
we undergone, ever since a Letter written by Mr. Mor- 
ris, upon his Appointment to the Government of Penn- 
sylvania, induced the then Lords of Trade, to think he 
resigned his Place as Chief Justice ! . . . . What 
glorious Successors. . '. . The Treasurer of a Turn- 
pike and a Newgate Solicitor ! . . . . Blessed 
Fountains of Justice ! . . . . Thanks to Heaven 
we now again have Judges whom we know, and who know 
us. . . . The Governor has ordered the Commis- 
sions to Chief Justice Morris, and the other Judges to 
be renewed according to their former Constitutional 

Tenure for Life, quam diu se bene gcsserint 

When Revolution Principles prevail, the Signs of the 
Times are good." 

Just published, by 

Hugh Gaine, 

The 

New-York 

Pocket Almanack 

for the Year 

1762. 

Calculated for the Use ot the Province of New-York, 

and the neighbouring Provinces. 

THIS Almanac contains, besides the usual as- 
tronomical Calculations, the Courts for the 
Provinces of New- York, New-Jersey and 
Connecticut. List of the crowned Heads in 
Europe: Tables of Exchange from 82^ to 90, calculated 



1761] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 653 

from id. to ioo£. A Table shewing the Value in New- 
York or Pennsylvania Currency for any Sum in Sterling, 
from one Penny to ioo£, computing the Exchange in 
New York Currency at 171 and 3-7, for ioo£. Sterling, 
and in Pennsylvania at 160 and 5-7, the par of Exchange 
at 4s. 8d per Dollar; a Table reducing Currency to Ster- 
ling at any Exchange from 80 to 90; a Table reducing 
New-Jersey Bills to New-York Currency, very useful for 
all Men in Trade; a Table of the Value and Weight of 
Coins as they now pass in New-York, Philadelphia and 
England; Table of Interest at 7 per Cent; a List of his 
Majesty's Council for this Province, Officers in Chan- 
cery, Supreme Court, General Assembly, Court of Ad- 
miralty, with all the Civil Officers and Vestry Men; a 
List of his Majesty's Council and Assembly for the Prov- 
ince of New-Jersey; Chronicle of the most remarkable 
Events that happened in America since the Commence- 
ment of the present War; List of all the English Gover- 
nors, Lieutenant Governors in North America and the 
West Indies; List of his Majesty's Royal Navy, with the 
Names of the Captains of each Ship, and their Rates; a 
List of his Brittannick Majesty's Land Forces, now in 
America, as well as could be obtained, with the Number 
of each Regiment, and the Colonels, Lieutenant Colonels 
and Majors, with the Pay of each officer; also an Abstract 
from an Act for the better regulating Carts and Carmen 
in the City of New-York; with the Time of the Arrival 
and setting Out of the Boston, Philadelphia and Albany 
Posts; and a List of all the Roads on the Continent of 
North-America, with many other useful Things too 

tedious to be mentioned here — The Nczv 

York Mercury, December 21, 1 76 1 , 

To be sold a valuable small plantation, situate in the 
county of Gloucester, on the north side of Rackoon- 



654 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [ 1 76 I 

creek, fronting the same, and nigh the river Delaware, 
containing upwards of a hundred acres, about twenty 
thereof cleared, and near nine acres of meadow within 
hank, and several acres more nigh adjoining; with a fme 
young orchard of very good fruit on the premises. The 
Title is indisputable; being the property of Hans Steel- 
man, junior, late deceased. For Terms enquire of 

Sarah Steelman, ) Executors and 

and - living nigh 

James Steelman, ) the premises. 

— 77u' Pc}insylva)iia Journal. No. 994, December 
24, 1761. 

List of Letters remaining in the Post Office jn 
Philadelphia. 

David Adair, Hopewell Township. Patrick Brown, 
New Jersey; John Butler (2) Salem. John Bready, Cum- 
berland County. Elizabeth Cotnam, Salem; Ann Col- 
lins, Gloucester County; Edward Cooper, Plopewell; 
Collin Campbell, Burlington Mary Down, near Glou- 
cester; Edward Doughty, Great Egg Harbour. Thomas 
Earl, Burlington County. John Forrister, Hunterdon 
County. William Hogg. Gloucester; 
VV. Hamilton, Basking-Ridge 
Richard Kilpatrick, Cumberland County. 
John Ladd, Esq; Gloucester County; Aaron Leaming. 
Cape May. James Major, Trenton Township; John Mil- 
liken, Cumberland County; Mary Moore, Mount-holly; 
Francis Murray, Gloucester. Sylas Newcomb, West 
Jersey. 

Bryan O'Hara, West Jersey; John Oliver, (2) Borden- 
town. Benjamin Pelton, Flopewell. James Rainey, 
Cape May; Jacob Richmond, Pilesgrove. William 
Skeels, Burlington, William Sheeles, Burlington John 



1 761] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 655 

Trimble, Cumberland County; John Tolbert, Sussex 
County- 
Robert Wilson, East Jersey. William Wattson, Sussex 
County William Wilson, Sussex County 

To be Sold, 

A Valuable Plantation, containing 250 Acres, situate 
on Alloway's Creek Towns'hip, Salem County, and West- 
ern Division of New Jersey, about 100 Acres whereof is 
cleared, 40 Acres of good Meadow, and more may be 
made, a good Brick House, good Frame Barn, Stables 
and other Outhouses, 2 good Orchards, Part whereof is 
grafted Fruit, a good Stream of Water running through 
said Place, whereon is a Saw-mill, also 250 Acres of Pine 
Land, about four Miles distant from said Mill. Any 
Person inclining to purchase the same, may know the 
Terms of Sale, by applying to Isaac Oakford, living on 
the Premises, or to Aaron Oakford, Hving on Society 
Hill: who has for Sale, a Parcel of choice Mountain and 
Red Wines, and a few Butts of good Brandy, &c, &c. — 
The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1723, December 31, 
1761. 



ADDENDA. 



Note.— The following Extracts from the New American Magazine, 
for 175S, were obtained after the printing of the preceding pages and 
the Index was completed. 

We have advice from Goshen, that on Sunday the 13th 
instant, one Samuel Webb was inhumanly butchered and 
scalped by a body of Indians, as he was fetching home his 
cows; at a distance of about half a mile from his own 
house, and not above two miles from the court-house, 
which is situated in the thickest settled part of the town. 
We have also advice that on the Thursday following, the 
wife of Isaac Cooley was killed and scalped in her own 
house, (which is within half a mile of the block-house 
No. I,) and her three children carried away captive. 
And as Mr. Cooley was coming up to the house, he was 
fired upon by five or six Indians, but being missed fled to 
the town. He imagines there were a dozen or 1 5 Indians 
in the party : And had it not been for the extraordinary 
alertness and activity of the militia, in pursuing the party, 
and scouring the woods, many more of the neighbours 
doubtless must have been destroyed. — The Nezv Ameri- 
can Magazine (Woodbridge), August, 1758. 

Pertli-Auiboy, Sept. 24. At a special court of Oyer 
and Tei'miner and general goal delivery, holden the 22d 
of the last month for the county of Cumberland, in this 
province, Francis Pickering, alias Mason, alias Price, and 
Simon Hussey, alias Anderson, were tried, convicted, 
and received sentence of death, for horse-stealing. Hus- 
sey was a Youth about twenty years of age ; and it appear- 
ing, that he had been seduced by Pickering (who had the 



1758] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 657 

cliaracter of a notorious thief) to commit these felonies, 
his excellency the g-overnor, upon the petition of the 
justices and many of the principal inhabitants of the 
county, was pleased to pardon him. And Pickering was 
executed on the i8th of September at Cohansy, pursuant 
to his sentence. They were both inhabitants of Mary- 
land, and but lately arrived in this province. 

At the circuit court held at Newark, for the county of 
Essex, before Mr. Justice Nevill, on the second Tuesday 
in this month, Dennis Dwire, was indicted for assaulting 
with an intent to ravish Elisabeth, the wife of John 
Morris; to which indictment he plead guilty:^ And the 
facts attending his crime, appearing very heinous, and the 
woman having been much abused, he received the follow- 
ing sentence, vis, To stand twice in the pillory, once in the 
town of Newark, and once in the borough of Elisabeth; 
to pay a fine of 15 1. to the King; to suffer a year's im- 
prisonment; and to find sufficient security for his good 
behaviour for seven years. 

x\t the circuit court fur the county of Morris on the 
fdurth Tuesday in this month, William Hall was tried 
and convicted for assaulting with an , intent to ravish 
Rachel Thompson, a girl of thirteen years of age. He 
was sentenced to stand in the pillory, to pay a fine of 10 1. 
to the King, and to enter into recognizance fur his good 
behavior for three years; being a man in low circum- 
stances, and having a large family of children. 

At the same court, came on the trial of John Henry 
Rice, alias Wright, a German, and a deserter from Col. 
Gage's regiment of rangers, for felony, in stealing a mare 
from Walter Brown of the same county: And Tho' the 
fact was fully proved, the prisoner being taken upon the 
l)ack of the mare, in the county of Somerset, with a saddle 

I See page 255. 



658 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. L'75^ 

whicli he had likewise stole, and tho" the prisoner had 
confessed the fact hefore the justice of peace, and even 
ag'ain at the bar, and would have pleaded guilty, had he 
not otherwise been advised; yet the jury, to the surprise 
of the whole court, acquitted hini ; thereby assuming to 
themselves, (contrary to their oath) the power of ex- 
tending that mercy to the criminal, whicli was grantable 
only by the king himself, or his vice-gerent, the governor 
of the ]M-ovince/ He was committed by Mr. Justice 
Nevill to the goal of the county (f Somerset, there to be 
tried for twt> other felonies committed in that county, 
which he hath also confessed.— T/?t" Ncz^' American Ulag- 
aciiic ( Woodbridge), September, 1758. 

Perth-Amboy, Oct. 28. This day his excellency the 
governor returned fi-om the treaty at Easton, where he 
had been attending with the governor of Pennsylvania, 
near three weeks. There were present at the treaty five 
hundred Indians, about two hundred of which were 
chiefs and warriours, and of thirteen different nations, 
namely, the eight Confederate Nations, t'/.c:. the Mohocks, 
Onoiidagas. Senecas. Oneidas, Cayugas, Tuscaroros, 
Nanticokes, and Conoys. now united into one; and the 
Tuteloes; and five nations dependant on the Confederates. 
i'i.c. The Delawares, Unamies, jMinisinks, O^Mngs, and 
Mohiccons. There were also present two Indians settled 
(in the Ohio who brought a message in writing signed by 
fifteen chiefs of the Ohio Indians, expressing- their desire 
to have peace with the Eng'lish. and their intention to 
accede to this treaty. 

The conferences were carried on with great harmiMiy. 
The Indians st^lemnly promised to return all the Engdish 
prisoners. A message was sent to the Ohio Indians, ac- 



1 These comments on the action of the jury are doubtless from the 
pen of Mr. Justice Nevill, the editor of the Magazine. 



1/58] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 659 

cumpanied by two English officers, a chief (^f the confed- 
erates, and several (tther Indians, informing them, what 
had been done at this treaty, and inviting them to accede 
thereto. And peace was solemnly ratified by a large 
peace belt, which was delivered l)y the two governors to 
the confederate chiefs, and by them handed round to all 
the Indians present. 

In the course cf this treaty, his excellency our governor 
satisfied all Indians that had or pretended to have any 
claim of lands in the province of New-Jersey, except 
English or private rights : And releases thereof were ex- 
ecuted and acknowledged in the presence of several of 
the chiefs of the confederate nations, who attested the 
same, and were afterwards pubhshed in open council : 
And his excellency governor Bernard gave a little belt to 
the confederate chiefs, to be a perpetual memorial, that 
the province of New Jersey was now wholly discharged 
from all Indian claims. — The New Aiiierieaii Maga.':inc 
(Woodbridge), October, 1758. 

The Hon. Col. Peter Schuyler arrived the latter end 
of the last month at his seat of Peterborough in this pro- 
vince. There came with him to Fort Edward 113 per- 
sons, who had been in Canada, and exchanged for those 
taken at Fort Frontenac. During the Colonel's captivity 
and residence at Quebeck, his kindness, benevolence, and 
charity to the poor English prisoners, v^as unlimited, the 
distressed never left the door un-relieved; his table was 
ever open and free to the unhappy officers his fellow 
prisoners; acquaintances or strangers, all were welcome 
alike to this truly noble-spirited generous captive: To 
whom these words are justly applicable by the unhappy 
.sufferers, / zvas hungry, and you. gaz'c nie meat; I icas 
thirsty, and you ga-c'c me drink : I was a stranger and you 
took me in; naked, and \ou cloathed me; I icas sick, and 



66o NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. ['758 

you z'lsiicd nic ; I 7cas in f^rison, mid you came uuto inc. 
For my feeding the IningTy, clcathing- the naked redeem- 
ing prisoners from the Inchans, &c. &c. &c. 'tis computed 
he hath expended out his own private purse upward of 
20,000 hvres. We hear he hath 1)een extremely ill since 
his arrival; hut is now in good health, and ready to take 
the field again whenever his country requires his service. 
— TJic New American Magazine ( Woodbridge), Decem- 
ber, 1758. 



INDEX 



INDEX 



Abel, Thomas, 5S3, 62S. 
Abercrombie, Gen. James, com- 
mander his majesty's forces 
in North America, 53, 253, 277, 
279. 
Abingdon, Montagu Bertie, 5th 

Earl of, 307. 
Abraham, Plains of, engagement 

on, 440. 
Abraham, runaway negro, 443. 
Accidents — barn blown away, 47. 
boat capsized, 10, 11, 3S, 91, 109, 

198, 402. 
drowning, 10, 11, 12, 38, 109, 162, 

402, 441, 602. 
fire, 22, 109, 562. 
fire caused by lightning, 596. 
killed bv fall of a barn, 38. 
killed by a wild-cat, 469. 
money dropped overboard, 405. 
ship run aground, 87, 334. 
sloop sunk, 378. 
vessel cast away, 30. 
vessel driven ashore, 163. 
vessel overset, 92. 
vessel struck by ice, 405. 
Achquechnonk lottery, 549. 
Acquackanonk, land for sale at, 
96; Reformed Dutch church 
at, 549. 
Acts of the New Jersey Legisla- 
ture: for the more effectual 
obstructing of the exporta- 
tion of provisions and war- 
like stores, etc., 35; for the 
raising of £17.500, 35; for the 
relief of prisoners confined 
for debt, reference to, 38; for 
running and ascertaining the 
line of partition, etc., refer- 
ence to, 64; offering a bounty 
for recruits for Col. Peter 
Schuyler's regiment, 101; to 
encourage martial bravery 
(awarding medals in a cer- 
tain case), 281; for raising 
1,000 volunteers, 336; appoint- 
ing commissioners to dis- 
charge arrears of pay due to 
officers and soldiers of for- 
mer New Jersey regiments, 
who have died in captivity, 
or before they could return, 
355; confirming proceedings 
of courts of justice, 560; for 
raising 600 effective volun- 
teers, etc.. 560, 563; for obvi- 
ating doubts respecting for- 



mer acts, and confirming 
proceedings of courts of jus- 
tice, 560; for relief of Francis 
Goelet, 561; naturalization 
act, 561; for raising by lot- 
tery £600 for purchasing 
claims of Indians to lands in 
I New Jersey, 576. 

1 Acts of the New York Legislature: 
1 for the more speedy and ef- 

I fectuai raising of forces, etc., 

; 29; for raising £3,000 by lot- 

t tery for a light house at 

Sandy Hook, 587. 
j Acts of Parliament: granting 
I £115,000 to the American Col- 

onies, 27; vesting certain 
lands in Philadelphia and 
West Jersey in certain trus- 
tees, for the sale thereof, 483, 
490. 
j Acts of the Pennsylvania Legisla- 
ture: for granting a tonnage 
1 upon ships and vessels, 205. 

Acton, Benjamin, 154. 
Adair, David, 654. 
Adams, Alexander, 370. 

Susannah, 263. 
Admiralty court of New Jersey, 

vessel condemned in, 605. 
Aensworth, Robert, deserter, 99. 
.rtger, Barbary, runaway servant, 

168. 
.fi-gquackenock, 444. 
Ainsley, Mr., 420. 
Airies, Obadiah, 78. 
Alamance, N. C, 617. 
Albany, 14, 22, 49, 71, 156, 198, 209, 
255, 262, 298, 331, 332, 335, 345, 
347, 348, 355, 369, 390, 394, 398, 
408, 436, 437, 438, 440, 470. 504, 
508, 574; advices from, 253; 
illuminates in honor of Col. 
Peter Schuyler, 156; letters 
from, 67. 122, 263, 356, 364; 
troops bound for, 214, 219, 350; 
troops from, 289, 399; vessels 
from, 24, 26. 
Albertson, Captain, 420. 
Albertis, Ensign John, 344. 
Aldrich, Richard, 370. 
Alexander, Alexander, 575. 

James. 25, 63, 248, 512; death of, 

17, IS. 
Joseph, 489. 

William, 294. 615, 622; appointed 
Surveyor General, 63. 
Alford, Moses. 16. 



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INDEX. 



Allamotung Falls, 128. 
Allen, George, 528. 

Jacob, Capt., 226, 244. 

John, 389, 407; horse stolen 

from, 85. 
Matthew, 90, 322. 
Sarah, runaway servant. 111. 
William, 90, 437, 512, 634. 
William, deserter, 207. 
Allantown, Allentown, Allen's 
Town, 50, 121, 153, 172, 182,. 251, 
261, 263, 264, 324, 341, 378, 404, 
551; land for sale in, 18. 
Allen's township. Penn., 618. 
Aller, Capt. Jacob. 232. 

Allinson, , 556. 

Allison, Rev. Francis, D. D., 262. 
John, 370. 
William, 537. 
Alloway's Creek, 60, 292. 

township, 655. 
Alometung-, Falls of, 56, 61, 128. 
Alston, Capt. Thomas, drowned, 

10, 11. 
Ambler, Joseph, 555. 
Ambov, S, 24, 25, 36, 38, 42, 104, 111, 
173, 223, 225, 228. 236, 248, 305, 
315, 352, 368, 396, 408, 414, 415, 
427, 436, 43S, 447, 466, 467, 493, 
516, 537, 623, 639. 
ferry, 88, 334, 5S6. 
goal, 586. 
stage boat, 208. 
vessel from,' 282. 
American army, 486. 
Company, 469. 

Magazine. Philadelphia, adver- 
tisement of the. 14S; New 
American, Woodbridge, ad- 
vertisement of, 151, 177, ISO, 
330. 
"Americanus," letter from, 446. 
"Americanus, Sy'vanus," ISO. 
Amherst, Gen. Jeff., 216, 348, 356, 
360, 361, 384, 390, 398, 429. 440, 
534, 5rn, 574, 650; army of, 359; 
orders of. 335; proposals, etc., 
issued by, 331. 
Amwell, 9, 11. 35, 46, 50, 58, 85, 145, 
175, 187, 263, 264, 298, 310, 359, 
367, 515. 632. 
Calvinistical High Dutch Con- 
gregation of. 359. 
German Reformed church at, 

326. 
township, 265, 288, 529, 609. 
Ancocus creek. 90, 107, 167, 184, 342, 

387, 437, 497, 607, 628, 633. 
Anderson, Capt. Alexander, 344, 
406. 
Edey, eloped, 125. 
Enoch, estate of, 213. 
Enoch, jun., 213. 
Isaac, 125. 
John, 147, ISO, 213. 
John, drowned, 162. 
John, runaway servant, 83. 
Mary, 263. 
Samuel, 604. 
Anderson's meeting house, Tren- 
ton, 213. 
Andover furnace, 545. 

iron works, 544. 
Andrews, Isaac, 563. 



John, 329, 330, 467; estate of, 

395. 
Thomas, estate of, 492. 
Andris, Enoch, 213. 
Annapolis, Md., 145. 
Annapolis, Nova Scotia, 149. 
Annin, William. 426. 
Anthony, Elizabeth, 210. 
Antigua, 151, 302, 372; vessel ar- 
rived at, 167. 
Antill, Edward, 302, 621. 
Antrim, Ireland, 177. 
Antrobus, Benjamin, 555. 
Apoquiniminck. 434. 
Applegate, William, 263. 
Appleton, Josiah, jun., 375. 

Capt. Samuel, 3.53. 
Aquenonk, plantation for sale at, 

96. 
Arbuthnot, Major, 255. 
Archer, John, 489. 
Arey, Adam, New Jersey post 

rider, 410. 
Armitage, Sarah, 262. 
Armor, William C, 262. 
Armstrong, Capt., Indian known 
by name of, scalped, 244. 
Lieutenant-Colonel George, 621. 
James, 604. 
Rev. James F., 168. 
Col. John, .593. 644. 
Arney. Joseph, 601. 
Arnold, Edward, 515. 
Arness Town, 530. 
Arreii, Richard. S5. 
Ashburn, Martin, 379; ferry of, 192. 
Ashby, Capt. George, 147. 
Ashfield, Lewis Morris, 153, 353. 
Ashton, Benjamin, 240. 
Elizabeth, eloped, 240. 
John, runaway servant, 127. 
Asia Minor, 306. 
Asking. Michael, 30. 
Askwith, Capt. Samu»l, 12, 14. 
Assanssink brook, 404. 
Assembly of New Jersey: acts 
passed by, 35, 38, 64, 101, 2S1, 
336, 355, 560, 561. 576; adjourn- 
ment of, 35; meetings of, 265, 
330, 498, 549, 551, 588; to meet 
at Elizabetlitown, 10; to meet 
at Burlington, 234; petitions 
to, 105, 203, 249; resolutions 
passed by, for raising 1,000 
men, 335; speech of Gov. 
Bernard to, 266-8; address of, 
to Gov. Bernard, 268; address 
of, to Gov. Boone, 559. 
Assicunk creek, 554. 
Atkeson, Thomas, 555. 

Atkinson, , 556. 

Mary (Shinn), 554, 555. 
Samuel, junior, 481, 482. 
Thomas, 554, 555, 556; grist mill 
for sale by, 7. 
Auckersz, Jan, 151. 
Aughmuck, Andreas, 367. 
Augusta county, Va., 485. 
Austin, Amos, 449, 450. 
Esther, 449. 
Samuel, 536. 
Auten, Dirck, horse stolen from, 

89. 
Ayers, Eliakum, .519. 



INDEX. 



66 1 



Aynsley, Mrs. Elizabeth. 246. j death of, 246. 

Aynsley, William, chief justice of Ayres, Mary, 562. 
New Jersey, 166, 1S6, 41S, 420; i 



Babcock, , regiment of, 254. 

Babson, Capt. Philip, 502, 503, 612. 
Bachelors' Hall, 575. 
Bacon's Neck, 105. 

Bag-ley, , 254. 

Baird, widow, 632. 
Bainbridge, Dr. Absalom, 152. 

John, 630. 

Post Captain Joseph, 152. 

Commodore William, 1.52. 
Bakehouse in Burlington to be let, 

5S9. 
Baker, Captain, 5S6. 

General, 364. 

Hans, 513, 567. 

(or Streter), Henry, 567. 

Jeremiah, 126, 170. 

Maria Catherina (alias Streter), 
513, 567. 

Michael. C30. 

Thomas, servant run away 
from, 291. 

Timothy, 263. 
Baldwin, Moses, 4S9. 
Baley, widow, 646. 
Ball Capt. , 46, 117, 37S. 

David, 401. 

Mr., 315. 

William, 544. 
Ballard, Dr. John, 263. 
Baltimore, 593. 
Banford, Francis, 263. 
Banks, James, 3S9. 

Lieut. Josiah, 344. 
Bankson, Andrew, 593, 611. 
Banton, Edmond, killed by Indi- 
ans, 37. 
Baptist churches in Pennsylvania 
and New Jersey, meeting of 
trustees for promoting learn- 
ing among. 544. 
Barbadoes, Barbados, 149, 283, 433, 

573. 
Barclay, Dean, Bishop of Cloyne, 
140. 

Rev. David, 618. 
Bard, Peter, 184. 
Barker's creek, 184. 556. 
Barklv, Gilbert, 182. 
Barnagat, Barnegat, 104, 173, 224; 
boat over-set near, 109; ves- 
sel cast away near, 290; 
wrecks near, 77, 79. 
Barnagat Bar, 404. 
Barnard, Captain, of N. J. regi- 
ment. 346. 

Mr., 420. 
Barnardston, a Turkey merchant, 

o06. 
Barnes, Abraham, 192, 226. 

Capt. Samuel, 97. 

Samuel, estate of, 192, 226. 
Barnwell, 143. 
Eiarnum, Caleb, 489. 
Barret. Thomas, deserter, 16. 
Barrington, Lord, 569. 
Barrow, Thomas, 294, 
Barrows, Joseph. 379. 
Barrv, Capt. John, 98. 



Bartlett, Capt. William, 148, 245, 

436, 594. 
Barton, Gilbert, 649. 

Stephen, 263. 

Rev. Thomas, 434. 

AVilliam. mate, 518. 
Bartow, Rev. John, 294. 

Thomas, 294. 

Thomas, jun., 294. 

Thomas, Deputy Surveyor- 
General, 64. 
Basden, Captain, 159. 
Baskin-Ridge, Baskinridge, 170, 

251, 287, 318, 425, 439, 499, 654. 
Bass, George, 170. 
Basse, Gov. Jeremiah, 150, 213. 
Basset, Capt., 586. 
Batchelor, Capt. Benjamin, 298, 

335, 393, 502, 508, 642. 
Bates. Thomas, 558. 

John, Trenton goal-keeper, 4-5. 

Widow, vendue at house of, 
127. 
Battery, 91. 

Battoe men, 14, 277; wanted for 
the army, 331. 

service, notice to men enlisting 
under, 7. 
Baxted's farm, 531. 
Bayard, Balthazar, 593. 

Capt., 108. 

Gertrude, 306. 

James, 593. 

Col. John, 593. 

Judith, 593. 

Margareta, 541. 

Mary Ann, 593. 

Nicholas. 74, 305, 593. 

Peter, 593. 

Petrus, 593. 

Capt. Samuel, 298, 306, 541, 593. 

Sarah, 593. 

William, 13, 510. 
Bayly, Lieut., 100. 
Baynton and Wharton, merchants, 

407. 
Beakes, Beaks, Ann, 558, 602. 

Edmund. 557, 558. 602. 

Lvdia, 55S. 

Mary (Trent), 558. 

Morgan, 55S. 

Nathan, 39, 557, 558. 

Ruth, 557. 

Sarah, 557, 558. 

Stacv, 557, 558. 

William, 5.57, 558, 601, 602. 
Bearch creek, Burlington county, 

554. See Birch creek. 
Beasley, William, 518. 
Bedford, 50. 
Bedford, Gunning, 393. 
Bedlow's Island, 11, 12. 
Bedminster, 50, 289, 408, 437; Luth- 
eran church at, lottery for 
benefit of, 283, 311, 3.39, 351, 356; 
township of, 285, 286, 287. 
Beekman. Gerard G., 203. 
Beeslev, Samuel, 563. 
Belcher, John, deserted, 203. 



662 



INDEX, 



Governor Jonathan, 51, 204, 213, 
248; death of, 130, 132; funeral 
sermon on, 157; goods of to 
be sold at auction, 144; his 
body arrives at Boston, 160; 
proclamations by, 19, 27, 39, 
47, 52, 53, 63, 101. 
family, at Greenwood Lake, 
203. 

Belcher's creek, 203. 

Belfast, Ireland, 495; vessel from, 
176. 

Bell, Tom, notorious horse thief, 
275. 

Bellemont, 492, 646. 

Belleville, Bellville, 94, 157, 248, 249. 

Bellisle, Straights of, 362. 

Belton, Capt., 415. 

Bener, Elizabeth, 449. 
Peter, 449. 

Benezet, Anthony, 294. 

Benjamin, Capt., 291. 

Bennensdere, England, 154. 

Bennet, Ensign Jacob, 344. 
Jer., 126. 
Peter, deserter, 346. 

Bennett, Brown, 424. 
Richard, 50. 

Bennit, Capt., 162. 

Benzell, Lieut. Adolph, 16. 

Bergen commons, 510. 

countv, 42, 94, 97, 105, 209, 287, 

295, 300, 469; courts, 477, 607. 
Jacob, 50. 

Berks county, 491. 

Bermuda, Island of, 79, 146, 265, 613; 
vessel from, 290. 

Bernard, Adjutant Pr., 344. 

Governor Francis, 207, 223, 225, 
230, 236, 243, 305, 326, 336, 387, 
418, 419, 422, 423, 430, 447, 450, 
456, 458, 460, 472; address to 
by Corporation of Burling- 
ton, 236; answer to same, 
237; address to by Corpora- 
tion of Elizabeth, 226, 227; 
answer to same, 229; his 
speech to General Assembly, 
266-268; address of General 
Assembly to, 268-70; his an- 
swer to same, 270; address 
to by Corporation of New 
Brunswick, 235; answer to 
same, 236; address to by 
Mayor and Council of Perth 
Amboy, 223; answer to same, 
225; address to by minister, 
wardens, etc., of St. Mary's 
church, Burlington, 238; an- 
swer to same, 239; address to 
by Presbyterian ministers, 
274; answer to same, 276; 
address to by Trustees of 
College of New Jersey, 230; 
answer to same, 232; ap- 
pointed Governor of Mass- 
achusetts-Bay, 409; appoint- 
ed Governor of New Jersey, 
1S2, 204; at Easton, 296; or- 
ders of concerning deserters, 
319; proclamations by, 16, 298, 
336, 427; proclamation by, en- 
joining kind treatment of In- 
dians, 325; valedictory address 



to by the Corporation of Bur- 
lington, 460; his replv, 461. 
Berrian, John, 302. 305, 542, .552. 
Berrien, John, 74, 249. 

, 19.5. 

Berry, Samuel, 143. 

Bertaut, Gen., 294. 

Berts township, 31. 

Besha's Land, 60. 

Bethlehem, Penn., 263, 294, 367, 441. 

632. 
Bewgin, John. 126. 
Biaid, Capt. S., 343. '' 

"Bible and Crown," New York, 

113, 161, 234, 392. 
Bickely, Abraham, 555. 
Bickers, Lieut., 144. 
Biddle, Joseph, 595. 
"Big Rock," 209. 

Biles, Benjamin, sheriff of Hun- 
terdon county, 58, 639. 
Biles Island, Biles's Island, Bile's 
Island, 285, 309, 311, 312, 341, 
351, 356, 381; lotteries to be 
drawn at, 130, 163, 165, 2S3, .301, 
325, 339, 356, 373, 377, 389, 447. 
Biographical and Genealogical 
Notes: 

Alexander, James, 17. 

Alexander, William, 615. 

Andris (Anderson). Enoch, 213. 

Antill. Edward, 302. 

Bartow, Thomas, 294. 

Bayard family, 593. 

Beaks family, 557, 558. 

Belcher family, 203. 

Bernard, Governor, 182. 

Blair, Rev. Samuel, jun., 486. 

Boudinot, Annis, 169. 

Boudinot, Ellas, 151. 627. , 

Braisier, Francis, 1-51. 

Briant, Bryant, William, 550, 
571. 

Broughton, John, 288. 

Brown, Rev. Isaac, 149, 636. 

Brvant, Ebenezer. .571. 

Budd, Thomas, 208. 

Burr, Joseph, jun.. 167. 

Caldwell, David, 617. 

Campbell, Rev. Colin, 238, 636. 

Chambers family. 177. 

Chandler, Rev. Thomas Brad- 
bury, 149, 636. 

Cooke, Rev. Samuel, 636. 

Cowell, Rev. David, .522. 

Gumming, Rev. Alexander, 485. 

Davies, Rev. Samuel, 531. 

Dunlap, William. 537. 

Eaton family, 195. 

Edwards, Rev. Jonathan, 185, 
ISS. 

Eoff family, 286. 

Ewing family, 171. 

Ewing, John, 148. 

Eyre, George, 272. 

Fauconier, Peter, 209. 

Fisher, Hendrick, 295. 

Ford, Jacob, 295. 

Furman, IMoore. 148. 

Gibbon family, 154. 

Goelet, Francis, 561. 

Gordon, Andrew, 153. 

Green, Rev. Enoch, 486. 

Handy, Isaac, 617. 



INDEX. 



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Biographical and Genealogical 
Notes (continued): 

Harker, Rev. Samuel, 160. 

Hartshorne family, 150. 

Henderson, Thomas, 617. 

Hill, John, 409. 

Hoogland, John, 295. 

Hugg, William, 193. 

Hunter, Michael, 291. 

Jauncey, William, 617. 

Johnston, Col. John, 214, 254. 

Jones, Nathaniel, 417-424. 

Kals, Rev. John William, 359. 

Kearny, Philip, 2S8. 

Kemble family. 306. 

Ker, Nathan, 61S. 

Keteltas, Rev. Abraham, 149. 

King family, .562. 

Kinsey, James, 237. 

Lafferty family, 2S5. 

Lawrence, James, 153; John, 153. 

Leaming, Aaron, 295. 

Leonard, Thomas, 153. 

Livingston, William, 161. 

Lyon, James, 3S3. 

McCain, Susan, 262. 

McCracken, Thomas, 618. 

McEowen family, 285. 
McKean. Rev. Robert, 636. 
Mellick family, 2S6. 

Mersellis, Peter. 632. 
Middagh, Peter, 29.5. 

Miller, Ebenezer, 155; Paul. 285. 
Morris, Robert Hunter. 417-424. 
Morton, Rev. Andrew, 636. 
Mott family, 194-,i 
Mountere, William, 557. 
Neilson, James, 495. 
Newell, James, 153. 
Ogden, David, 288. 
Ogden, Uzal, 152. 
Ouke, W'illiam, 151. 
Parker, James, 151, 4.50. 
Phillips, Ephraim, 520. 
Pierson, Rev. John, 275. 
Price, Robert Friend, 145, 154. 
Read, Charles, 215. 
Reemer, George. 287. 
Rice, David, 618. 
Richman(or Reichmann), John 

292. 
Rosbrugh, Rev. John, 618. 
Rutherford, Robert. 168. 
Sackett familv, .578. 
Sayre family, 295. 
Shinn family, 555-536. 
Smith, Samuel, 194. 
Smith, William Peartree, 270. 
Spicer family, 474. 
Stockton, John, 125. 215, 555. 
Stockton, Samuel, 279. 
Stryt family, 287. 
Taylor, Matthew, 152. 
Tennent, William, 275. 
Terrill family, 527. 
Thomp.^on, James, 618. 
Valleau family, 210. 
Van Derveer, Lawrence, 617. 
Van Home familv. 541. 
Van Meter family, 293. 
Vierselius, George Andrew, 288. 
Vreeland, Hartman. 444. 
Warden, John. 1.53. 
Warrell, Joseph, 24^. 



Wetherill, John, 294. 
Williams, Benjamin, 283. 
Williamson, Matthias, 152. 
Woodbridge, Jahleel, 618. 
Yard, Joseph, 194, 295. 
Younglove family, 579. 
Birch creek, 554, 555. 
Bird, Henry, 50. -■— 
Bird sail, Jacob, 515. 
Bishop, Daniel, 531. 

Preston, 531. 
Bishopsgate, London, 306. 
Bispham, Benjamin. 4, 5.56. 
John, 143. 

Joshua, 295; executor estate of 
Benjamin Bispham, 4. 
Blackburn, Capt., 118. 
Black Horse Alley, Philadelphia, 

77. 
Black River, Morris county, 35, 

160, 580, 651. 
Blackwood, Samuel, 584. 
Blain, William, estate of, 587. 
Blair, John, 489. 

Rev. Samuel, 485. 

Samuel, jun., 4S6. 

Samuel, 489. 

Samuel, A. B., oration by, for 

sale, 576. 
Thomas, 51; slave ran away 
from, 34; servant ran away 
from, 82. 

Blake, Capt. , 32. 

Sir James H., 307. 
John, 30, 99. 
Blakeney, Lord William, 345. 
Blakeney's regiment, 39J. 
Blange, Isaac, 467. 
"Blazing-Star" tavern. 402. 
Block house, 220. 
Blond, Gabriel, 342. 
Blood, mulatto slave, run away, 

361. 
Bloomfield, William, 578. 
"Blue Anchor" tavern, 342. 
"Boar's Head" tavern, 1S7. 
Boat for sale, 208, 387, 623. 
Boatman, Matthias, 392. 
Bockeys, Abraham, 78. 
Bohemia, 593. 

Manor, Md., .593. 
Bold, Benjamin, 263. 
Bolitho, Captain, 159. 
Bolton, Edward, 5-54. 
Bond, Capt., 193, 205. 

Dr. Thomas, .592, 611. 
Bonell, Capt. John Dod, 439. 
Bonham, Samuel, 490. 
Bonin, Aman, 210. 
Bonnell, Capt., 118. 
Bonnill, Plenry, 263. 
Book-binding, advertisement con- 
cerning, 130. 
Books— 112, 113, 161, 201, 262, 276, 
293, 294, 295, 296, 627; belong- 
ing to the estate of Fran- 
cis Goelet, 561; of Rev. Sam- 
uel Davies for sale, 547; for 
sale, 80, 106, 148, 151, 1.57, 194, 
234, 235, 341, 394, 515, 568. 569, 
571, 576, 582, 632, 651. 
Boore, Thomas, 126. 
Boone, Governor Thomas. 412, 420, 
422. 425, 447, 450, 451, 452, 454, 



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INDEX. 



455, 457, 459, 460, 462, 464, 466, 
467, 469, 478, 480; 487, 494, 498, 
502, 562. 616. 639; address of 
Council to, 505; his reply, 506; 
address of the Corporation of 
New Brunswick to, 641; his 
reply, 642; address of the Gen- 
eral Assembly to. 559; his re- 
ply, 560; appointed Governor 
of New Jersey, 409, 412. 447; 
appointed Governor of South 
Carolina, 569, 581; approves 
several acts, 560; attends 
commencement at Princeton 
College. 616; is addressed by 
the clerg-y of the Church of 
England in New Jersey. 468; 
hip reply, 469; is addressed iDy 
tlie Council of Proprietors of 
East Jersey, 478; his reply, 
479; is addressed by the Cor- 
poration of Perth Amboy, 
451: his reply, 452; is ad- 
dressed by the Corporation 
of Elizabeth, 452; his reply, 
454; is addressed by the Cor- 
poration of New Brunswick, 
454; his reply. 455; is ad- 
dressed by the Corporation 
of Burlington, 457: his reply, 
458; is addressed by St. 
]Mary's church. Burlington, 
4.59; his reply, 460: is ad- 
dressed by the College of 
New Jersey, 462; his reply, 
464; is addressed by the 
courts of Middlesex county, 
4G4; his reply, 466; is ad- 
dressed by the Trustees of 
the College of New Jersey, 
487; his reply, 488; notice by, 
574; qualifies as Governor, 
450; speech of, to the Legis- 
lature. 500. 551, 561; valedic- 
tory address to, by the Cor- 
poration of Burlington. 625; 
his reply, 625. 

Boquet. Col., 192. 

Bordeaux, 332, 349. 

Borden. Col. Joseph, 262. 
Joseph, iun., 153. 
Mary. 262. 

Bordentown, 8, 14, 50, 85, 91, 148, 
153, 262, 263, 264, 310, 341, 388, 
403, 413, 435, 475, 476, 478, 520, 
579, 586, 654. 

Borrough, Joseph, 603. 

Boscauen. Admiral, 216. 

Boston. 34, 136, 139, 160, 302, 331, 345, 
353, 413, 430, 447, 4,56, 472, 485, 
523. 550. 607, 613. 619, 622. 
government of. 33. 
letter from. 67. 
regiment. 2.51. 
Tea Party, 171. 
vessels from, 108, 136. 

Bostwick. Rev, Mr., 22, 24. 

Bottenham. John, 642. 

Bouchell. Dr. Sluyter, 593. 

Bouchelle. Peter. 593. 
Susanna, 593. 

Boudenhaken. John, runawav ser- 
vant. 137. 

Boudinot. , 121. 



Annis, poetrv bv, 169. 

Elias, 177, 209, 275. 276, 310, 3S9, 
407, 626, 627; sketch of, 151. 

Elisha, 151. 

Jane. 151. 

Mary, 151. 

Suzanne, 151. 
Bound Brook. 90, 103, 112, 127, 152. 
348, 400, 548, 549, 562. 632. 

copper mines for sale near, 382. 

lottery. 484. 

Presbyterian church, lottery 
for benefit of, 381, 411, 442, 484. 
Bourdeaux. 108. 

Bourns, , shot for deserting, 

198. 
Bowdown, Peter, deserted from 

army, 12. 
Bowen, Capt. Edward, 157. 

Jonathan, jun., 531. 

Noah. 263. 

Thomas, 604. 
Bowers, Capt. Lemuel, 352, 372, 

385, 395. 
Bowes. Captain, 149, 332. 
Bowles, Capt. John, 232. 
Bowley, Devereux, 490. 
Bowne. Catharine. 194. 

Catharine (Hartshorne), 150. 

Capt. John. 194. 

Peter'. 147. 180. 

Samuel. 350, 426. 
Boyd, Capt. John, 415, 489, 575, 583. 

James. 250. 

Martha, 171. 

Capt. Robert. 399. 
Boyl. Charles. 520. 
Boyne "Water. Battle of, 171. 
Bradford, Capt. John. 31. 

William, printer. 106, 113. 148, 
176, 196, 444, 537, 588, 593, 598, 
607, 612, 615; letter to, 245. 
Bradstreet, 300. 

Colonel, 280, 332; to command 
expedition. 277. 
Brainer, Petrus. 126. 
Brainerd. David, 275. 

John, 275. 
Brand Neck, Salem county, 553. 
Branford colonists. 283. 
Branin, Michael. servant run 

awav from, 28. 
Brank's fort. 242. 
Branson. William, estate of, 529. 
Brasier, Brazier. Francis, 294, 302; 

sketch of, 151. 
Brass, Captain, 622. 
Brayton, Daniel, deserter. 376. 
Bready. John, 654. 
Breesey Ridge. 264. 
Brenwer, Peter, 111. 
Brereton. Ensign, 176. 
Breton, Cape. 132, 179. 

Captain. 314. 
Brewer. Edward. 72. 

Hannah, 103. 

Samuel, goaler of Somerset 
county, 128. 
Brew-house for sale, 97, 36S. 
Brian, Jacob. 530. 
Briant, William, 550. 
Briard, Capt. Samuel. 340. 
Brice, Captain, 648. 



INDEX. 



665 



Brick-vards near Burlington for 

sale, 543. 
Brldgeton, 154. 

Bridgetown, 4, 171, 530, 54S, 556, 610. 
Bridge Water, 354. 
Brig for sale, 4ii0. 
Brinckerhoff, Dirck, 5SS. 
Brink. Peter, killed by Indians, 

242. 
Bristol, 32, 113, 143, 184, 272, 332, 340. 
349. 402, 6'J5. 
borough of. 404. 
England, 636. 

negro slave, run away, 361. 

vessels from, 36, 77, S3, 176. 

Brittin, William, land for sale by, 

155. 
Broadfield, Edward, 545, 546; stur- 
geon put up by, 55, 137. 
Broadhurst, Capt. Samuel. 473. 
Brockston, Margaret, servant, 545; 
Brokaw, Abraham, 346. 
Brookhaven. L. I.. 149. 
Brooks. Edward. 579. ^ 

James, goal keeper. 534. 
Broughton, John, sketch of, 288. 
Broustown, 437. 
Brown, Rev. Allen H.. 486. 

Andrew, notice to those in- 
debted to, 38. 
Arthur, estate of, for. sale, 147, 

180. 
Captain. 420, 421. 
John, 149, 263. 
Capt. Joseph, 471. 
master. 521. 526. 
Rev. Mr., 149. 
Patrick, 482, 654. 
Preserve, 263; estate of. 442, 

443. 
Richard, 443. 

Robert, 528: accused of mur- 
der, 621. 
Thomas, 471. 
Browne, Rev. Isaac, 636. 
Bruce. John, 528. 

Brunswick— see New Brunswick— 
37. 58, 111, 116. 133, 149, 304. 352, 
408. 409. 485, 493, 516, 643, 648. 
ferry, 643, 644. 
road, 537. 
Brush. Abner, 489. 
Bryan. Elizabeth, 51. 
George, 593. 

John, runaway slave. 3. 
Bryant, Ebenezer, lawyer, estate 
of. 571; notice of. 571, note. 
Valentine, 550. 
Dr. William. 550. 
William. 561. 
Capt. William. 571. 
Buchanan, Roberdeau, 262. 
Buckelew. Thomas, 178. 
Buckingham, Eng., 194. 
Bucks county. Pa., 244, 264, 273, 312, 

£63. 373. 491, 581, 584, 593. 
Budd. Berne, 208. 
Catharine, 208. 

Daniel, vendue at house of. 88. 
James, 208. 
John. 54, 295, 370; sheriff of 

Salem county. 289. 
Dr. John, 208. 610. 
Major John, estate of, 88. 



IMarv, 208. 
Rose, 208. 
Susan, 2118. 

Thomas, 208, 554, 555. 
William, 208. 
Budden, Captain. 362, 497. 

Capt. Milliam. 367, 369. 
Buffalo, N. C, 617. 
Burbuda (Bermuda), 586. 
Burck, Thomas, deserter. 437. 
"Burden of Dumah," sermon, for 

sale, 80. 
Burdentown, 370, 457. 
Burgin, John, 103. 
Joseph, 558. 
Philip, 291. 
Capt. Philip, 558. 
Burk. Elizabeth, runaway- slave, 
34. 
Elizabeth, runaway servant, 
82. 
Burks (? Bucks) county, 347. 
Burlington, 12, 13, 14, 24, 25, 38, 51. 
55, 56, 70, 106, 110. 113, 115, 118. 
149, 153, 173, 179, 194, 203, 208, 
210, 221, 222, 230, 233, 235, 239, 
244, 249, 251, 271. 272, 293, 295. 
312, 328, 329, 330, 341, 342, 345. 
368, 309, 370, 399, 401, 403, 404. 
406, 452, 457, 467, 498, 500, 502, 
511. 521, 522, 526, B32, 533, 554, 
555. 578, 589, 60S, 609, 620, 623, 
628, 642, 651, 654. 
bakehouse at, 589. 
city of, 461. 517, 543. 545, 566, 581. 
Corporation of, address by to 
Governor, 236; address to 
Gov. Hardy, 623; to Gov. 
Boone, 625. 
General Assembly to meet at, 

234. 
countv, 4, 5, 8. 13, 19. 28, 66, 81. 
82, 90, 106, 109, 127, 147, 166, 181. 
191. 264, 273, 280, 295, 318. 322, 
32S. 330, 342, 366, 379. 388. 392. 
393. 413, 437, 449, 457, 474, 482, 
490, 492, 494, 496, 503, 558, 579, 
594, 630, 633, 654; courts, 556; 
goal, 329. 
First or Yorkshire Tenth in, 

554, 555. 
goal', 554. 570, 598; broke out of, 

281, 329. 
recorder of, 237. 
stage, 24. 
stage boat. 182. 
St. Marv's church in, 459, 636. 
Monthly Meeting. 150, 554. 
suicide in the church yard at, 
401. 
Bvirns. Captain. 562. 

W^iliiam, runawav servant, 341. 
Burr, Rev. Aaron, President Col- 
lege of New Jersey, 113. 114, 
157: death of. 136: funeral of. 
140; funeral sermon by, on 
Gov. Jonathan Belcher. 157; 
librarv of. for sale. 279; mem- 
orial of. for sale. 161: sermon 
by. for sale. SO; sermon upon 
death of. 234; obituary notice 
of. 140-141. 
Joseph. 413, 503. 504; servant 
run away from. 166. 



666 



INDEX 



Joseph, jun., 167. 
Burrough, John, sen., 204. 
Burroughs, Samuel, 338. 
Burrows, Samuel, 433. 
Burtis, Francis, 467. 

Sarah, 263. 
Burtonstand, Elizabeth, eloped, 

240. 
Bustill, William, .554. 
Bute, Lord, 569. 



Butler, Capt. Edmund, 356, 359. 
Capt. Edward, 145. 
John, 117, 644, 654; stage to be 
run by, 78, 79; stage-wagon 
of, 116. 
Byram. Ebenezer, 372, 395, 446; ex- 
ecutor, 88. 
Jephtha, 446. 
Byle's tract, 96. 
Byrne, Capt. John, 565. 



Cadaraque, Siege of, 280. 
Cadwalader, Dr. Thomas, 333. 
Csesar, negro slave, murder of, 

524. 
"Caesaria, B. C," letter from, pub- 
lished in New American Mag- 
azine, 256-261. 
Caffrey, John, 308. 
Caius College, Cambridge, 636. 
Caldwell, David, sketch of, 617. 
Cambridge, Mass., 578; Gov. Bel- 
cher buried at, 160. 
Camden, N. J., 45, 474. 
Camp, Stephen, 71. 
Campbell, Capt. Alexander, 620, 
622. 
Ann, 44. 

Captain,' 52, 58, 126, 533, 619. 
Rev. Colin, 238. 370, 459, 636, 654; 

missionary, 460. 
John, 238. 

Lieutenant, 122; killed, 123. 
Malcolm, 94. 
Mary Anne, 238. 
Robert, deserter, .508. 
Thomas, 308; deserter, 91. 
William, 251. 
Canada, 154, 298, 472; convalescent 
soldiers bound for, 439; expe- 
ditions against, 160, 319, 327, 
331, 335, 336, 340, 343, 348, 560, 
574; flag of truce- from, 240; 
Governor of, 279; new cam- 
paign against, 418, 425, 437; 
new regiment authorized for 
the campaign against, in 1760, 
425; troops bound for, 437. 
Cannon, John, 370. 
Canon's Wharf, 173, 401. 
Cantlen. Philip, 554. 

Canton, Capt. , 146; vessels 

captured by, 265. 
Cape fleet, 119. 
Cape Francois, 568. 
Cape Henlopen, 302. 
Cape May. 26. 84, 155, 173, 212, 251, 
308, 345, 349, 370, 421, 528, 572, 
619, 648. 654. 
county, 295, 317. 
court, 186. 
regiment, 129. 
vessels arrived at, 404. 
vessels driven ashore at, 421. 
wreck on, 402. 
Cardey, Joseph, ran awav from 

his bail. 434. 
Carlein, Daniel. 528. 
Carles, Samuel, wife murderer, 

014. 
Carlile. Abraham, 579. 
Carlisle, .541. 



Carman, Captain, 104, 159, 334, 368. 

Capt. James, 466, 473. 
Carney, Thomas, 103. 
Carpenter, Abraham, 315, 316. 

John, 126. 
Carpenter's wharf, Philadelphia, 

203. 
Carr, Margaret, 150. 
Carson, Charles, 250. ' 
Carter, Charles, 120. 

Charles, killed by Indians, 37. 

Phebe, 552. 

Rhoda, 562. 

Capt. Thomas, 475. 

William. 5.52. 
Carteret, Sir George, 152. 
Carty, John, 467. 
Carver, Joseph, 603. 
Casco bay, 619. 
Cashecton, 218. 
Castner, John, 2S6. 
Cathrall, Edward, 517. 
Cathrell, Edward, 179. 
Cato, runaway servant, 125. 
Cavenough, Silvester, deserter, 

376. 
Cayugas, 297. 
Cedar creek, 352. 
Center-Town, 537. 
Chambers, Alexander, 177. 

Captain, 587, 589. 

Col. B., 467. 

David, 177. 

Elizabeth, 177. 

James, 177. 

John, 177. 

Joseph, 370. 

Margaret, 177. 

Mary, 177. 

Rose, 177. 

Theodore Frelinghuysen, 286. 
Chamber's brook, 285. 
Champante, J., 209. 
Champion, Matthew, 55.D. 
Chandler, Rev. Thomas B., 149, 

151, 407, 432, 468, 636. 
Chapman, Rev. Jedid;ah, 195. 

John, 467. 
Charleston, Charlestown, S. C, 

151, 208, 221, 412. 425, 562. 
Charles-Town, Md., 593. 
Chateleau, Monsieur, 302. 
Chatham, 262, 562. 
Chattin, Abraham, jun.. 401. 

Francis, 400. 

James, 176, 177. 

Nixon, shopkeeper. 594. 
Chatton, Abraham, 471. 
Cheaseman, William, jun., 323. 
Cheesequaks, Cheesequakes, 74, 
303, 541, 542. 



INDEX. 



667 



Chetwood, Mrs., mill of, 130. 
Cherry Garden, Philadelphia, 39. 
Chesney, Joseph, 43. 
Chestney, Joseph, murder of Indi- 
ans bv, 27. 
Chester, 3, 342, 368, 530, 531, 581. 

borough of, 529. 

county, 26, 347, 593. 

goal, 3, 81. 

township, S2, 90, 322, 437, 482, 558, 
633. 

workhouse, 51, 82. 
Chesterfield, 498. 

township, 127, 457. 
Chestnut-Level, 434. 
Chetwood, John, 151. 

Widow, 314. 

William, 152. 
Chew, Elizabeth, eloped, 170. 

John, 170. 
Chitman, Captain, 546. 
Christ, Captain, 564. 
Christeen-bridge, Del., 593. 
Christian Ferry, 330. 
Church of England, clergy of, ad- 
dress to Governor by, 233. 
Cincinnati, Ohio. 295. 
Circuit courts, assignment of, 607; 

notice concerning, 186. 
Clafton, William, deserter, 15. 
Clapham, Mary, 370, 403. 
Clark, Captain, 353, 5S6. 

Charles, 292, 558. 

Daniel, 177. 

David, runaway servant, 73. 

Edward, 424. 

John, 556. 

Dr. Moses, 594. 

Rev. , rector St. Philip's 

church, Charlestown (S. C.), 
96. 

Ruth, 177. 
Clarke, Captain, 205. 

James, 630. 

John, 321. 

Mary, .50. 
Claus, Peter, 503. 

Clawson, Francis, runaway ap- 
prentice, 392. 
Clayton, , 150. 

William, 354, 551 ; executor of 
Samuel Deal, 138. 
Cleayhn, 498. 
Clement, Jacob, 467, 528. 

Samuel, 295. 
Clerk, J., teacher of navigation, 

114. 
Clifford, Thomas. 594. 
Clingham, William, 593. 
Clizbe, Samuel, servant run away 

from, 72. 
Clothier, James, 5.56. 
Coats, Lieutenant, 122; killed at 
Sabbath Day Point, Lake 
George, 123. 
Cobley, John, boatswain, 518. 
Cochran, Captain, 421. 
Cockcraft, William, .542. 
"Cockloft Hall," 306, note. 
Codiments, George, 471. 
Coe, Benjamin. 651. 
Coenties's Market, 208. 
Coentjes Market, New York, 137. 



Cohansie, Cohansey, 111, 154, 261, 
373. 
Bridge, 167, 186, 374, 516; court 

house at, 146, 156. 
creek, 531. 
precinct, 154. 
road to, 84. 
Cohawkin, 96. 

Cold Spring, N. Y., 306, 307. 
Colden, Cadwallader, Esq., ap- 
pointed Lieutenant-Governor 
of New York, 581. 
Cole, Captain, 145. 
Jacob, 217. 
Kendal, servant run away 

from, 226. 
Nicholas, attacked by Indians, 
217; children of, killed by In- 
dians, 242. 
Richard, 295. 
Sylvester, 5S0. 
Cole Landing, 170. 
Cole's fort, .59, 65, 117, 210, 219, 241, 

272. 
Coles, Samuel, 373. 
Cole's Town ,338. 
Colgan, Captain, 359. 
College of New Jersey, 80, 107, 113, 
121, 125, 140, 148, 160, 161, 185, 
215, 234, 383, 415, 416, 475, 547, 
568, 572, 576, 578, 596, 612, 616, 
618; address of Trustees to 
Governor of New Jersey, 230, 
462, 487; commencements at, 
57, 71, 142, 383, 4S5, 616, 620; 
death of President of. 136, 185, 
188, 531; funeral of President 
of, 140; degrees to be con- 
ferred privately, 135; lotteries 
carried on bv, 320, 324, 591, 608, 
611, 615, 622, 623; money given 
to, 4; President chosen, 142; 
President of, ill, 135. 
See Lotteries, Nassau Hall, 
Newark, New Jersey, Prince- 
ton. 
Collender, William, 516, 517. 
Collet, Tobias, 490. 
Collings, John, 342. 
Collins, Adam, 467, 528. 
Ann, 654. 
Captain, 518. 
Edward, 476. 
Elizabeth, 145. 
Francis, 322. 
John, 145. 
Zebulon, 3S0. 
Colonies, proposal for a triple 
Union of the North Ameri- 
can, 142. 
Colt's Neck, 524. 
Columbian alphabet, 171. 
Colvin, Philip, -50. 
Comberbach, Captain, 330. 
Commencement exercises at 
Princeton College. See Col- 
lege of New Jersey. 
Commissioners for Trade and 

Plantations, 93. 
Concord, township of, 534. 
"Conductor Generalis," bequest of 

a copy of, 195. note. 
Conestogue, 84. 



66S 



INDEX. 



Confederate nations, the eight In- 
dian, 296, 325. 
Congress, first Chaplain of, 299. 
Connecticut, S, 622. 

Chief Justice of, 71. 
forces, 3.55. 
lotteries by, 320, 324. 
regiments, 474. 
troops, 251. 
Connecticut Farms, 593. 
Connelly, John, murder of Indian 

by, 27. 
Connerro, Isaac, 522, 526. 
Connor, Christopher, soldier, 429. 
Conojohary, Albany county, 135. 
Conolly, John, arrested for mur- 
der of Indian woman. 43. 
Conoys, 297. 
Conro, Isaac, 527. 
Constantine, Henry. 134. 
Constitution of East and West 
Jersey, 196; notice to sub- 
scribers for, 194. 
Continental army, 71. 
Continental Congress, 71, 171, 237, 

262, 2S5. 
Contract, Bastian, killed by Indi- 
ans. 242. 
Conyng-ham and Gardner, 222. 
Cook, Capt. Jonathan, 433. 
Thomas, deserter, 19. 
Walter, runaway servant, 72. 
Cooke, (jeorge, 379. 

Graham (Kearny), 636. 

Isabella. 63G. 

Lydia, 636. 

Mary, 498, 551. 

Rev. Samuel. 434, 468; sketch 

of, 636. 
William, 49S; estate of, 550. 
Cool-spring. Cape May county, 317. 
Cooley's Genealogy, 177. 
Cooly, Richard, 585. 
Coombes, Robert, 563. 
Coombs, Capt. Michael, 308. 3S5. 
Coons, Adam, 354. 
Cooper, Benjamin, 545; ferry of. 
605. 
Daniel, 45, 170, 536; ferrv of 

116, 378. 511, 589, 603, 606, 614. 
David, 127. 
Edward, 654; school kept bv, 

410. 
Henry, 44. 
Rev. Myles, 636. 
Nathaniel, 90. 
Cooper's creek, 99, 127, 370, 474, 597. 
ferry, 45, 185, 343, 379, 442 473 
481, 535, 536, 569, 573, 59S, 6'^2 
Cooper wanted, 147. 
Copeland, David, 82. 
Copper mines, 73, 77; and works 
near New Brunswick, 382; 
part of, for sale, 400, 626; in- 
terest in, for sale, 382, 400; 
near Belleville, 94. ' 

Coppner, Gabriel, servant run 

away from. 133. 
Cork, Ireland, 159; county of, 3; 

vessel from, 183. 
Corman, Capt. John, 467. 
Cornbury, Lord, 209; petition to, 

5.54. 
Cornish, Capt. , 57. 



Corrie, Captain, 79. 
Corrlas, Samuel, in goal for mur- 
dering his wife, 567. 
Corse, Isaac, 290. 

Cortis, Samuel, suspected of mur- 
der, 599. 
Cortlandt, Manor of, 74. 542; farms 

for sale in the, 305. 
Coryall, John, 367. 
Coryell, Lieut. George, 344. 
Cosby, Gov. William, 248. 
Cot, Daniel, 344. 
Cotes, John, 135. 
Cotnam, Elizabeth, 654. 
Gotten, Capt., 422. 
Cotting, Ellas, estate of, 167. 

Elizabeth. 167. 
Cottnam, Abraham, 213, 248, 295. 
George, 24S. 
Warrell, 248. 
Cotton, Captain, 420, 422. 
Council of New Jersey, 248. 
Counterfeit New Jersey and New 

York bills, 584, 585. 
Courts: assignment of circuits, 
477. 
of justice, act for confirming 
proceedings of. 560. 
Cowan, Patrick, land for sale by, 

lis. 

Cowart, Lieutenant. 99. 

Cowell, Rev. David, estate of, 522. 

Ebenezer, 522. 

Mr. , 277. 

Cowpland, Captain, 92. 
Cox, Captain, 132. 

Colonel, 512. 

Daniel, 646. 

John. 70, 341, 342, 379, 443. 

Capt. Joseph, 481. 

Thomas, 528. 
Coxe, , of Trenton, 100. 

Abigail, 175. 

Charles, 593, 611. 

Daniel, 293, 492, 647; estate of, 
175. 

Dr. Daniel, 554. 

David, 493. 

Grace. 175. 

Jonathan, 607, 628, 642. 

William, 96, 493, 647. 
Coxe's ferry, 628, 642. 
Cozie, James, 403. 
Crage, Rose. 177. 
Cramer, William, 527. 
Cranberry, 55, 153, 161, 263, 370, 537, 
643, 649. 

brook, 519. 

mill pond, 537. 
Cranbury, 14. 177, 552. 
Crane. Josiah, 385. 

Justice, bam of blown away, 
47. 
Crawford, Alexander. 407, 613. 

Andrew Hume, 599. 

Sir James, 307. 

William, Sheriff of Middlesex 
county, 380, 416. 

■^Mlliam. runaway servant, 544. 
Creamer, Martin, soldier, 429. 
Creighton, Hugh, 370. 
Crib, Elizabeth, 574, 575. 



INDEX. 



•669 



Crimes- 
absconded from his creditors, 
499, 514. 

assault, 197. 

battoe stolen, 374. 

breaking and entering (sup- 
posed), 590. 

broke goal, 45, 81, 128, 170, 171, 
281, 2,82, 288, 312, 313, 329, 409, 
554, 597, 598, 599, 604, 614. 

counterfeiting, 124, 584, 585, 597. 

eloped, 552. 

escaped his bail, 86, 434, 502. 

escaped from custody, 564. 

fighting, 76. 

horse stealing, 16, 17, SO, S3, 85, 
89, 160, 191, 192, 265, 299, 378, 
393, 436, 443, 461, 477, 552, 563, 
579, 5S2, 595, 620, 630, 633, 649, 650. 

larceny, 480, 482, 544, 554; 599, 648; 
of a battoe, 494; of a pocket- 
book with monev, 494. 

murder, 33, 35, 43, 59, 76, 109, 117, 
477, 498, 524, (alleged) .566, 567, 
(suspected) .599, 614, 621. 

piracy (alleged), 566. 

poisoning, 94. 

robbery, 83, 220, 477. 

shooting, 59. 

stealing, 307, 315, 4S2, 644. 

suicide. 198, 401. 
Crispin, Silas, 555. 
Cromwell, Oliver, privateer, 178. 
Crooks, Richard, .50, 103. 
Crookshank's, Captain, Indepen- 
dent Company, 604. 



Crosbv, John, 554, 555. 

Mary (Shinn), 554, 555. 
Crosby's manor, 248. 
Croswicks, Crosswicks, 5, 16, 113, 

263, 295, 630; Indian council at, 
172; treaty at with Indians, 
41, 42. 

creek, 153, 173, 323, 535, 551, 558, 

600, 601. 
meeting house, 173, 323, 535, 551, 
602. 
Crown-Point, 394, 398; letter from, 

389. 
Culp, Matthias, 646. 
Cumberland, 370. 

county, 76, 105, 129, 146, 154. 1-55, 
167, 170, 171, 192, 208, 226, 261, 

264, 291, 295, 308, 338, 368, 370, 
375, 403, 434, 467, 520, 528, 531, 
558, 584, 604, 605, 654, 655; court 
of, 1S6, 246; goal of, 170; Sher- 
iff of, 295. 

Cumming, Rev. Alexander, 485. 

Robert, 485. 
Cummings, Alexander, • 489. 

John, 193. 

Robert, 310, 358. 
Cummins, Robert, 1.31, 164. 
Cunningham, Thomas, 250. 
Curious table in epitome, etc., 

proposals for printing, 112. 
Curtiss, Caleb, 489. 
Cushing, Capt. E., 145, 156, 162. 
Cuyler, Philip, part of estate of 
to be sold, 480. 



D 



Dagworthey, John, 68. 
Dagworthy, John, estate of, 278, 

441. 
Dalglish, Nathaniel, servant run 

away from, 119. 
Dallin, Dalling, Capt. Thomas, 

586, 587. 
Dally, John, ship built by, 118. 
Daly, Cornelius, 61. 
Dane, Alexander, 16. 
Danser, George, 50, 263. 
Davenport, Abigail, 474. 
Francis, 474, 555. 
John, 285. 
Josiah, 541. 
Sarah, 474. 
Widow, 6.32. 
Davids, Isachar, goaler of Phila- 
delphia, 362. 
Davies, Captain, 546. 

Rev. Samuel, A. M., President 
New Jersey College, 434, 475; 
furniture and library to be 
sold, 546; Latin oration by, 
.383; obituary notice of, 531; 
sermon by, on death of 
George II., for sale, 568; val- 
edictory address by, for sale, 
569. 
Davis, Benjamin, 170. 
Captain, 615. 
David, 308.. 
Elizabeth, 263. 
Isaac, deserter, 604. 
Capt. John, .14. 
John, 385. 



William, 209. 

William, deserter, 437. 
Davison, Josiah, estate of, 415. 
Davison, William, jun., 58. 
Dawson, Betty, 51. 
Day, Humphrey, 474. 

James, deserter, 110. 

Jane, 474. 

Joseph, 372, 395. 

Rebecca, 474. 

W^illiam, apprentice, abscond- 
ed, 71. 
Dayton, Lieut. Elias, 344. 
Deadman, Capt. TVilliam, 610, 611. 
Deal, Samuel, estate of, 138. 
Dealv, Joseph, runaway servant, 

£64. 
Deare. Jona:, 561. 
"Death of the Fox," Sign of, 78. 
Debrosses, Elias, 90. 
Decker, Justice, Indian scalp 
brought to Perth Amboy by, 
244. 
Declaration of Independence, 

signers of, 125, 215, 262. 
Declaration of war against the 

French King, 55. 
Deedy, Captain, 550. 
Deep-water Point, 424. 
Deerfield, 291, 434, 486, 558. 
Deering. Captain, 370. 
Deer skins for sale, 401. 
Defiance, privateer ship, 143. 
De Groot. John. 549. 
Dehart, De Hart, Jacob, .52, 580, 
623. 



670 



INDEX. 



John, 3S6, 594. 
Margaret, 152. 
Capt. Matthias, 152. 
Matthias, estate of. 623; ad- 
ministrator, 623. 
Dehaus, Capt. Paul, 590. 
Deheart, De Heart, John, 407, 432. 
de Lancey, Edward F., account of 

the Kemble family by, 307. 
Delany, Captain, 104. 
Delaware, 471, 512, 521, 646. 

and Sandy Hook, Capes of, 526. 
Bay, 206. 

Capes of, 273, 376, 497, 521. 
county. Pa., 171. 
ferry over, 535. 
forks of the, 618. 
Delaware Indians, 53, 244; procla- 
mation concerning, 39. 
Delaware river, 39, 41, 65, 70, 72, 154, 
179, 193, 206, 218, 241, 249, 273, 
292, 299. 312, 317, 339, 342, 363, 
365, 366. 371, 411, 423, 476, 492, 
529, 576, 598, 639, 646, 647, 654; 
opposition to pounds in, 638. 
Delawares, 297, 325. 
Deltz, John, 50. 
Demarest, Johannes, 395. • 
Denison, Margaret, 44. 
Denite, John, escaped from Indi- 
ans, 65. 
Dennis, John, 37; servant run 

away from, 119. 
Denny, William, Governor of 
Pennsylvania, 57, 60, 206, 233, 
391. 
Thomas, Sheriff, 573. 
Denormandie, Abraham, 405. 

D., 184. 
De Peuy, Samuel, 218. 
Deptford plantation to be let, 529. 

township, 70, 94, 317, 431. 
Derby, Richard, 370. 
Derbyshire, 474. 
Derrick, Capt. Thomas, 604. 
Derham, Henry, 56. 
Derham iron works, 264. 
Deserters from army, 12, 14, 15, 16, 
IS, 19, 90, 91, 92, 99, 102, 110, 
129, 176, 184, 203, 204, 207, 222, 
271, 272, 281, 288, 330, 347, 376, 
408, 429, 437, 508, 554, 570, 581, 
582, 590, 604; order of Gov. 
Bernard concerning, 319. 
Devan, John, 416. 
Dick, runaway negro servant, 415. 
Dickenson, James, deserted, 1S4. 
Dickerson, Esther, 562. 
Dickey, John, 308. 
Dickinson, Captain, 303. 

Rev. , 140. 

Diggs, Capt. Dudley, 4. 
Dildine, Uriah, 645. 
Diligence in the Work of God and 
Activity During Life, etc., 
sermon, for sale, 234. 
Dillwyn, George, 634. 
Dimsdale, ^Yidow Sarah, 555. 
Dismore, Thomas, 77. 
Capt. Thomas, 81. 
Ditchers wanted, 565. 
Doake, Captain, 589. 
Dobbin, James, 528. 
Dodd, Jonathan, sadler, 29. 



Doliver, Capt. Peter, 156. 
Donaldson, William, 256. 
Donnefort, Captain. 340. 
Donnel, Thomas, 403. 
Donnell, Capt. Benjamin. 426. 
Thomas, 170. 

Doran, , 518. 

Dorrington. Captain, 533. 
Dorset, 593. 
Dote, Isaac, 88. 

Doty, , 254. 

Colonel, 262; regiment of, 277. 
John, killed by Indians, 158, 242. 
Dougherty, Constantine, 631, 632. 
James, 263. 
John, 263. 
Doughty, Edward, 654. 
Douglas, Thomas, 630. 
Major William, 344. 
Douglass. Nathaniel, rescued from 
drowning, 10. 
Thomas, 295. 
William. 193. 
Doutey, Abner, 170. 
Dove, D. J., 539. 
Dove's English School, 541. 
Dover, Del., 299, 522, 631. 
Dover, N. J., 16, 303, 541. 

Dowell, , 646. 

Down, Mary, 654. 

Doyle, Robert, estate of, 183. 

Drake, Capt. James, 439. 

Drapier, Rachel, 103. 

Driver, Samuel, 342. 

Dry goods for sale, 502, 530, 565, 605, 

631. 
Dublin, 456. 

township, 555. 
Dubly, Rev. I. I., 96. 
Duche, Jacob, 299. 
Duck creek, 72. 
Ducket, Mrs., 88. 
Duckworth, Grace, 370. 
Dudley, Francis, 492. 

Jonathan, broke goal, 128. 
Duff, Michael, 648. 
Duffeau, Joseph, death of, 133. 
Duglass, Mr., 478. 
Duhamel's Treatise on Husban- 
dry, 515. 
Duke William, transport ship, 192. 
Duke. Edward, 154. 

Thomas, 154. 
Dunham, Lewis, killed bv Indians, 
37. 

Dunlap, , 177. 

James, servant run away from, 

60, 61. 
John, 537. 

William, 176, 181; sketch of, 
537. 
Dunn, Hugh, 265. 

Phlneas, 602. 
Dunning, Lewis, 120. 
Dunscomb, Daniel. 303. 
Durell, Commodore, 205. 
Dusinberry, John, 263. 
Dutchess county, N. Y., 270. 
Dwire, Dennis, 255. 
Dye house to be let, 568. 
Dye, James, 649. 



INDEX. 



671 



Earl, Martha, 556. 

Thomas, 654. 
Earl of Leicester, packet boat, 117. 

Earll, , 556. 

Early Germans of New Jersey, 286. 
Eastburn, Robert, narrative of his 
captivity. 176. 
(Isburn), Robert, 144. 
East Indies, 306. 

East-Jersev, 429; Constitution of, 
196. 
Proprietors of, 150; register of 

the, 294. 
Province of, 311, 411. 
Surrogate of, 152. 
East Nottingham, 30, 375. 
Easton, 14, 21S, 493, 644; road to, 
316; treaty held at, with Indi- 
ans, 296, 325. 
Eaton, Elizabeth, 195. 
Rev. Isaac, 308. 
Joanna, 195. 
John, 195. 
Joseph, 195. 
Lydia, 195. 
Margaret. 195. 
Sarah, 195. 
Thomas, 195. 
Valeria, 195. 
Eatontown, 195. 
Edenderry, Kings county, Ireland, 

221. 
Edinburgh, 153; University of, 148. 
Edward, Fort, 255, 263, 285. 356; 
flag of truce at, 240; letters 
from, 234. 
Edwards, John, 388, 414. 

Rev. Jonathan, President Col- 
lege of New Jersey, 142, 532; 
death of, 185, 188. 
Mr., 306. 
Timothy, 489. 
Egger, Rhodv, 103. 
Egg Harbour, 26, 79, 106, 155, 303, 
376, 467, 566, 613,; privateer 
off, 362; vessel lost near, 92; 
river, 521. 
Egolff, Michael, 299. 
Einlev, William, 555. 
Elizabeth, 28, 41, 48, 54, 64, 102, 119, 
152, 153, 229, 419; Mayor and 
Council of, address to Gover- 
nor by, 227. 
borough of, 382, 401, 419, 527; ad- 
dress of to Governor, 138; ad- 
dress by to Governor Boone, 
452; address by to Chief Jus- 
tice Jones, 396. 
Elizabethtown, 22, 29, 37, 42, 43, 55, 
65, 66, 105, 111, 113, 117, 118, 130, 
132, 133, 144, 149, 151, 152, 157, 
195, 270, 294, 314, 331, 352, 377, 
389, 390, 407, 414, 416, 429, 441, 
453, 470, 476, 478, 480, 502, 505, 
515, 516, 571, 580, 594, 623, 626, 
627; assembly to meet at, 10; 
Committee of Correspondence 
for, 152; company of cadets 
at, 152; Corporation of, 454; 
horse racing at, 271, 377, 607; 
land for sale in, 12; lotteries 
at, 389, 417, 476; lottery for 



benefit of St. John's church 
in, 3*6, 406, 432, 440; Presby- 
terian church at, 149; St. 
St. John's Episcopal church 
at, 149, 152, 636; sermon to the 
regular officers and soldiers 
in, 341. 
Elizabethtown Point, 134, 347, 348, 

3s6, 294, 407, 432, 433, 436, 623. 
Elk river, .534. 

Ellingwood, Capt. Benjamin, 91. 
Ellis, Franklin, 152. 

Capt. Joseph, 207, 403. 
Joseph, 370. 
William, 467, 475. 
Elmer, Lucius Q. C, 154, 155. 
Elmer's Reminiscences, 237. 
Elopements, 97, 109, 125, 170, 240, 
295:, 313, 339, 362, 435, 551, 449- 
Elridge, Captain, 619. 
Elsinborough, Salem county, 25, 

C50. 
Elton, William, 179. 
Elwell, Capt. Jonathan, 367, 369. 
Ely, Isle of, England, 578. 
Ely, John, plantation of, 404. 
Emlen, Collins and, merchants, 

515. 
Emrey, Capt. Daniel, 391. 
England, 145, 307, 392, 417, 418, 419, 
420, 422, 423, 450, 456, 518, 537, 
538, 541, 555, 615; Church of, 
468, 469; vessel bound for, 4; 
vessels from, 57. 222. 
English, John, killed by Indians, 

37. 
English neighbourhood, 643. 
Ensworth. Robert, deserter, 99. 
Eoff, Abraham, 286. 
Catharine, 2S6. 
Christian, 286. 
Cornelius. 286. 
Garret, 286. 
Jacob, 286. 312; land donated by 

for church building, 283. 
John, 286. 
Mary, 2S6. 

Mary Magdalen, 286. 
Peter, 286. 
Robert, 286. 
Erwin, Edward, 308. 

Walter, 300. 
Esopus, 293. 

Essex county, 294, 352, 450; courts, 
478, 607; Judge of, 152; High 
Sheriff of, 152, 255. 
Essex, England, 194. 
Estaugh, John, 512. 
Estill, John, 50. 
Etsels, Maria, 287. 
Ettonwells, Capt. Andrew, 332. 
Eusopus, letter from, 225. 
Evangelical Intelligencer, Memoir 
of William Tennent first pub- 
lished in, 276. 
Evans, Caleb, servant run away 

from. 372. 
Even, William, 263, 270. 
Eversham, 342. 
Evesham, 594. 

township, 3, 28, 392, 492, 494, 496, 
529; land for sale in, 66. 



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INDEX. 



Ewan, John, 530; estate of, 548, 

GIO, 611. 
Ewing-, Charles, 171. 
Finlay, 171. 
Flavell, 170. 
James, 171. 
Jane, 171. 

John, sketch of, 148. 
Maskell, Sheriff of Cumberland 

county, 171. 
Presbyterian chure-h at, 213. 
Thomas, 171. 
Expedition against Crown Point, 
29. 



Expedition against the Indians, 

37, 42. 
Eyers, Samuel, deserter, 281. 
Eyre, Samuel, 543. 

George, 238, 272, 522, 523, 526, 527, 
543. 

Jehu, 523. 

John, 527, 543. 

Mannuel,' 527. 

Mary, 238. 

jMennel, 523. 

Samuel, 523, 527, 543. 
Eyre's mill creek, 167. 



Facter, Nicholas, 50. 
Faggs' Manor, Penn., 486. 
Fairfield, 140; township of, 192, 226. 
Falkner, AVilliam, 96. 

Lieut. William, 344. 

Fallingham, • — , Capt. H. M. S. 

Sutherland, 87. 
Falls township, 263. 
Falmouth, 481; mail for, 439; pack- 
et for, 447; vessel bound for, 
117. 
Falls-Mills for sale, 352. 
Fandrill, "William, 430. 
Faneuil, Peter, 189. 
Farguson, John, stage boat of, 182. 
Farias. Zacharias, 394. 
Farmer, Brook, 614, 640. 

Jasper, 334. 

Maria. 334.. 
Farnsworth, Samuel, 263. 
Farr, Thomas, 467. 
Farrill, James, school to be 

opened by, 49. 
Farran, Ebenezer, 372. 
Fasting and prayer, day of, ap- 
pointed, 20, 76, 214, 337, 427. 
Fauconier, Madelaine, 209, 210. 
Peter, 209, 210; sketch of, 2)9. 

Thecdorus, 209. 
Faulkner, Capt. Jonathan, 391. 
Favorite, prize ship, for .■?ale, 173. 
Fenimore. Mary, 555. 

Richard, .5-55. 
Fenton, Eleazer, 554. 
P''enwick. John, 154. 
Ferdinand, Prince, 525. 
Ferguson. Michael. 370. 
Ferrell, Eleanor, 594. 
Ferries: 

Ancocus creek, 90. 

Delaware river, 535; patent for, 
492. 

Gloucester Point, 385. 

Greenwich, 75, 578. 

Newburn's, 646. 

Philadelphia, 192. 

Sparks' s, 373. 

Spicer's, 5S9. 

Staten Island, 10, 11, 12. 

Trenton. See Trenton. 

Wav-Hawke, Wyhack, 91, 263. 

Yardley's, 264, 448. 

See Cooper, Benjamin and 
Daniel. 
Field, James, 50. 

Joseph, 150. 

Robert. 457. 

Judge Richard S., 276. 



Field's mill. Bound Brook, 632. 
Fifty-fifth regiment, 390, 399, 472. 
Finch, Samuel, murdered by Indi- 
ans, 59. 
Finley, Rev. James, chosen Presi- 
dent of Princeton College, 
578, 616. 

Rev. Samuel, arrives at Prince- 
ton, 596. 
Finney, David, 262. 

Letitia, 262. 
Fires, 17, 22, 33, 34. 
First or Royal Scots regiment, 
408, 411, 436; deserters from, 
508. 
Fisher. Hendrick, 294, 295, .578. 

Michael, 208. 

Samuel, 594. 
Fishery in the Delaware, 492. 
Fishing creek, 429. 
Fister, Jacob, 127. 

Fitch, . regiment of. 254. 

Fitz Randolph, Benjamin, runa- 
way apprentice, 76. 
Fitzrandolph, David, deserter, 19. 

Isaac, broke goal, 45. 

Isaac, stage wagon of, 116. 

Jacob. 116. 

Ruben, 116. 
Flanagan, James, 120; killed by 

Indians, 37. 
Flat Bush, 317. 
Flatlands, L. I., 1.51. 
Flatt. Christian, 84. 

Paulus, runaway servant, 84. 
Flemming, Sammuel. 263. 
Fletcher, William, 370. 
Flick, Philip, 4fi2. 
Fling, Daniel, drowned. 10. 11. 
Florence, Capt. Henry, 137, 144. 
Flower, Samuel. 30. 
Foord, Jacob, 295. 
Forbes. Brigadier General John, 
233, 267, 325; order by, 327. 

Col. John. 20.5. 347. 
Forbes's regiment, 390. 
Ford, Colonel, 50, 352. 
Forde, nearo slave, run awav, .373. 
Fork, de Gaffle. 42. 
Forman, Gen. David, 153. 

P^lizabeth, servant run away 
from, 6'>;. 

Lewis, 534. 

Samuel, '370, 534. 
Forrest, Captain, 472. 
Forrister, John, 6-4. 
Forster, Andrew, 263. 

Colonel, .508. 



INDEX. 



Vi 



Fort du Quesne. 330. 

Fort Edward. 156, 300, 361, 364. 39S. 

Fort Frontenaok, 238. 

Fort George, 139. 

Fort John's, 52. 

Fort Pitt, 590. 

Fort Stanwix, 473. 

Fort William Henrv, 440; letter 
from, ]22. 

Fortescue, Colonel, 16S. 

Fortune, Captain, 83. 

Forty-seventh regirrent, 347. 

Forty-sixth reg-iment, 473. 

Foster, Captain, 167. 
Samuel, jun., 377. 
^Yilliam, 3. 147. 

Fothergill, Dr. John. 490. 

Foulk, Judah. 616. 

Found— a pocketbook, 387. 

Four Laiies End, 379. 

Fox, George, 150. 

France, hostilities by, proclama- 
tion concerning. 47. 

Francis, Captain, 534, 570. 

Francois, Cape, lOS, 179. 

Franklin. Beniamin, 29, 114, 444, 
445, 537. 

Franks, David. 312. 508. 515, 59S. 
Henrv Benjamin. 312. 

Fraser. Lieut.-Col. Simon, 346, 348. 
William, 467. 

Frederick county. Md., 429. 

Frederickton, New Brunswick, 636. 

Freehold, 50, 153, 174, 275, 370, 467, 
485, 599, 604, 617, 618, 636; let- 
ter from, 566; Presbyterian 
church at, 276. 

Freehold Court House. 294, 516. 

Freehold (alias Roaney), Abra- 
ham, deserter, 581; accused of 
murder, 621. 

Freeman. Ensign Gilman, 344. 
Thomas, runaway servant, 30. 



Freferthen, Capt. William, 298. 

French and Indian War, 195. 

French and Indians, prisoners 
taken by, 1"5. 

French army before Quebec, 440. 

French East-Indiamen captured, 
368. 

French King, declaration of war 
against, 55. 

French neutrals, 42. 

French prisoners, 507. 

French privateers, 104, 108. 

French war vessel captures a 
sloop off the Capes of Dela- 
ware, 376. 

French, prisoners purchased from, 
3j0; vessels captured bv the, 
3C2. 

French,' Philip, 626. 

French's copper mine, 3S2; part 
of, for sale, 400; how discov- 
ered, 400, note; story of the 
discovery of, 626. 

Fresneau, Andrew, 209. 

Friend, Capt. John, 336, 338. 

Friends, mmister of, 208. 

Froadfield, Edward, 638. 

Frontenac, SOO. 

Frontenack, siege of, 280. 

Frost, Capt. John, 481, 485, 618. 

Fullerton, William, 370. 

Fulling-mill for sale, £33. 

Furlong, Capt. Lawrence, 542, 546. 

Furman, Jonathan, 176, 309. 
Joseph, 87, 164. 

Moore, 39, 113, 151, 187, 295, 336, 
3.38, 493, 5TS: Sheriff of Hun- 
terdon county, 124, 409; sketch 
of, U6. 
Widov/, f24. 

Furmen's mill pond, 174. 

Fval, vessel from. 40.5. 

Fyson, Walter, 143. 



Gage, Charlotte Margaret, 307. 
Gage, Colonel, 18, 254. 
Emily, 307. 

General, troops with at Mon- 
treal, 484. 
Harriet, 307. 
Henry, 3d Viscount, 307. 
Henry Charles, 5th Viscount, 

307. 
Henry Hall, 4th Viscount, 307. 
John, 307, 621. 
Capt. John, 629. 
Louisa, 307. 
Marion. 307. 

Admiral Sir William Hall, 307. 
Hon. Brigadier General Thom- 
as. 306. 
General Thomas, 307. 
Thomas, 1st Viscount, 307. 
Gage's light infantry, 390, 472. 

Gaine, , letter to, 133. 

Hugh, 113, 234, 389, 652; ap- 
prentice run away from, 127; 
letter to, 169. 
Gardiner, Captain, expedition 
against Indians led by, 218. 
Gardiner, Fort. 242, 272. 
Gardner, Capt. , 59. 



Garnet, William, runav.av ser- 
vant, 226. 

Garraway, Capt. Charles, desert- 
ers from company of, 212. 

Garret's Hill, 152. 

Garrett, Isaac, 406. 

Garrison, Johanna, 54. 

Mary (Har:shorne), 150. 
Mr. and his daughter, 636. 
Patience, 264. ■- 

Garrit, Capt. John, 343. 

Garwood, Alice, eloped, 109. 
Samuel, 109. 

Gaston, John, 437. 

Gatehouse, Mr., 377. 

Gates, Horatio, 429. 

Geist, George Leonard, runaway 
servant, 212. 

George II., K'.ng, 21; odo on death 
or, 572: oration on death of, 
by Samuel Blair, jun., 576. 

George III., King. 248; proclaimed 
in Perth Amboy, 523: at Phil- 
adelphia, L25; at Elizabeth, 

George's Read, 334, 613. 

German F'ats, 255, 262. 

German Palatine emigrants. 2S6. 



43 



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INDEX. 



'Germantown, Penn., 23, 486. 
Germany, 503, 513, 5G7. 
Gerrard, AVilliam, 573. 
(Jerrat, ^^'illiam, 477. 

Gibb, Capt. , 282. 

Richard, 587. 
'Gibbon, Ann, 154. 
Arthur, 154. 
I-'rancis, 154. 
Grant, 339, 369. 
Jane. 154. 
Leonard, 154. 
Mary, 295. 

Nicholas, 103, 154, 370. 
Richard, 295. 
Gibbons, Thomas, 489. 
Gibbs. Benjamin, 545. 

Miss, marriage of, 403. 
Richard, 495. 
Gibraltar, 420, 5.50. 
Gilberthorpe, Thomas, 558. 
Gilchrist, Captain, 415. 
Gill, Ann, 370. 
Gillispie, David, 617. 
Gillmore, Capt. James, 564, 565, 

568, 611, 612. 
Gilmore, Robert, 318. 
Ginks, Thomas, 264. 
Githens, Constable John, 307. 
Glasgow, Scotland, 67, 92. 

Glasier, , 254. 

Glentworth, Capt. Thomas, 541. 
Gloucester, 87, 94, 154, 155, 186, 202, 
261, 2H1, 341, 370, 374, 403, 435, 
467, 474, 493, 516, 539, 578. 
countv. 30, 36, 39, 70, 84, 85, 87, 94, 
i9, 116, 126, 127, 145, 170, 183, 185, 
197, 204, 208, 220, 226, 229, 240, 
261, 269, 295, 299, 307, 308, 317, 
321, 338, 342, 353, 373, 378, 380, 
431, 433, 466, 473, 477, • 502, 521, 
528, 529, 530, 536, 549, 554, 555, 
5", 3, 589, 654; court, 186, 246. 
jail. 19. 

load, 299, 394, 431. 
township, 193; and county of, 
oS3. 
Gloucester Point, 38. 83, 92, 646. 
Glover, Captain, 345. 

William, soldier, 533. 
Goelet. Elizabeth, 561. 

Francis, -act for relief of, note 
on, 561. 
Goffle road, 42. 
Golder, Joseph, servant run away 

from, 361. 
Golden, Joseph, 362. 
Goldy. Joseph, 467. 
Goodhurst. Kent, England, 195. 
Go Odin, J., 343. 
Goodwin, Thomas, 25, 563. 
Gordon, Alexander, 367. 
Captain Andrew, 153. 
Captain, 192, 205. 
Capt. Andrew, 153. 
Lewis. 14, 148, 264, 370. 
Capt. Patrick. 411. 
Peter, 130. 163. 309; lottery for 
benefU of, 309. 356, 390, 404, 438, 
4S1, .509, 513, 519, 609, 613, 619. 
Thomas. 153. 
Goshen, K. Y.. in. 218; letter from, 
m; Presbyterian church at, 
618. 



Goudic, James, 370. 
Gould, Capt. James, 154. 

Robert, 371, 395. 
Gouldney, Henry, 490. 
Gouverneur, Gertrude, 306. 
Isaac, S06. 
Nicholas, 306; Ringwood iron 

for sale by, 349. 
Samuel, 306. 
Gouverneur & Kemble, 306. 
Governor of New Jersey, appoint- 
ed, 108, 182, 204; commission 

of, 240; death of, 130, 132. 
Gower, John. 430. 
Grace. Philip, 129. 
Grafton, Captain, 518. 
Graham, Capt. William, 287. 
Graisbury, James, 185, 343. 548. 

Joseph, 548. 
Granadas, 564. 
Grant, James, killed by Indians, 

37. 
Capt. John, 622, 629. 
Richard, deserter, 204. 
Grants and Concessions, etc., by 

Learning & Spicer, 194-197. 
Grant's. Mrs., 330. 
Granvill, Maurice, 467. 
Gratz, Bernard, 515. 
Gravesend, England, 154. 
Gravesend, L. I., 474. 
Gravin. Richard, 362. 
Great Britain. 591. 
Great dock. New York, 387. 
Great Egg Harbour, 110, 308, 654; 

wreck at, 290; shoals, vessel 

cast away on, 30. 
Great Island, 404. 
Great Mountain, 218. 
Great Pond swamp for sale, 354. 
Great Swamp, 37, 42; land for sale 

in. 187. 
Great Timber creek, 584; bridge, 

435. 
Green, Captain, 105. 
Enoch, 4.S6, 489. 
Joseph. 370. 403. 
Samuel, mill of, 476; surveyor, 

512. 
Timothy, 370, 403. 
Greenage, 50. 

Greenleafe, Capt. Mayo, 604. 
Greenwich, Cumberland county, 

84, 91, 146, 171, 295, 338, 368, 502, 

6?9; Presbyterian church at, 

1.54, 171, 295, 618; St. Stephen's 

church at. 154. 
township, 30, 105, 220, 286, 466. 

513, 536, 549, 573, 649. 
Greenwich Point, 494; ferry, 75, 

578. 
Greenwood, Captain. 360. 
Greenwood Lake, 203, 469. 
Gregory. Widow, 415. 
Grenadas. 564. 
Grenadiers, 390. 
Grenou, Monsieur. 179. 
Griffin, Giles John, 233, 278. 
Griffin, Li^ut. Thomas, 344. 

Grig, Capt. , 71. 

Griggs. John. 561. 
Grigstown. 50. 
Grimes, Jonathan, 4'51, 482. 
Griskin, Timothy, 16. 



INDEX. 



675 



Grist mill, 93, 182; at Mount Holly, 
611; for sale, 7, 57, 352. 

Groenendike, John, 315. 

Gronendyk, Johannes, 429. 

Grommon, Ichabud, servant run 
away from, 73. 

Grove, Silvanus, 4!J0. 

Groves, Capt. Peter, 118, 129, 147, 
148, 1S6, 216, 245, 261, 280, 291, 
296, 298, 345, 34G, 364, 367, 388, 
563, 564, 610, 611, 618. 

Guardaloupe, Guardaloup, 370; 



Highlanders from, 3.59. 
Guilder, Tobias, sloop sold by, 129. 
Guilmore, Elizabeth, 370.' 
Guinea, brig from, 303; coast of, 

slaves from, 598. 
Gummere, Amelia Mott, quoted, 

150, 5')4. 
Gun lost, 619. 
Guppy, Captain, 619. 
Guthrie, Richard, 370. 
Robert, 251. 



H 



Hackensack, Hackinsack, 105, 210, 
295, 3S7; court house near, 607; 
courts at. 477; Dutch church 
at, 210; goal, 94; lottery for 
Lutheran church at, 394, 401; 
Reformed church at, 287; 
river, 162, 209. 
Hacket, John, 251. 

Robert, 467. 
Racket's new furnace, 476. 
Hackett, John, 101, 545. 

Col. John, 316. 
Haddon, Capt. Richard. 95, 97. 

William, Professor of ab, eb, 
&c., 548, 562. 
Haddontield, 155, 261, 295, 370, 376, 

563. 
Hagen, Jacob, 490. 
Hail storm, a remarkable, 211. 
Haile, Capt. Benjamin, 350. 
Haine, Joseph, 251. 
Haines, Abraham. 392. 
Hale, Captain. 205. 
Hales, Col. Harris William, 636. 
"Half Moon" tavern, 210. 
Half Way brook, 255, 364. 
Halifax, 346, 347, 348, 404, 420, 447, 
508, 575; troops bound for, 205; 
vessel arrived at, 247; vessels 
bound for, 83, 118, 183; vessels 
from, 51, 108, 126, 216, 547. 
Halifax, Earl of, 246, 418, 423, 569. 
Hall. Bartholomew, deserter, 19. 
Capt. Benjamin, 356, 413. 
David, printer. 176, 177, 181, 296, 

444, 593, 612, 615. 
John, 185. 

John, tavern keeper, 374. 
Ruth, 264. 
Solomon. 264. 

Theodorus, broke goal, 45. 
Hall's History of the Presbvterian 
Church of Trenton, 177, 195, 
213. 
Hallowell, Captain, 136. 
Hals, Rev. John William, 326. 
Halstead, Josiah, 166; servant run 

away from, 6, 1. 
Halsted. Susanna, 152. 
Hamburg, 23. 

Hamilton, Gov. James, 391. 
Thomas, 370. 
Thomas, deserter, 437. 
William, 170, 654. 
Hampton Hanover, 182. 
Hampton, Capt. Jonathan, 113. 114, 
386, 407, 414, 432; extracts of 
letters from, 216, 241; land for 
sale by, 476. 



Hancock, Richard, 154. 

William, 295. 
Hand, Mary, 251. 

Nathan, 308. 
Handy, Isaac, 593, 617. 

Scot, 518. 
Hankinson, Peter, 544. 
Hanna, John, 207. 
Hanover. 119, 372, 385, 395, 651; land 
for sale in, 6; township, 371, 
519. 
Hanover, Va., Presbytery, 618. 
Hanover Square, New York, print- 
ing office in, 157, 334. 
Harding, Aaron, 251. 
Hardwick township, 321. 
Hardy, Admiral Sir Charles, 118, 
568; extract from speech of, 
93. 
Hardy, Gov. Josiah, 424, 615, 634, 
639, 640, 641; appointed Gov- 
ernor of New Jersey, 569, 581; 
arrives at New York, 622; his 
commission published at Bur- 
lington, 623; is addressed by 
the Corporation of Burling- 
ton, 623; his reply, 624; is 
addressed by the Episcopal 
clergy of New Jersey, 634; 
his reply, 637; sets out for 
New Jersey, 619. 
Harison, Thomas, drowned, 10, 11. 
Harker, Rev. Samuel, 103, 160; 
books by, 160, 651; sketch of. 
160. 
Harnet, Daniel, 43. 
Harrick, Capt. Andrew, 413. 
Harriman, Capt. Edmund, 575. 
Harris, Capt. John, 382, 412. 
John, 606, 614. 
Jonathan, 435. 
Nathaniel, 531. 

Dr. Robert, marriage of, 403. 
William, 606. 
Harrison, Capt. Amos, barn of, 
blown away, 47. 
Joseph, 494. 
Samuel, 39. 
William, 302. 
Harry, William, 328. 
Hart, John, 264, 362, 603. 626; slave 
run away from, 361. 
Joseph, 264. 
Hartford, 331. 

Flartman, Henry, deserter, 129. 
Hartshorn, Robert, 543. 
Hartshorne, Catharine, 150. 
Eliza, 150. 
Esek, 150. 



676 



INDEX. 



Hannah, 566. 

Hugh, 14, 150, 295; land for sale 

by, 51. 
John, 150; land for sale by, 51. 
Katherine, 150. 
Margaret, 150, 194. 
Mary, 150. 
Mercy, 150. 
Rachel, 150. 
Rebecca, 150. 
Richard, 150. 

Robert, 150; estate of, 566. 
Sarah, 150. 
Thomas, 150. 
"William, 150, 194. 
William, jun., 150. 
Harvard College, 522. 
Harvey, Edward, runaway ser- 
vant, 28. 
Peter, 554. 555. 
Haslehurst, John, 555. 
Hatch, Capt. David, 216. 
Hathearne, England, 150. 
Hathon, Captain. 176, 607. 
Hattonfleld. 154, 555. 
Havanah. 332. 

Hawk. Lieut. Sampson, 129. 
Hawkens. James, negro for sale 

bv, 263. 
Hawxhurst and Noble, dealers in 

iron, 401, 503. 
Hawxhurst, William, 401. 
Hav, William, 330. 
HaS'et, Captain, 517, 518. 
Hayle, Captain, 192. 
Hazard, Nathaniel, 96, 113. 

Samuel, 449; estate of, 416. 
Hazlewood, Cant. John, 466. 
Head, John, 515. 
Headen, Mary. 145. 

Thomas, 145. 
Heard's brigade, 617. 
Heaton. John. .iun.. 645. 
Heberden, Dr. William, 444, 445. 
Hedge, Anna Grant, 154. 

Samu el Fenwick, 154. 
Helin, Jacob, 220. 
Hempstead, L. I., 194. 
Henderson, David, 541. 
Eleanor, 308. 
Ensign Michael, 344. 
Dr. Thomas, 275, 276; sketch of, 

617. 
Widow, 478. 
Hendrickson, Daniel, 102. 

Hendrick. land for sale by, 178. 
Henry, 467. 
John, 380. 
• Jonas, 380. 

William, 103, 174. 
Henen, Isaac, estate of, 46. 
Henrv and Woodham. 515. 
Henrv, James, 598, 599. 
Col. John, 593. 
Prince, 525. 
Hepford, William, 474. 

Herbert, Capt. . 91. 

Herkimer county, 248. 

Heron, William, 490. 

Herrick, Capt. Andrew, 411, 436, 

496, 500. 
Herritage, Joseph, 529. 
Hetfield, Cornelius, 294. 
Heullngs, Joseph, saw-mill of, 497. 



Hewes, Ogden and, merchants, 

515. 
Hewlings, Abraham, Warden of 
St. Mary's church, Burling- 
ton, 109, 239. 
Hewlit, Adam, 528. 
Hews, Aaron, estate of, 77. 

Josiah, land for sale by, 77. 
Heyman, Moses, 515. 
"Hickory" tavern, 316. 
Hicks, Augustine, 5S2. 

Captain, 79. 

Edward, runaway servant, 291. 

Robinson, 77. 
Higgins, Henry, soldier, 429. 

Ichabud, 585; breaks goal, 598. 

John, 5S5, 586. 

Justice, 103. 
Highland regiment (78th), 346, 348. 

Col. Montgomery's (77th), 347, 
356, 390, 399, 474. 
Highlands of the Navesink, 150. 
"Highlander on Horseback," Sign 

of the, 31,5. 
Hill, Jonathan, deserted, 222. 

Lieut. John, 408, 409. 
Hills's Historv of the Church at 

Burlington, 23S. 
Hillsborough, Earl of, 423. 
Hilt, Hon. Arthur, 15. 
Himroth, Simon Ludewig, 2S6. 
Hinchman, Isaac, 605, 606. 
Hinehman, John, 39, 116, 467. 
Hinde. Capt. Benjamin, 143. 

Luke. 490. 
Hines, Patrick, runaway servant, 

26. 
Hinson, John, runaway servant, 

86. 
Hispaniola, vessel from, 265. 
History of Monmouth County, 195. 
History of New Jersey, Smith's, 

194. 
History of New York, 246. 
Historv of Old Tennent Church, 

195. 
Hixon, Captain, 586. 
Hoar, Nicholas, deserter, 376. 
Hobson, Capt. Samuel, 19. 
Hocks, Samuel, 520. 
Hodge, Andrew, 593, 611. 

Hugh, 96. 
Hodgson, Capt. Joseph, 620, 621. 
Hoff, Charles, jun., 367. 
Hoffman, Casper, 363. 

Elizabeth, 362. 
Hogeland, William, land for sale 

by, 46. 
Hogg, William. 654. 
"Hogshead [Nag's Head]," Sign 

of the, 314. 
Holden, George, clerk, 599. 
Holder, Casper, 103. 
Holderness, Lord, 569. 
Holker, Laurence, 483. 
Holland, 593. 
Holland, Alice, 126. 
Holland servants, 406. 
Hollinshead, Edward, 194. 

F., 552. 
HoUingshead, Hugh, 342. 

John, 556. 

Joseph, 184, 221, 578. 
Holeman, Francis, 644, 648. 



INDEX. 



^77 



Holman, Francis, 78, 116, 117. 
Holme, Benjamin, 626. 

Joseph, 503. 
Holmes, Admiral, 343; fleet of, 345, 

346. 
Commodore, 37. 
James, 11)5, 294. 
John, 477. 
Jonathan. 448. 
Lieutenant, 4l8. 
Holms, Thomas, 367. 
Homan, Andrew, 649. 
Hondtrat, Widow, '359. 
Hoobock, island called, to be let, 

509. 
Hoogland, John, 294, 295. 
Hook, 583. 

Hooker, Captain, 568. 
Hooper, Jacob Roeters, 273, 274. 
Jacob, 367, 647. 
Robert Lettis, jun., 93, 273, 274, 

367, 417, 568, 647. 
Hoopers, Messieurs, store of, 619. 
Hooper's mills, 3U5. 
Hooton, William, 529. 
Hopatcong'. Lake, 88. 
Hopeshaw, Thomas, deserter, 508. 
Hopewell, 16, 46, 116, 154, 251, 263, 

264, 308, 361, 370, 387, 494, 508, 

581, 632, 654; Baptist meeting 

in, 570; township of, 549, 654. 
Hopewell, Cumberland county, 

625. 
Hopkins, Ephraim, 103. 

Sarah, 370. 
Hopkinson, Francis, 572. 
Hornbecker, Joseph, 2. 
Hornblower, Capt. Josiah, 352, 389. 
Horner, Isaac, 264, 555, 597. 

Samuel, 50. 
Hornet, Daniel, murder of Indians 

by, 27. 
Horse breeding-, advertisement 

concerning, 15. 
Horse racing at Elizabethtown, 

271, 377. 607; at Perth Amboy 

fair, 430. 
Horse stolen, 443. 
Hort, John, 290. 
Horton, Phebe, 562. 
Horton, Capt. Samuel, 314, 400, 408. 
Hoskins. John, 651. 
Houndsditch, 150. 
House, Captain, 83. 
House of Commons, extract from 

the votes of, 27. 
Howard, Lawrence, servant run 

awav from, 26. 
Nancv, 264. 
How, Richard, 490. 

Thomas, 490. 
Howe, Lord, 152. 
Howel, Benjamin, land for sale 

by, 6. 
Howell. John, runaway servant, 

433. 



Joshua, 430, 548, 611. 
Nehemiah, 436. 
Prudence, 562. 
Susannah, 126. 
Hoyt, Captain, 572. 
Huddy, Daniel, 33. 
Hude, James. Mavor of New 
Brunswick, 104, 236, 455. 
James, jun., 382, 412. 
Hudson river, 42. 509. 
Huey, Samuel, 370, 403. 
Huff, Joseph, 104. 

Justice, 508. 
Huffpouer, Catharine, 505. 

Christean, 505. 
Hugg, John, 193. 
William, 193. 
Huitt, Capt. James, 372, 373. 
Hulet, Jane, 194. 
Hull. David, 71. 
Humphries, Josa, 556. 
Humphris, Joshua, 380. 
Hundershut, Michael, lottery for 

the benefit of, 482. 
Hunt. Captain, house of burned 
by Indians, 34. 
Ensign Enoch. 344. 
John, tavern keeper, 502. 
Samuel, 353. 
^Lieut.-Col. Samuel, 344, 353, 581, 
"^ 582. 

William, 362; slave run away 
from, 261. 
Hunter, Andrew, 489. 
Anne, 62. 

Benjamin, 56, 61, 62, 63, 129. 
Elizabeth, 62. 
James, 477. 

Michael, 558; will of, 291. 
Rachel, 62. 
Richard, 61. 
Gov. Robert. 209. 
Thomas, 61, 63, 129. 
Hunterdon county, 1, 11. 46, 57, 58. 
68, 85, 89, 95, 100, 123, 128, 145, 168, 
175, 187, 213, 251, 261, 263, 264, 
265, 273, 288, 295, 316, 327, 328, 
370, 403, 426, 435, 441, 461, 467, 
482 493, 516, 529, 549, 555, 627, 
629, 630, 633, 637, 645, 654; court 
of, 186, 246; goal of, 409; pe- 
titions presented to General 
Assembly by inhabitants of, 
249; sheriff of, 213. 
Hunterdon, Morris and Sussex, 

petitions from, 638. 
Hurey, Adam, 368. . 
Huston, Alexander, 489. 
Hutchins, Jonathan, Philomath., 
49, 115. 
William, 518. 
Hutchison, William, 264. 
Hyam, Mr. Thomas, 483. 
Hydrophobia, cure for, 617. 
Hyndshaw, Mary, 403. 
Hyndshaw's fort, 117. 



Imley, John, 251. 

Imlay, John, 310, 520; intends for 
Europe, 435. 
Joseph. Sheriff of Burlington 

county, 115, 281. 313, 329, 330. 
Peter, miller, 632, 633. 



Independent company of Captain 
Crookshank, 604. 

Independent company of Capt. 
Philip Burgin. 558. 

Indian claims to New Jersey sat- 
isfied, 297, 576. 



6/8 



INDEX. 



Indian deed for Ramapo tract, 

209. 
Indian invasion, conference con- 
cerning, 233. 
Indian ravages, 17, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 
59, 109, 117, 120, 135, 158, 217, 
218, 219, 220, 225, 229, 241, 242, 
243, 272; account of, 65. 
Indian river, 206. 
Indian slave, 111. 
Indian towns, burning of, 38, 42. 
Indians, claims of, 576; claims of 
to be inquired into, 172; es- 
caped from tlie French, 440; 
expedition against, 10, 37, 42, 
218, 241; list of persons killed 
bv in New Jersey, 37, 59, 158, 
242; on the Ohio, 297, 325; 
murder of, 43; prisoners es- 
caped from. 65; prisoners 
taken by, 135; proclamation 
bv Gov. Bernard enjoining 
kind treatment of, 325; proc- 
lamation concerning murder 
of, 27; proclamations con- 
cerning, 39, 53; treaty with, 
5, 53; treaty with, at Baston, 
296, 325. 

Cavugas, 297. 

Confederate Nations, 296, 325. 

Conovs, 297. 

Delawares. 39, 53, 244, 297, 325. 

Iroquois, 53. 

Minisinks, 216, 218, 233, 267, 297, 
325. 

Mohawks, 297. 

Mohegans, 297. 325. 

Nanticokes. 297. 

Oneidas, 297. 

Onondagas, 297. 

Opings, Wanings. 297, 325. 

Pomptons, 267, 297. 



Senecas, 297. 

Shawanese, 53; their town 
burned, 38, 42. 

Susquehanna. 361. 

Tuscaroras, 255, 297. 

Tuteloes, 297. 

Unamies, 297, 325. 
Infant baptism, controversy over, 

160. 
Ingersol. Jared, 622. 
Inniskilling regiment, 300; (27th), 

345. 
Ireland,' 401, 594, 569, 618. 

North of, 537. 
Ireland, Henry, 467. 
Iron for sale, 349, 565, 638. 
Iron forge for sale. 638. 
Iron from Ringwood Iron Works, 
349; from Sterling Iron 
Works, 401, 503. 
Iron furnace for sale. 637. 
Iron furnace, Hacketfs new, 476. 

Johnson's, 148. 

Oxford, 2. 
Iron mines, 637. 
Iron works, 88. 175. 414. 

Andover, 544, 545. 

Durham, 264. 

Long Pond. 469. 

Mount Holly. 184; for sale, 184. 

Robinson's. 128. 

Roxburv, 88. 

Sterling. 401. 503. 

Union. 100. 101, 128, 220, 316, 40S. 
438, 501, 545. 
Irving, Washington, 306. 
Island Branch creek, 53i. 

Ismister, Capt. , 117. 

Iverson, Richard, slave run away 

from, 112. 
Ivins, William, 342. 



Jack, negro slave, run away, 361. 

runaway mulatto servant, 413, 
504. 
Jackson, Doctor, 541. 

Capt. Ebenezer, 400, 408. 

Henry, killed by Indians, 37. 

Mary, 552. 
Jacob, runaway mulatto servant, 

496. 
Jacobs, Captain, 369. 
Jamaica, L. I., 149. 
Jamaica, West Indies, 22, 23, 24, 
270, 332, 352, 353, 358, 420, 533, 
587; vessels bound for, 92, 619. 
James, James, 87. 

Richard, 415. 

Thomas, 85, 87. 
Jampsen, Moses, 370, 403. 
Janse, Auke, 151. 
Jarret, William. 84. 
Jarvis, John, 606. 
Jauncey. William, 617. 
Jelang, John, 607. 
Jelf, Joseph, affidavit of, 134, 135. 
Jenango, Indian town, 65. 
Jenkins, John, 335, 336. 
Jeroliman, John, 42. 
Jersey Blues, 364, 472; near Lake 
George, 364; surprised and 



massacred, 364. 
Jersey line, 42. 
Jersey road, 511. 
Jervis, Captain, 416. 

John, liatter. 614. 
Jesert, Joseph, 264. 
Jewel. John, land for sale by, 46. 
Jewell, Nathaniel, runaway ser- 
vant, 73. 
Johnson, , regiment of, 254. 

Amos, 317. 

Captain, 77, S3, 303. 

Ben, negro, broke goal, 329. 

Experience, 306. 

General, 255. 

James, tavern keeper, 478. 

John, 504. 

Capt. Joseph, 264. 

Robert, 370. 

Robert, jun.. 154. 

Col. Robert Gibbon, 154. 

Samuel, 370. 

Thomas, 408. 

Sir William. Superintendent of 
Irrdian Affairs, 53, 75. 
Johnson's furnace. 128. 
Johnston, Andrew, 479. 

Captain,- 83. 

Eleanor, 195. 



INDEX. 



679< 



Capt. Jabez, 36. 

James, 352, 604; tavern keeper, 
515 

Gol. 'john, 214, 219, 254, 319. 

Dr. Lewis, 286. 

Mary, 286. 

Nathaniel, 126. 

Robert, Sheriff of Salem coun- 
ty, 31. 

Samuel. 637. 6.38. 
Joliffe, William, 30. 
Jollne, John, 42. 
Jones, Abraham, 129. 

Capt. , 51, 420, 422. 

Daniel, 379, 548: horse stolen 
from, 80: inn keeper, 610. 

Daniel, jun, 207. 

Elizabeth. 589. 

Capt. Francis, 518. 

James, drowned, 10, 11. 

John, 443. 

John, senior, 649. 



John, book-binder, 130. 
Nancy, 370. 

Nathaniel, Chief Justice of 
New Jersey, 375, 396, 398, 417, 
418,' 419, 420, 421, 422, 423, 424; 
appointed, 375; arrives at New 
York, 391; sworn in at Perth 
Amboy, 396; is presented 
with an address by the Cor- 
poration of Elizabethtown, 
J96, 419; his reply. 398; his 
effort to assume the position 
of Chief Justice of New Jer- 
sey, note on, 417-424. 
Thomas, 170. 

Jordan, John, 37. 

Judges, tenure of office of, 417-424,. 
note. 

Juniata, Penn., 66. 

Jurianse, Hermon, 96. 

Juster. John, runaway servant, 
161. 



Kals. Rev. John William, 359. 
Kambell, Capt. Benjamin, 611. 
Kealler, Jonas, 646. 
Kearns, John, deserter, 288. 
Kearnv, Graham, 636. 

Michael, 636. 
Keimen, Robert, 50. 

Thomas, 50. 
Keith, George, 51, 52. 
Kelly, John, broke goal, 171. 

Mary, 370, 403. 

Nugent, drowned, 402. 

W.. 638. 

William, 72, 95. 101, 518. 
Kelsey, Enos, 489. 
Kemphall, Kemball, Capt. Benja- 
min, 610, 615, 618. 
Kemble, Ann, 307. 

Ehzabeth, 307. 

George, 435. 

Gertrude, 307. 

Go-uverneur, 306. 

Judith, 307. 

Margaret, 3C6, 307. 

Mary, 307. 

Peter, 302, 306. 

Richard, 306, 307. 

Robert, 307. 

Samuel, 306. 561. 

Stephen, .307. 

Thomas, 106. 

William, 306. 307. 

family, sketch of, 306, 307. 
Kemp, William. 31. 
Kendall, Benjamin, 515, 594. 
Keney, John, 6.50, 651. 
Kennedy, Captain. 550. 

Rev. Gilbert, 275. 

John, 485. 

Samuel, 4i^9. 
Kenny, Capt. Richard, 568, 569. 
Kensington, 36. 518. 
Kent county, 32, 206, 434. 
Kent on Delaware, 129. 
Kent, Erasmus, 396. 
Kentucky, Presbyterianism in, 

618. 
F Capt. , 32, 170. 



j Kerr, Captain, 83. 
Jacob, 61S. 

Nathan, sketch of. 618. 
Kerstead, Captain. 526. 
Ketchem, Benjamin, 581, 582. 
Keteltas, A. M., Rev. Abraham, 
149; sermon by, for sale, 341. 
Kidd, John, 382. 400, 607. 

William, 546. 
Kierstadt, Blandina, 593. 
Kierstead, Lucas, 209. 
Kiger, Matthias, servant run 

away from. 137, 138. 
Kilburne, Thomas, 50. 
Kilgore, William, 644, 646. 
Kilpatrick, Richard. 654. 
Kimble, Samuel, 302. 
Kimper, Jacob, sturgeon for sale 

by, 137. 
Kimsey, Sarah. 467. 

King, Capt. , '67, 127. 

Catharine, 562. 

Constant, 562. • 

Frederick, first Postmaster at 

Morristown, 562. 
George. 562. 
John, 562. 
Joseph, 5C2. 
King George IT., sermon on death 

of, for sale, 568. 
"King's Arms and Fountain" tav- 
ern, 648. 
Kingsberry, 365. 
King's Bridge, 270. 
Kingsbury, 93, 172. 
Kings county, 209. 
Kingston, 264, 305, 315, 429. 643. 
Kingstown, 77. 

Kingswood, Kingwood. 1, 3. 50, 160, 
213, 264, 367, 370, 433. 508, 633, 
637. 
Kinnan, William, 528. 
Kinsey, James, 109. 

James, Recorder of Burling- 
ton, 237. 
Kirberger, Burgomaster Gottfried, 
2f6. 
Maria Cathrina, 286. 



68o 



INDEX. 



Kirkbride, Mahlon, 50. 
Kirkindale, Mary, killed by Indi- 
ans, 242. 
Kirkpatrick, Alexander, 285, 286. 

David, 286. 

William, 264, 4S9. 
Kitchen, Joseph, 371. 
Klein, Johan Jacob, 286. 
Kline's mills, 287. 
Knap, Daniel. 389, 504. 



Knight, Peter, 363. 
Knipe, Jonathan, 264. 
Knott, David, 166. 
Knox, James Taply &, 599. 
Koffler, Capt. Francis, 143. 
Konkel, Andrew, 406. 

Peter, 406. 
Kuendzly, Conrad, 403. 
KuUy, Mary, 467. 



Ladd. John, 295, 654. 

Lafferty, Bryan, 27, 285, 437. 
Catharine, 2S5. 
John, 285. 

Leferty, Mary, 285. 
Priscilla; 285. 
Ruth, 285. 

Lafferty's brook, 285. 

Lafory, Captain, 193. 

Laird, William. 604. 

Lake Champlain, army embarked 
on. 390. 

Lake Georgre, 75, 262, 361; advices 
from, 251, 253; letter from the 
camp near. 364. 

Lake, Mary, 308, 403. 

Lanaway creek, 153. 

Lancaster, Pa., 110, 124, 376, 433, 
434, 541; printing at, 537; 
county of, 31, 491, 593, 617. 

Land's End, 439. 

Land for sale, 1, 4, 5, 6, 9, 12, 18 
36, 39, 45, 46, 51, 5.' 66, 68, 70, 
73, 77, 84, 88, 89, 90, 94, 95, 96, 
98, 99, 102, 105, 106, 107, 109, 115, 
lis, 120, 121, 123, 126, 127, 128, 
143, 146, 147, 155, 159, 172, 173, 
175, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 185, 
187, 208, 209, 213, 248, 277, 287 
292, 299, 303, 308, 314, 315, 316, 
317, 318, 321, 322, 323, 327, 334, 
335, 338, 342, 343, 345, 3.52, 353, 
363, 365, 368, 379, 380, 388, 403. 
404, 407, 413, 414, 415, 416. 425, 
426, 431, 436, 441, 448, 471, 475 
476, 478, 491, 492, 493, 495, 511 
517, 518, 519, 520, 521, 526, 529, 
530, 534, 535, 536, 541, 543, 545, 
546, .551, 552, 553, 555, 557, 571, 
572, 573, 578, 579, 580, 581, 582, 
5S3, 586, 589, 593, 600, 601. 603, 
606, 607, 610, 612, 614, 619, 625, 
626, 627, 628, 634, 637, 642, 643 
644, 645, 646, 655. 

Langdell. Capt. William, 169. 

Langden, William, 166. 

Langdon, Captain, 586. 

Langiey, Thomas, deserter, 508. 

Lantas, Henry, 367. 

Lardner, Lyn-Ford, 529, 530 

La Peine, Esther, 179. 

Large, Ebenezer, estate of, 521. 
Samuel. 565. 

Lascelle, General, 50. 

Lascelles, Col. Peregrine. 347. 

Lashly, Andrew, assaulted, 197. 

Laurence, John, 114. 

Layer, John, 650. 

Law-books for sale, 571. 

Lawrance, William, drowned, 12. 

Lawrence, , 150. 



Captain, 92. 

Elisha, 153, 172. 

Jacob, 604. 

James, 600. 

Capt. James, 153. 

John, 113, 153, 172, 295, 32S, 393, 
518, 643. 

Mary (Hartshorne), 1,50. 

Robert, 183, 195, 294, 365; land 
for sale by, 120, 121; Speaker 
of the House, 270. 

Samuel, deserter, 376. 

Thomas, 317, 518. 
Lawrenceville, 448. 
Laws of New Jersey, proposals 

for printing, 293. 
Lawyers: 

Gordon, Lewis, 14. 

Morse, Charles, 191. 
Leake, John, 94. 
Leake's new mills, 493. 
Leaming, Aaron, 197, 295, 516, 654. 
Learning & Spicer's Laws, 194. 
Leasehold for sale, 614. 
Leather breeches maker, 416. 
Lebanon, 555, 556. 
Leberger, Adam, servant run 

away from, 212. 
Le Conte, Dr. Joseph, 195. 

Margaretta, 195. 
Lee, Francis Bazley, 197. 
Leece, Jane, 280. 

Philip, 280. 
Leech, Capt. Asa, 612, 618. 
Leeds, England, 475. 
Leferty, Bryan, 312, 356. 
Leffery, John, 618. 
Le Fory, Captain, 205. 
LeGrange, Barnard, 90. 
Legrange, Bernardus, 302, 407. 
Leicestershire, England, 150. 
Leigh, Michael. 50. 
Leonard, James, 305. 

Capt. John, 153. 

Thomas, 50, 153, 294. 

Judge Thomas, 557. 

Sheriff Thomas, 599. 
Leslie, George, 286. 

John, 493. 
Letter of marque granted from 
the Vice Admiralty Court of 
New Jersey, 382. 
Letter of marque ship, 564. 568. 
Letters in Philadelphia Post Of- 
fice, 30, 103, HI, 126, 170. 
Lettson, Capt. Thomas, 427. 
Levy, Myer, 170; a German Jew, 
absconded from his creditors, 
499, 514. 
Lewe^, Del., 618. 



INDEX. 



68 I 



Lewis, Achelles, tavern keeper, 
5S5. 
Benjamin, deserter, 376. 
Libelous pamphlet wliipped and 

burnt, 24. 
Liddon, Samuel, 370. 
Lieutenant-Governor of Nova 

Scotia, 581. 
Light horse regiment, 152. 
Light house at Sandy Hook. See 
Lotteries, New York, Sandy 
Hook. 
Lightinstone, Captain, 362. 
Lile, John, 177. 
Lilliput, Gloucester, 539. 
Limerick, 421. 

Lindsle. Daniel, executor, 88. 
Lingfleld, John, servant of, 31. 
Linsey, William, 549. 
Lippincott, Abigail, 556. 
Isaac, 492. 

Job, horse stolen from, 191, 192. 

Joshua, 343. 

Mary, 474. 

Lisbon, 420, ~439, 472. 495, 497. 550. 

Little Britain, 10. 

Little, Casper, 5. 

Little Creek Hundred, Kent coun- 
ty, Del., 204. 
Little Creek Landing, Kent coun- 
ty, 129. 
Little Egg Harbour, 298, 562. 

river, 299. 
Little Silver Neck, 165. 
Little Timber creek, 193. 
Livermore, Isaas, il. 

■William, 71. 
Liverpool, 359, 567, 601. 
Lives of the Governors of Penn- 
sylvania, 262. 
Livingston, Philip, Latin oration 
by, 230. 
William, memorial of Aaron 
Burr by, 161. 
Lloyd, John, 116. 

Lock, Mr. , 188. 

Lockart, Alexander, 213. 
Lockwood, Rev. Samuel, 618. 
Lodge, Benjamin, land for sale 

by, 36. 
"Log College," 275. 
Logan, Anne, 262. 

David, 170. 
London, 150, 152, 306, 316, 368, 375, 
3S5. 402, 409, 418, 483, 537, 568, 
569, 572, 601, 605, 615, 619; ex- 
tract of letter from. 207; 
Skinners' Company of, 150; 
vessel from, 34. 
"London Coffee House," Philadel- 
phia, 79, 113. 
London,- Earl of, 33. 
Londonderry, 262. 
Londongrove, 262. 
Long Beach for sale, 353. 
I^ong Branch, 195. 
Longbridge, 50. 
Long Bridge farm, 643. 
Longfield, Henry, 316, 4M6. 

Lieut Thomas, 344. 
Long Island, 108, 109, 283, 317, 399, 

613, 648. 

Long Pond, 469. 

river, 469. 



Longworth, Thomas, apprentice 

of absconded, 83. 
Lords of Trade, 209, 248. 
I.,oring, Captain, 619. 
Lorton, John, 315. 
Lost or stolen, 315. 
Lot & Low, 565. 
Lott, Abraham, jun., 588. 
Lotteries: 

arguments for, 320; against, 324, 

325, 332. 
at Biles Island, 130, 163, 165, 351, 

363 
on Petty's Island, 537, 540, 575. 
by Connecticut, 320, 324. 
by New York, 320, 324. 
for benefit of Peter Gordon, 
150, 163, 309, 356, 390, 404, 438, 
481, 509, 513, 519, 609, 613, 619. 
Elizabethtown, for benefit of 
St. John's church in, 386, 389, 
406, 417, 432; list of fortunate 
numbers published, 440; tick- 
ets returned, 476. 
for disposing of land on Petty's 

Island, 575. 
for Lutheran church, Bedmin- 
ster, 283, 311, 318, 339, 351, 3-56. 
for Lutheran church at Hack- 

ensack, 394, 401. 
for Parsippaning church, 371, 

390, 391, 395, 399, 410, 430, 450. 
for repaying moneys raised for 
purchasing Indian claims to 
* lands in New Jersey, 576. 
for the benefit of the College 
of New Jersey, 320, 324, 591, * 
60S, 611, 615, 622, 623. 
for the benefit of Michael Hun- 

dershut, 482. 
for the benefit of the church 

at Shrewsbury, 430, 447. 
for the benefit of the New 
Y'ork light-house at Sandy 
Hook, 587, 597, 603, 607, 608, 614, 
615. 
for the benefit of the Presby- 
terian church at Bound 
Brook, 381, 411, 442; fortunate 
tickets in, 484. 
for the benefit of the Re- 
formed Dutch church in Ac- 
quackanonk, 549. 
for the disposing of a collec- 
tion of books, silver ware, 
astronomical apparatus, land, 
etc., by William Dunlap, 537. 
for Christ church. New Bruns- 
wick, 288, 301, 306, 341, 363, 365, 
369. 
for Trinity church at Newark, 

351, 3'i7, 3S6, 387, 389. 
Philadelphia and Brunswick, 

319. 
towards building a new Eng- 
lish church at Second River, 
351, 376, 377, 3ft6, 387, 389. 
See Manennaucong Island. 
Loudon, Lord, 126. 
Louisbourg, 348, 360. 
"Louisburg Taken," ode by James 

Lyon, 3i3. 
Louzada. Anron, 354. 
Lovett, Captain, 372, 607, 



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I>^DEX, 



Low, Cornelius, 431, 565. 

Miss Sally, marriage of, 431. 
\ Lower Dublin township, 387. 

Lower Freehold, court house in, 

608; courts at, 478. 
Lower Maxfield, 379. 
Lownes, Benjamin, 574. 
Lownsberry. Samuel, 50. 
Lowrey, Thomas, 367. 
Loxley, Benjamin, 541. 
Loyalists, New Jersey, 149, 153. 
Loyd, Lieut. -Col. Thomas. 377. 
Lucas, Friend, 94; slave run away 

from. 111. 
Luce, Capt. Joseph, 147. 

Capt. William, 133, 134. 
Lues, David, 555. 
Lufburrow, Nathaniel, 553. 
Lum, Mathew, executor, 88; land 
for sale by, 6. 
Capt. Samuel, estate of, 6. 
■ Lunan, Alexander, 56, 182. 
Luney, Peter, 120. 



Lupton, Benjamin, 531. 
Lurvey, Capt. Benjamin, 564. 
Luse, Justice, iron works of, 88. 

Capt. Zephaniah, 344. 
Lutheran church, Bedminster, lot- 
tery for benefit of, 283, 311, 
318, 351. 
Lutheran church at Hackensack,. 
lottery for beneft of, 394, 401. 
Lutwidge, Captain, 481. 
Lutwytche, Captain, 117. 
Lyel, Captain, 115. 

Lyman, , 254. 

Lyon, James, odes by, 383. 

Mary, 5i9. 

Mr., 383. 
Lyon's Farms, 72. 
Lyons, James, 572. 
Lysaght, Nicholas, 126, 467. 
Lystrum, Johannes, death of, 8. 
Lyttleton, Gov. William Henry, 
409. 



M 



M'Bride, James, 528. 

Mary, ,50. 
McCain, Robert, 262. 

Susan. 262. 

Thomas, 262. 

William, 262. 
McCall, Archibald, 307, 622. 

Samuel, 622. 
M'Callister, Archibald, 103. 
M'Cann, Hugh, 170. 
McCarter, John, servant of, 31. 
M'Carty, James, 218. 
M'Claghan, widow of Captain, 533. 
M'Collach, George, 604. 
M' Col lorn, Hugh, 90. 
M'Connell. Thomas, 467. 

William. 520. 
McCrea, Jannie, 285. 
M'Cullum, Captain. 77. 78. 
M'Daniel, James, 504, 507. 

John, 504, .'^07. 

William. 2'^ 5. 
. Capt. William, 344. 

Zachariah, 264. 
M'Dannal, Da Randolph, runaway 

servant, 499. 
M'Dermont, John, deserter. 347. 
M'Donald, Lewis, 50. 

Capt. William, 347; companv 
of, 408. 
McEnwen, Alexander. 2^5. 

Daniel, 285, 312. 

Duncan, 2^5. 

George. 285. 

Mary, 2^5, 286. 

Hugh. 285. 

William, 28C. 
M'Evers, James, 542. 
M'Gallart, John, 605. 
McGillycuddy, Captain. .519, 564. 
M'Glnnis, James, deserter. .SOS. 
M'Gui'-ci V/iiliam, tleserter, 570. 
M'Hagoe. James, 111. 
M'Hurin, Otho, killed bv Indians, 

242. 
M'llvane, William, 245, 404. 
Mclntire, John. 305. 
M'Intrie, Mi., 541. 



McKean, see McCain. 

McKean Genealogy, 262. 

M'Kean, Rev. Robert, 4.34. 468. 636. 

Thomas, 262. 

William, ^62. 

M'Keane, Lieut. ■ . 264. 

ivl'Kesson, John, 489. 
M'Keterick, Thomas, 90. 
M'Kinley, Dr. John. 59-. 
M'Knaken (McCracken). Thomas, 

sketch of, 618. 
M'Konne, James, 370. 
M'Lane, Daniel, 261. 
M'Lellan, Capt. G., S'C. 
M'Mahon, Joseph, deserter, 222. 
M'Michael, John, 593, 611. 
McMurtrie, David, cS2, 400. 
M'Muskey, Daniel, 261. 
M'Namara, James, suicide of, 402. 
M'Neal, Samuel, runawav appren- 
tice, 348. 
M'Pherson, Captain. 494. 
M'Whorter, Alexander, 489. 
Machias, Me., 3S3. 

Mackay, Lieut. . 91. 

Mackenna. Capt. John, 369. 
Madeira. 368, 495, 526. 
Madewell, John, 370. 
Mahurin, Serjeant, killed by Indi- 
ans. 158. 
Magee. James, stage boat of, 25. 
Maginis, Capt. Robert. 122: cap- 
tured by the enemy, 123. 
Magrah, Roger, 174. 
Magre, Redmond, 4 9 
Magruder, Nathan, J7,". 
Mahakamack river. P9. 
Maidenhead, 50, 68, 213. 263. 264. 
441, 448. 564, 629; township. 'iil. 
Major, James, 654. 
MalncVi ort-^ Mociich; 

Aaron, 2S'? 

Mr., 422. 423. 

Robert Hunter, 54, 1(;|^ i " 

Andrew, 286. 

Georg Anthon, 286. 

Georg Wilhelm, 2<>^. 

John, 2.':6. 312. 



INDEX. 



683 



Marie Cathrine, 286. 
Peter, 2S6. 
Philip, 2S6. 

Veronica Gerdrutta, 286. 
Malago Run, proposed damming 

of, 328. 
Malpas, Lord, 248. 

Malroy, , murder of Indians 

by, 27. 
Malt and brewhouse for sale, 443. 
Mamaroneck, 194. 
Manalpan river, 352. 
Manby, John, 598, 599. 
Manennaucong, Island of, 371; lot- 
tery, 390, 391, 395, 399, 410, 430. 
Manington, petitioners of, 203. 
Manly, Captain, 615. 
Manner, Edward, 144. 
Mansfield, 109, 393, 496; church of, 

618; township of, 545. 
Mansfield Woodhouse, Sussex 

county, 644. 
Mantua creek, 36, 94. 
Manus Hook, 404. 
Marblehead, 619. 
Marcus Hook, 531, 582. 
Marschalk, Francis, City Sur- 
veyor, 115. 
Marselis, Catharine, 632. 
Henry, brewer, 632. 
John, 632. 
Marseilles, 564. 

Marshall, , 30. 

Captain, 37. 
Edward, 645. 
Lieut. Richard, 508. 
Marston, Capt. Zachariah, 1. 
Martin, Alexander, 71, 645. 
Captain, 253, 300, 585. 
Hugh, 645. 
James, 645. 
Jane, 615. 
John, 649. 

Capt. Thomas, 137. 
Martinico, 104. 302, 303, 372, 375, 413, 
433, 5S6, 607, 613, 619; fleet, 119; 
St. Piers in, 546. 
Martosh parish, Somersetshire, 

England, 208. 
Maryland, 15, 145, 306, 429, 475, 483; 

fleet, 590; vessel from, 162. 
Mash, Henry, 264. 

Samuel, killed bv Indians, 37. 
Maskell, Thomas, 171. 
Maskell's mill, 295. 
Masonlcus, 2S7. 
Mason's mill, 299. 
Massachusetts, 322; Governor of, 
307, 477; forces, 355; Indian 
from, 440; provincials, 356. 
Massachusetts Bay, 93, 450, 461, 472; 
Governor of, 52, 108, 126, 135, 
139, 142. 
Masterman, Capt. George, 343. 
Master's wharf, 614. 
Masters, William, 179. 
Matawan, 195. 
Matchiponix, 477. 
"Mathematical Traverse Table," 

112, 113. 
Matrar, Elizabeth, 5. 
Mattawan creek, ISO. 
TVTaurice river, 129. 204. 
Mavrocordato, Miss, 306. 



Maxwell, John, 264. 

William, 403. 

Lieut. William, 344. 
Maybury, Richard, 100. 
Mead, Samuel, 50. 
Meade, Captain, 586. 
Meal Market, New York, 113. 
Meeke, Capt. John, 343. 
Melchior, Leonard, 503. 
Mellick, Andrew D., jun., 283, 286. 
Mellicks of Plainfield, 286. 
"Memorials of Deceased Friends," 

155. 
Mendem, 372, 395. 
Merchant's Coffee House, 94. 
Merriott, Thomas, estate of, 627. 
Merry, John, 50. 

Major, 575. 
Mersellis, Peter, brewer, 632. 
Meserve, Captain, 586. 

Capt. Hanson, 290. 
Mespath Kill (Newtown Creek, 

L. I.), 194. 
Metawan-Creek, 334. 
Meteitunk, south oranch of, 600. 
Meyer, Andries Jansen, 541. 

Catliarina, 541. 
Michtilin, Anna Catherina, runa- 
way servant, 146. 
Mickle, Joseph, servant run away 
from, 84. 

Mary, estate of, for sale, 66. 
Middagh, Peter, 295. 
Middah, Jacobus, killed by Indi- 
ans, 272. 
Middlesex county, 102, 153, 161, 163, 
172, 248, 256, 264, 273, 294, 303, 
309, 316, 321, 334, 352, 356, 404, 
415, 416, 449. 450, 464, 465, 495, 
537, 541, 555, 557; courts of, 
495; militia of, 523. 
Middletown, 8, 23, 50, 103, 125, 150, 
152, 195, 198, 294, 353, 378, 379, 
508, 534; Town Clerk of, 150. 
Middletown Point, 74, 103, 147, 174, 

178, ISO, 195. 
Midford, John, 490. 
Mifflin, Samuel, 170. 
Miles, Captain, 546. 

Edward, 631. 
Milihan, Capt. Richard, 570. 
Millener, Capt. Samuel, 343. 
Miller, Aaron, 113. 

Abraham, barn of, burned, 109. 

Captain, 95. 

Ebenezer, 155, 295. 

Ebenezer, jun., 155. 

George, 558. 

Hannah, 558. 

Capt. John, 31. 

John, 531. 

John, deserted, 222. 

John, drowned, 12. 

John Christian, runaway ser- 
vant, 22. 

Paul, 2S5, 312, 356. 

Richard, 103. 

Samuel, 531. 

Thomas, 467. 

William, drowned. 12. 
Millian, William, 289. 
Milliken, John. 654. 
Mills, James, 282, 527. 

William, 71. 



684 



INDEX. 



Millstone, 50. 

river, 73, 305, 552. 
Milnor, Isaac, 511, 553. 
Milstone, 608; courts at, 478. 
Mine Brook, Somerset county, 285, 

286. 
Minisink, 216, 218. 

Indians, 233, 267, 297, 325. 
Mircer, William, 302. 
Mitchell, John, killed by Indians, 

37. 
Moelich, see Malach. 
Ann Catharine, 286. 
Johan Gottfried, 286. 
Johan Wilhelm, 286. 
Moffot, William, 287. 
Mohawk country, 248. 
Mohawks, 297. 

Mohiccoons (Mohegans), 297, 325. 
Molegan, John, 90. 
Moses, 90. 
Robert, 90. 
Monckton, General, 569. 
Col. Robert, 347. 
Robert, Esq., appointed Gov- 
ernor of New York, 580. 
Money found in Bordentown stage 

boat, 475. 
Monmouth Beach, 195. 
Monmouth county, 6, 7, IS, 43, 68, 
103, 120, 125, 150, 153, 165, 172, 
178, 180, 182, 194, 195, 294, 313, 
352, 365, 374, 377, 378, 403, 415, 
541, 566, 599, 600, 601, 632; Cor- 
oner of, 153; courts of, 610; 
Episcopal churches in, 636; 
goal in, 614; Grand Jury, 
foreman of the, 150; xxigh 
Sheriff of, 150, 152; militia of, 
153; History of, cited, 195. 
Monmouth Patent, 196. 
Monoksey, 429. 
Montcalm, General, 67. 
Montesquiou's Persian Letters, 
Monsieur, 234, 263. 
201. 
Montgomery, Lieut. -Col. Com- 
mandant Archibald, 347. 
Catharine, 127. 
^ Colonel, 399, 474. 

Thomas, 518. 
Montgomery's Highlanders, 474. 
Montgomery's regiment, 575. 
Montreal, 120, 263, 272. 279, 440; 
BYench alarm at, 300; troops 
at, 484. 
Montresor, Colonel, 439. 
Montrose Scotland, 485. 

Moone, Mr. , letter from, 177. 

Moore, , drowned, 10. 11. 

Alexander, 50, 295, 478. 
Dr. Alexander, 264. 
Benjamin, deserter, 437. 
Captain, deserters from com- 
pany of, 203. 
Charles, 643. 

Henry, 131, 164, 310, 358, 509, 513. 
John, 467. 
Mary, 654. 
Lucretia, 467. 

Patrick, runaway servant, 494. 
Samuel, 126; land for sale by, 

146. 
William, run away, 643. 



Moore's-town, 379, 433. 
Moravians, 294. 
Moravian Settlements, 316. 
Morbaway Beach, wreck on, 162. 
More, Jacob, tavern keeper, 632. 
Mores-Town, 295, 630. 
Morgan, Rev. Abel, 160. 
Daniel, 342. 

Daniel, estate of, for sale, 322. 
Evan, 416, 449. 
Griffith, 558. 
Hannah, 558. 
Lydia, 558. 
Joseph, 322. 
Tobias, 467. 
William, 558. 
Morrell, Morrill, Levy, deserter, 
12, 14, 
Samuel, 494. 
Morris county, 6, 50, 56, 61, 88, 119, 
123, 128, 172, 208, 244, 273, 295, 
306, 321, 339, 352, 371, 385, 410, 
446, 512, 519, 553, 562, 579, 610, 
650; courts of, 477, 608; goal 
of, 149, 650; Sheriff of, 650. 
Morris, Elizabeth, 255. 
John, 255. 
Joseph, 515. 
Governor Lewis, 248, 302, 306, 

382, 417. 
Lewis, jun., 317. 
Robert Hunter, in New York, 
54; Chief Justice of New 
Jersey, 417-424, note; reap- 
pointed in 1761, 424, 652; 
Speaker of Council, 506. 
William, 558. 
W., 639. 
Morris Plains, 562. 
Morris's river, 204. 
Morristown, 4, 6, 50, 70, 306, 389, 407, 
650; court house in, 608; 
courts at, 477; first Postmast- 
er at, 562; Presbyterian 
church of, 579; Meeting 
House, 519. 
Morrison, John, runaway servant, 

584. 
Morrow, Joseph, 50, 107. 
Morse, Charles, attorney at law, 

removal of, 191. 
Morse, Jedediah, 626. 
Morse's American Geography, 400. 
Morton, Rev. Andrew, sketch of, 

636. 
Morven, 125. 
Moschel, George, 78. 
Moses, negro boy, run away, 354. 
Mott, Adam, 194. 
Gershom, 194. 
General Gershom, 195. 
Gershom, mill of. 632. 
John, 195. 
Kate A., 195. 

Margaret (Hartshorne), 1.50. 
William, 194. 
Mount Christi, 546. 
Mount Gibbon, 154; run, 154. 
Mount Holly, 4, 7. 14, 44, 79, 103. 
106, 111, 126, 143, 182, 184, 207. 
295, 312, 375, 378. 379, 380, 392. 
467, 516, 530, 556, 595. 605, 610, 
654; Iron Works, for sale, 184. 



INDEX. 



685 



"Mount Kemble," Morristown, 306, 

307. 
Mount Pisgah, Burlington county, 

554. 
Mount, Matthias, 50. 
Mountere (Mountier), William, 557. 
Moyamensing township, 407. 
Moyer, John, 529. 

Muckleroy, , 43. 

Mud, Francis, 518. 

Muir & Crawford, 504. 507, 612. 

Robert, tailor at Princeton, 613. 
Mulford, Terence, deserter, 16. 

Benlamin, 167. 

David, 295. 
Mullan, Thomas, 433. 
Mullock, Joshua, 649. 

Mr., 111. 
Mulokee's river, 342. 
Munro, JosepH, deserter, 508. 
Mun, Lieut. Samuel, 372, 395. 



Murdagh, Andrew, 528. 
Murdock, William, 261. 
Mure, Pr., 385. 
Murray, Francis, 654. 

General, 484. 

Michael, killed bv Indians, 37. 

Mr., 440. 

William, 541. 
Murphy, Dominic, 116. 

Hannah, 116. 

John, deserter, 281. 

William, deserter, 281. 
Musconetcung river, 638. 
Musgrove, Mrs., 264. 
Muskenekunk river, 553. 
Muskenetcong river, 95. 100. 
Muskoneckonk creek, 2. 
Muskonekung river. 512. 
Myah, Johan Jeremiah, runaway 
servant, 6. 



N 



"Nag's Head" tavern, Elizabeth, 
"152, 314, 478, 515. 

Nanticokes, 297. 

Narburv, Captain, 183. 

Nassau, Fort, 193. 

Nassau Hall, College of New Jer- 
sey, 140, 148, 185, 215, 234, 883, 
462, 475. 485. 
See College of New Jersey, 
Newark, New Jersey, Prince- 
ton. 

Navesings river, 150. 

Nealson, Abraham, senior, 84. 

Negroes for sale. 2. 8. 69, 172, 175, 
186, 263, 414, 542, 569, 573, 597, 
598. 600, 606, 614, 621; man and 
wife for sale, 323; wench for 
sale. 414; woman for sale, 473. 
See Runaways. 

Neilson and Gibb, 495. 

Neilson, James, 495, 561. 
Col. John, 495. 
John, M. D., 495. 
Capt. Samuel, 590, 591. 

Neilson's ferry, 449. 

Nelson, James, runaway appren- 
tice. 564. 
William. 214. 

Neshaminy creek, 363. 

See Nisha.miny, Shaminy. 

Nevil, Nevill, Samuel, Judge of 
Supreme Court, 43, 1.51, 255, 
295, 296, 417. 421, 423. 477, 512, 
533; laws of New Jersey ed- 
ited by, 293; Mayor of Perth 
Amboy, 224, 451; Speaker of 
Assembly, 560. 

Nevill's Laws, 151, 194; Vol. II., 
prospectus of, 293-6. 

New American Magazine, 151, 177, 
ISO, 256, 330, 383; letters to, 
199, 210, 256. 

New Amsterdam, 194. 
Newark, 12, 32, 42. 71, 76, 77, 80, 
83, 140, 149, 1.52. 157, 215, 283, 
288, 294, 306, 352, 3S9, 392, 443, 
516, 525, 583; Commencement 
of College of New Jersey at, 
71; court house in, 607; 
courts at, 478; First Presby- 



terian church in, public funds 
of, 428; goal of, 255; illumi- 
nates in honor of Col. •Peter 
Schuyler, 157, 158; lottery for 
English church at Second 
River, 386. 387; Trinitv church 
at, 149, 636; lottery for the 
benefit of Trinitv church at, 
351, 377, 389. See Lotteries. 
Flats, 31. 
Mountains, 46. 

Newark, Del., 630. 

New Barbadoes Neck, 583. 

Newbold, William, servant run 
away from, 127. 

New Brunswick. 6, 38, 73, 75, 78, 90, 
95, 96, 98, 100, 103, 123. 151, 166, 
177, 191, 198, 205, 235, 246, 256, 262, 
285, 288, 294, 302, 305, 306, 307, 316, 
317, 334, 347, 355, 380, 382, 388, 400, 
404, 434, 495, 496. 518, 544, 5S6, 595, 
601, 602, 614, 621, 626, 640, 648; 
Corporation of, 639; Corpora- 
tion of, address to Governor 
by, 235; Corporation of, ad- 
dress of to Gov. Boone, 454, 
641; his reply, 642; Corpora- 
tion of, address of to Gov. 
Haray, 639; his reply 640; 
Christ church at, 151; Christ 
church lottery at, 288, 301, 306, 
341, 363, 369; land for sale in. 
5; lottery tickets, 319, 339, 365; 
marriage at, 403; Mayor of, 
104, 236, 455; Pre.sbvterv of, 160, 
383, 486, 618; school at, 410; 
troops to be quartered at, 399. 
ferry. 648. 
See Brunswick. 

Newburn's, David, ferry, 646. 

Newbury, Mass., 613. 

New Castle, 16. 

Newcastle, Del., 262. 

New Castle county, 32, 206, 330. 

Newcastle, Duke of, 248. 

Newcomb, Capt. Silas, 344. 
Svlas, 654. 

Newell, Dr., 1.53. 

James, 50; negro for sale by. 



6S6 



INDKX. 



Robert, 153. 
New England, 461; Colonies, 
money granted to, 34; Pro- 
vincials, 361. 
New Ferry, Rancokus creek, 322. 
Newfoundland, 619. 
New Germantown, 283, 367, 632; 
Zion Lutheran church at, 286, 
287. 
New Hampshire men, 255. 
New-Haven, vessel arrived at, 302. 
New Jersey, 8, 306, 307, 313, 315, 351. 
356, 373, 375. 402, 407, 419, 431, 
4S0, 483, 505, 508, 513, 514, 541, 
564, 567, 576, 610, 616; boundary 
line of, 209; Colleg-e of, 4, 107, 
148, 415, 416, 616; College of, 
addresses Gov. Boone, 462, 
487; College of, commence- 
ment at, 485; College of. 
President of the, 531; College 
lottery, 622, 623; Constitution 
of, 194; Deputy Quartermas- 
ter General of, 148; estimated 
population in 1758, 199; forces, 
59, 355; forces captured at 
Oswego, 156; proposed export 
duty on products of, 202: Gen- 
eral Assembly of, 549; Gover- 
nor of, 126; Governor and 
Commander in Chief of the 
Province of, 425; laws of, 35, 
197; Legislature of, 35, 516; 
levies about embarking for 
Albany, 574; levies nearly 
completed, 574; Lieutenant 
Governor of, 4, 136, 139; Med- 
ical Society, 617; post, notice 
given to the subscribers to 
the, 367; post rider, 410; pro- 
posals for printing the laws 
of, 293; Province of, 328, 396, 
400, 416, 446, 471, 479, 518, 584; 
Provincials, 22, 110, 144, 277, 
570; Smith's History of, 194. 
See Assembly; Belcher, Gov. 
Jonathan ; Bernard, Gov. 
Francis; Boone, Gov. Thom- 
as. 
Regiment, 22, 24, 26, 49, 123, 207. 
219, 255, 262, 281, 336, 340, 343, 408, 
438, 474, 639; arrived from 
Crown Point, 394, 399; dis- 
banded at Woodbridge, 394; 
atithorized for the campaign 
•of 1760, 425; bounty offered for 
volunteers in, 427; on the way j 
to Albany, 437, 438; deserters 
from, 347, 437, 581; encamped I 
near Lake George, 364; a part 
of them surprised and mas- , 
sacred by the Indians. 364; 
six of the men captured and 
taken to Ticonderoga, 369; 
officers of, 255, 344; desertions 
from, 319, 346; completion of, 
350; arrives at Albany, 354; 
marches for Fort Edward, 356, 
361; plan for carrying letters 
to, 581; of 1760, recruits for, 
on the way to Albany, 470; 
delay in filling, 470; at Camp 
Oswego, 472; left Fort Stan- 
wix, 473; six companies of, 



on the way to Albany, 581; 
soldiers to be paid off, 406, 
40S; soldiers, 406. 
State Gazette, 16i. 
troops, 251, 472. 

volunteers to be raised in, 186. 
New London, Chester county, Pa., 

262. 
New London, 302, 430. 
New Market, 143. 
Newport, vessel entered inward, 

2S2. 
New Providence, 352, 572. 
Newshanock, 518. 
Newton, Gloucester county, 307. 
Newtown, 84, 353, 508; courts at. 

478. 
Newtown, L. I., 578. 
Newtown creek, 45, 116, 185, 194, 328, 

343. 353, 536, 548. 
Newtown township, Sussex coun- 
ty, 606. 
New Utrecht, L. I.. 564. 
New Windsor, 478. 
New York, 2, 3, 6, 8, 25. 34, 35, 37. 
60, 71. 73. 74, 75, 78. 83, 87. 92. 
93, 95, 98, 101, 106, 117. 127. 146. 
147. 149, 152. 153. 154. 155, 156, 
159, 164, 182, 199, 251, 256, 288, 
296, 303, 324, 331, 334, 335, 340. 
343. 350. 355. 356. 359. 360. 361. 
362. 364, 368, 369, 370, 376, 378. 
379. 380, 386. 387, 389, 390, 391, 
394, 398, 399. 401. 402. 404. 405. 
413, 415, 416, 417, 419. 421. 425, 
430, 431, 436. 437. 438. 439. 440, 
441. 446. 447, 448, 450, 452, 456. 
469. 470. 474, 478, 480, 481, 485, 
494, 497, 498, 503, 504. 507. 508. 
509, 510, 514, 515. 517, 518. 519, 
521, 522, 523, 525, 526. 533. 534, 
535, 541, 542, 547. 549. 550. 551. 
559, 562, 564, 565. 566, 567, 569, 
570, 571, 574, 575. 577, 578. 583. 
584. 586. 587. 588. 589. 590, 591, 
593. 596. 601, 602, 604, 610, 613. 
614. 615. 617, 622. 623. 636, 637, 
638, 639, 648; boundary line 
of. 209; City Hall in. 587; 
Council of. 248; extract of a 
letter from. 391; French 
church at, 210; goal of, 13; 
goal of, prisoners escaped 
from, 282; Governor of, 209; 
Legislature of, 162; lottery 
for the Sandy Hook light 
house. 587. 597. 603, 608, 614, 615; 
lotteries by, discussed, 320, 
324; market, 175; Meal mar- 
ket at, 56; Robert Monckton 
appointed Governor of, 580; 
money, 165; post, 159; Post 
Office, list of letters in. 46; 
Presbyterian church in. 485; 
Province of, 471, 542; Provin- 
cials, 277; Provincial regi- 
ment, 122, 123, 203, 262, 361, 474; 
regiments stationed at, 47; 
stage, 88; stage-wagon, 116; 
Synod of, sermon preached 
before, for sale, 80; vessel 
bound for, 207; vessel cleared 
from, 31; vessels entered in- 
ward, 14, 52; vessels entered 



INDEX. 



687 



outward, 332; Smith's His- ' 

tory of, 246. 
INig,g'aria, Niagara, 120, 350. 
Nicaragua, 307. 

Nichol, Col. , 255. 

Nicholas, William, 370. 
Nicholl, Nicoll, Captain, 17S, 179. 
Nicholson, Capt. George, 573. 
Niess, John William, 503. 
Nipe, Mr., 604. 
Nishaminy, 106. 

Nixon, , 270. 

Pab., 170. 
Noar, Michael, 126. 
Noble, John, 275. 
IsTocross, William. 310. 
Noel, Garret, schoolmaster, 49. 
Nominaclt Fort, Minisink, 216, 218. 
ZTorden, Tobias, 152. 
Kormand, John, runaway servant, 

.544. 

Normandie. Dr. , 113. 

North-America, 429. 
Northampton, Burlington county. 



167, 1S9. 503, 555. 
county (Pa.), 109; militia, 618. 
North Branch, 326, 359. 
North Carolina, 360, 402, 485, 533, 

617; University of, 617. 
North river, 12, 42, 91, 263, 344, 405. 
Northern Liberties, Philadelphia, 

85. 
Norton (Morton), Andrew, 636. 

Capt. William, 591. 
Not, Peter, 449. 
Notingham, 557. 

township, 558. 
Nottingham, 263, 308, 442, 555, 604, 

605. 
township, 273. 
Nova Scotia, 383, 581; Bishop of, 

636; Lieutenant Governor of, 

581; regiments stationed at, 

47. 
Nowlan, John, runaway servant, 

75. 
Noxintown, 604. 



Oakford, Aaron, 655. 

Isaac, 655. 
Oakson, Samuel, 643. 
C Brian, Mary, 50. 
O'Brien, Daniel, stage wagon of, 

24. ■ 
Oden, Capt. Amos, 344. 
Odiorne, Capt. Samuel, 359. 
■Ogborn, John, 556. 
Ogborne, John, jun., 555. 
Ogden, Amos, 344. 

Captain Amos, 438; Independ- 
ent Company of Burgers 
raised bv, 437. 
David, 2S8, 420, 421. 
Capt. David, 152. 
Doctor, 352. 
Ensign, 144. 
Gabriel, 352, 3S9; warehouse 

opened at Newark by, 392. 
Isaac, 149. 
John, 561. 

Capt. Jonathan, 122, 123. 
Josiah, 71, 389. 
Col. Josiah, 352. 
Robert, 134, 135, 195, 294; Re- 
corder of Elizabeth, 139, 228; 
son of, drowned, 441. 
Uzal, 152, 294. 
Rev. Uzal, 152. 
Ogden and Hewes, 515. 
Ogle, Admiral Sir Charles, 307. 
Ohara, Brian, 370. 

O'Hara, ■ , drowned, 38. 

Bryan, 654. 
John, estate of, 534. 
Ohio Indians, 297, 325. 
Old Bridge, 105, 210. 
Olden, Benjamin, 321. 
Oldman's creek, 84. 
Old Shrewsbury, 195. 
Old South Church, Boston, 485, 486. 
Old Tennent Church, 195, 485. 
Old York road, 288. 



Olen, 373. 

Oliver, John, 654. 
Secretary, 472. 

Oneanickon, 554. 

Oneiado Carrying Place, 255. 

Oneida county, 248. 

Oneida Great-Carrying Place, ex- 
tract of letter from, 277. 

Oneida Lake, 474. 

Oneidas, 297. 

O'Neil, Hon. Charles, 15. 

Onondagas, 297. 

Ontario, Lake, 120, 2S0. 

Oporto, 439. 

Oram, Capt. John, 596, 612. 

Orange, 195. 
county, 578. 

Orchards for sale. See Land for 
sale. 

Orser, Johannis, heirs of, 303. 

Oswego, 156, 369, 473, 484; account 
of capture of, 67; camp at, 
letter from, 472; extract of 
letter from, 280; murder by 
Indians at, 36, 37; regiments 
stationed at, 49; soldiers cap- 
tured at, 120, 144. 
market, 359. 
Middlesex county, 334. 

Otway's or 35th Regiment. 

Oubert, Paul, executed for mur- 
der, 498. 

Ouke, William, 131, 151, 164, 294, 595. 

Ourry, Lieut. Lewis, 104. 

Overton, John Peter, runaway 
slave, 3. 

Owein, Joshua, 555. 
Martha, 555. 

Owen, Joshua, 536. 

Oxford church, 618. 
Oxford furnace, fourth part of, 
for sale, 2. 

Oyster Island, 10, 11. 



688 



INDEX. 



Pack, Bartemius. deserter. 222. 
Packer, Daniel, land for sale by, 1. 
Paget, Mary, 171. 
Pain, Preston, 3S7. 

Peter, estate of, 387. 
Mr., 632. 
Pancoast, Edward, 264; slave run 

away from, 9. 
Pane, Mrs., 359. 
Paquannack, 39.5. 
Par, Hannah, 204. 

Samuel, estate of, 20». 
Paramus, 209, 210, 578; church, 210. 
Park, Thomas, 518. 
Parker, Captain, 416. 
Daniel, 313. 
Elizabeth, 313. 
J., 113. 
James, 151, 181, 295, 389, 404, 575, 

578, 583. 
Capt. James. 450. 
Col. John, 122, 123, 153. 
Nathaniel, 78; tavern of, 406. 
Parker & Weyman, 181. 296. 
Parkhurst, Samuel, 489. 
Parmaceti Cove, 425. 
Parr, Elihu, 264; Samuel, 90. 
Parr Town, 153. 
" Parrot t gun," 307. 
Parrott, Robert Parker. 307. 
Parsco, Simon. 270. 
Parsippaning, Parsippany, 371, 385, 
395; church, lotterv for ben- 
efit of. 371, 390, 391, 395, 399, 410, 
4.30, 450. 
Parsons, Bythia, 171. 
Partridge, Thomas, 648. 
Parvin, Jer., 126. 
Matthew, 5-8. 

Paschall, Dr. • , 261. 

Passaic Falls, 42. 
Passaic river, 42, 94, 96. 414. 
Paterson, city of, 42, 444. 
Patrick, Thomas, 467. 

Patridge, Lieut. , 254. 

Patterson, master. 547. 
Robert. 261. 308, 370. 
"William, 593. 
Pattison, Hannah, 150. 

John, 72. 
Patton, Captain, 404. 
Paulding, James K.. 306, 307. 
Paulin's Kill, Pawling's Kill, 37, 
42, 476, 606; fire at, 34. 
Falls, 476. 
river, 512, 553, 645. 
Paxson, Henry, 184, 295, 530, 556. 
Paxton, 250. 
Peachfield, 554. 
Peapack, 286. 

Pearne, Capt. William, 338, 339, 388. 
Pearson, Joseph, 370. 

Samuel, barn of, blown away, 

47. 
William, land for sale by, 36. 
Reason, Joseph. 308. 
Peck, Joseph, 71. 
Pehaqualong Mountain. 553. 
Pellton, Sergt. Samuel, deserter, 

590. 
Pelton, Ben.iamin, 654. 
Pemberton, Rev. Ebenezer, 485. 



Penguin, ship of war, captured 

by the French, 439. 
Penington, Pennington. 57. 85, 176, 
263, 436, 570, 647: land for sale 
in, 308; road, 526. 
Penington. Edward, ISO, 181. 322, 329. 
Penn, Richard, 206, 414. 
Hon. Thomas, 206. 
Thomas, 4l4. 
William, 490, 512. 
Penn"s Neck, 5, 76, 423. 

shore, 424. 
Pennepach creek, 555. 
Pennsylvania, 8, 36, 325, 544, 563, 
570, 577, 633. 
currency, 100, 232, 407. 
Episcopal clergy of, 636. 
forces, deserter from, 582. 
frigate, 302. 
Gazette, 61, 132, 221, 540. 558, 561, 

573, 577. 
Governor of, 262, 296. 
Hospital, 540. 
Journal, 320, 592. 
Land Company, in London, 483, 
491, 572; estate of the, 553; 
sale of lands of the. 511. 
Lieutenant Governor of, 325. 
Proprietaries of, 206, 321. 
provincials, 533. 

regiment. 222; soldier in the. 621. 
Supreme Court, 262. 
University of. 148. 300. 
"Pennsylvanicus," letters from, 

against lotteries, 325. 333. 
Pepperell. Sir William, regiment 

of, 49. 
Pequase, fort at, 243. 
Pequess, 608. 
river. 371. 
Perrv, Peter, 111. 
Perth Ambov, 55, 74, 88. 102, 151. 
152, 153, 159, 165, 186, 233, 244. 
262, 288, 294, 295, 303, 307, 319, 
323, 326, 328, 334, 337, 343, 347. 
375, 382, 394, 401, 403. 404, 407, 
417, 418, 419, 420, 421. 425. 428, 
431, 438, 450, 452, 456. 457, 466. 
468, 469, 475, 477.- 519, 523, 533. 
534, 551, 559, 561, 562, 563, 583, . 
601, 605, 607, 636. 
address by the Corporation of, 

to Governor Boone, 451, 454. 
execution at, 498. 
extracts of a letter from. 652. 
fair at, 430. 
goal in. 534. 
letter from, 296. 
Mayor and Council of. address 

to Governor by. 223. 
St. Peter's church at. 151. 
St. Peter's churchyard in. 571. 
stage, 78. 

vessels from, 163, 167. 
Peter, runaway negro, 659. 
Peterborough, 157, 158. 
Peterson, Mr.. 401. 
Petit, Amos, 608. 

Charles, 612. 
Pettit, Charles, 176, 526, 593. 



INDEX. 



689 



Petty's Island, 540, 575, 57G; lottery 

on, 537. 
Pew, Lieut. William, 344. 
Philadelphia, 3, 16, 19, 24, 29, 36, 
37. 43. 46, 50, 56, 70, 96, 107, 
110, 113, 117, 120, 132, 144, 146, 
150, 152, 154, 155, 156, 159, 160, 
162, 171, 175, 182, 192, 199, 233, 
250, 256, 273, 2S9, 296, 298, 299, 
315, 317, 318, 321, 322, 327, 328, 
330, 331, 332, 335, 340, 343, 345, 
347, 353, 354, 359, 362, 363, 364, 
367, 368, 374, 378, 379, 382, 385, 
3S7, 388, 391, 393, 399, 400, 401 
404, 406, 407, 408, 409, 411, 413 
414, 415, 416, 426, 427, 430, 433! 
435, 436, 443, 446, 447, 449, 466 
467, 471, 473, 475, 476, 477, 481, 
484, 485, 490, 491, 493, 494, 496 
497, 498, 500, 502, 503, .508, 511 ' 
518, 523, 525, 526, 529, 530, 531, 
535, 536, 537, 539, 540, 542, 546 
548, 550, 553, 555, 558, 559, ,562 
5G3, 564, 56.5, 566, 567, 568, 569, 
5(2, 575, 576, 579, 581, 582, 584 
5S5, 586, 587, 588, 592, 593, 594 
596, 598, 603, 604. 606, 607, 608! 
609, 620, 621, 626. 628, 633, 637 
643, 644, 645, 646, 647. 
Baptist Meeting- House in, 544 
College of, 306, 434; commence- 
ment at, 572. 
Court of Common Pleas at 278 
279. ' 

goal, 374, 496. 
jail, 584. 

land for sale in, 39. 
market, ,323, .548. 
New Printing OfTice in, 576. 
Pastor of the First Presby- 
terian church in, 148. 
Post OfTjce, list of letters in 
44, 54, 103. Ill, 126, 170, 250, 308 
370, 403, 467, 528, 604, 654. 
St. Peter's church at, 299. 
stage, 37, 78, 88. 
stage-wagon. 116. 
troops bound for, 289. 
vessels, movements of— 
cleared from, 1, 31, 81, 92 US 
144, 148, 156, 169, 208, 216, 244* 
261, 280, 290, 298, 338, 339, 353, 
356, 359, 367, 369, 388, 408, 413 
457, 471, 473, 475, 481, 485, 500! 
503, 508, 537, 546, 564, 568, 569 
587, 612, 618, 622, 629, 634. 
inward entries, 31, 37, 77, 81 91 
97, 98, 118, 129, 137, 143, 144, 145* 
147, 148, 156, 166, 186, 226, 232 
244, 245, 280, 291, 296, 298, 303 
308, 314, 335, 336, 349, 350, 356 
361, 367, 369, 372, 385, 388, 393, 
399, 400, 411, 413, 426, 427, 430 
436, 446, 457, 466, 467, 471, 475 
481, 485, 496, 498, 518, 542, 546 
548, 550, 559, 563, 564, 568, 575, 
586, 594, 596, 604, 608, 610, 611 
612, 618, 620, 621, 622, 629, 642, 
644, 646. 
outward bound, 147, 157, 232, 280, 
298, 336, 338, 3.50, 353, 367, 373, 
436, 446, 457, 467, 500, 537, 564, 
565, 586, 608, 611, 612, 615, 620, 



629. 
work-house, 79. 
"Philaretes," letter from, 247. 
Philips, Philip, killed by Indians, 

Phillips, Abner, 448. 

Ephraim, goaler, ,570; petition 

of, 570, note. 
Thomas, 499. 
Phillipsburg, N. J., 286, 
"Philo-Patria," letter from, to 
New American Magazine, 202. 
Philpot, Capt. Elias, 604, 60S. 
Physicians, 212, 445, 593, 611. 
Physick and Surgery, practitioner 

of, 212. 
Pickens, Robert, 308. 
Pickering, Captain, 586. 
Picquet, a French priest, 369. 
Pidg-eon, William. 175, 493, 645. 
1 Piersen, Daniel, 352. 
Pierson, Daniel, 389. 
[ Rev. John, 275. 
Pike, Capt. Adonijah, 564, 622 
Pilesgrove, 30, 61, 125, 126, 132 137 
212, 261. 21)2, 293, 308, 370, 654- 
township of, 84, 292. 
Pine, Captain, 173. 

Lazarus, 261. 
Pine Mount Branch, 154. 
Pinter, John, runaway servant, 

550. 
Piscataqua, 568, 602, 619; snow 

from, 353. 
Piscataway, N. J., 10, 11, 19, 38 
145, 148, 156, 296, 298, 302, 336! 
338, 339, 340, 343, 349, 3.50, 356 
359, 372, 375, 388, 391, 400, 408 
413, 426, 430, 446, 467, 471 481 ' 
485, 498, 502, 503. 542, 546, 548* 
550, 559, 563, 564, 565, 568, 569! 
575, 586, 587, 594, 596, 604, 608 
611, 612, 618, 620, 621, 622, 629! 
634, 642; vessels bound for, 208' 
290; vessels from, 97, 144, 244 
Landing, 306. 

letter of marque ship, 353. 
Pissipiny, 385. 
Pittsgrove, Presbyterian church 

at, 293. 
Pittstown, N. J., 148. 
Plains of Abraham, battle on, 440 
Plat, Eliphelat, 648. 
Pluckamln, 286; St. Paul's church 

at, 283, 285, 286, 287. 
Plumsted, William, 646. 
Plymouth, 34, 144; vessels from 

37. 
Pocketbook found, 387. 
Pocketbook lost, 5S9. 
Pohatcong creek, 2, 634. 
Pole, Anna, 516. 
John, ,517. 

Richard, estate of, 516. 
Polk. Eunice. 485. 

Col. Thomas, 48.5. 
Pollard, Captain, 567. 
Poison, Capt. John, 92. 

John, 100. 
Pompton, 42. 

Indians, 267. 
Poquet, Francis, murdered, 49S. 

John, murder of, 477. 
Port-au-Prince, 353. 



44 



690 



INDEX. 



Porter, John, 126, 170; estate of, 
526. 
Mary, 526. 

Portland on the Hig-hlands, 150. 

Portsmouth, 34, 110, 619. 

Post-rider, 410, 567. 

Potowmack river, Potomack river, 
292; east branch of, 475. 

Potter, Sarah, 474. 

Potter's town, Potterstown, 123, 
367. 

Potts, Capt. George, 343. 
Thomas, 55S. 

Poughkeepsie, 282. 

Powell's Mill, 299. 

Powelsoh, Jacob V. D., 287. 

Power, Captain, 207. 

Pownall, Thomas, Lieutenant Gov- 
ernor of New Jersey, 4, 32, 34, 
71; appointed Governor of 
Massachusetts Bay, 108; sets 
out for Portsmouth, 110; ar- 
rives in Nantasket Road, 126; 
sets out for New Jersey, 135, 
136; address of Borough of 
Elizabeth to, 138; his reply, 
139; appointed Governor of 
South Carolina, 409; arrives 
at New London, 430. 

Prall, Peter, slave run away from, 
11. 

Pratt, Benjamin, appointed Chief 
Justice of New York, 581. 

Prebble, , 254. 

Predeaux's regiment, 390. 

Prenier, Peter, 2S6. 

Presbyterian church of Trenton, 
177. 

Presbyterian ministers, address to 
Governor by, 274; answer to, 
276. 

Prescot, Captain, 480. 

Pressler, John, killed by Indians, 
242. 

Prevost, Colonel, 480. 

Price, Captain, 205. 
Robert, 261. 

Price, Robert Friend, 194, 295; 
Sheriff of Gloucester and As- 
semblyman, 145. 
Samuel, 58. 

Pricket, John, estate of, 127. 

Prideaux, General, 361. 

Pridemore, John, 552. ^ 

Prince's Bay, 198. 

Prince Edward, 302. 

Prince, Captain, 1.55. 
Lieutenant, 144. 

Princess Anne county, Md., 593, 
617. 

Prince Maurice's river, 512. 

Prince Morris's river, 368, 471. 

Princeton, Princetown, 22, 46, 50, 
72, 77, 78, 107, 113, 114, 124, 128, 
148, 151, 169, 177, 215, 232, 250, 
264, 275, 279, 305, 310, 407, 438, 
448, 449, 462, 475, 485, 504, 507, 
531, 546, 555, 557, 593, 596, 612, 
616, 617, 618, 620, 626, 627; house 
and lot in, for sale, 415; land 
for sale in, 416; Postmaster 
at, 151, 389. 
College, 73, 215, 304, 305, 321, 486, 
o7S, 596, 616, 618; commence- 



ments at, 57, 71, 142, 383, 485, 
616, 620; lottery, 3zO, 324, 591, 
608, 611, 615, 622, 623; valedic- 
tory oration delivered at, for 
sale, 394. 
See College of New Jersey, 
Nassau Hall, New Jersey. 

Printers and Printing, 151, 181, 196, 
296, 334, 537, 576. See William 
Dunlap, Hugh Gaine, David 
Hall, James Parker. 

Prior, Thomas, 264. 

Prisoners purchased from the 
French by Colonel Schuyler, 
300. 

Proby, Major, killed in battle at 
Fort Ticonderoga, 252. 

Proclaiming of George III., 523, 
525, 528. 

Proclamations: by Gov. Belcher- 
appointing April 22, 1756, as a 
day of fasting, 20; ordering 
arrest of murderers of friend- 
ly Indians, 27; offering re- 
ward for capture or scalps 
of hostile Delaware Indians, 
and enjoining protection of 
friendly Delawares, 39; offer- 
ing bounties for volunteers 
against the French, 47; for- 
bidding offensive war against 
the Delawares and Shawan- 
ese east of the Susquehanna 
river, 53; giving notice of 
the appointment of William 
Alexander and Thomas Bar- 
tow as Surveyor General and 
Deputy, of East Jersey, 63; 
offering bounty for recruits, 
and pardon for deserters who 
rejoin Col. Peter Schuyler's 
regiment, 101; by President 
Reading — for raising a regi- 
ment of 1,000 men, and pay- 
ing them a bounty, 193; ap- 
pointing June 9, 175S, as a 
day of fasting and public 
prayer, 214; by Gov. Ber- 
nard — appointing Dec. 7, 1758, 
as a day of public thanksgiv- 
ing, 298; enjoining kind treat- 
ment of certain treaty Indi- 
ans, 325; appointing March 
30, 1759, as a day of fasting 
and humiliation, 337; appoint- 
ing November 22, 1759, as a 
day of Thanksgiving, 388; 
appointing April 25, 1760, as a 
day of fasting and humilia- 
tion, 427; by Gov. Boone— 
appointing October 24, 1760, 
as a day of public thanksgiv- 
ing, 494; requiring school- 
masters to be examined and 
licensed, 498. 

Proclamation money, 101, 293, 357, 
427. 

Proposal for forming a triple 
Union of our Colonies in 
North America, etc., 142. 

Proprietors of East Jersey, 63, 172. 

Proprietors of AVest Jersey, 25. 

Providence, 472. 



INDEX. 



691 



Province Line, between East and 
West Jersey, 64, 554. 

Provincial Congress of New Jer- 
sey, 2S5. 

Provincial Council of Safety, 286. 

Provincial forces of New Jersey, 
22, 24. 

Provost, David, 295. 

Pryor, Thomas, jun., 521. 

Publick money, 501. 

Pugh, Joseph, 541. 



Purcel, Captain, 375. 

Purcell, Captain, 586. 

Purrell, John, 264. 

Pursage, 438. 

Purviance, Samuel, horse of, 

strayed awav, 250. 
Putnam, Major, 300. 
Pyall, 517. 
Pyatt, James, 308. 
Pynter, Samuel, deserter, 222. 



Quachechjoke brook, 529. 
Quaco, runaway negro, 602. 
Quakers, yearly meeting of, 280. 
Quare, Daniel, 490. 
Quarries at Hardwick, 476. 
Quebec, 67, 144, 156, 349, 391, 439, 440; 
feu de joie over surrender of, 



388; troops at, 484; 

bound for, 436. 
Queen's Town, Pa., 449. 
Quick, Francis, 213. 

Thomas, deserter, 438. 
Quoys, Captain, 433. 



troops 



Raccoon creek, 87, 149, 289, 530, 531, 
536, 654. 

Rahwav, N. J., 10, 11, 12. 

Ragm, William, 370. 

Rainey, James, 654. 

Rambo, John, 70. 

Thomas, runaway servant and 
deserter, 554. 

Ramapo Patent, 209. 

Ramapo tract, Indian deed for, 
209. 

Ramapough, 287. 

Ramsey, William, sermon preach- 
ed at ordination of, 106. 

Rancocus creek, 182, 322. 

Randel, David, deserted from 
army, 330. 

Randle, Mr., 402. 

Randolph, Nathaniel Fitz, 150. 

Raney, Capt. James, 52. 

Rangers, Capt. Amos Ogden's In- 
dependent Company of, 437, 
470. 
Major Rogers's, 408, 429. 

Ransted, W., teacher of naviga- 
tion, 114. 

Raper, Abigail, 651. 

Joshua, estate of, 651. 

Rarington, branches of, 512. 

Raritan, Rariton, river, 1, 41, 288, 
302, 316, 345, 359, 404, 475, 495, 
534, 548, 555, 562, 602; north 
branch of, 578; south branch 
of, 426. 638. 

Rariton, 326, 431. 

Landing, 2, 90, 1.51, 1S6. 407, 565; 

teacher wanted at, 256. 
township, 288. 

Rattlife. Jane, runaway servant 
girl, 466. 

Ravelow, John Henry, broke goal, 
313. 

Ravensworth, Lord, 246. 

Raway, 571. 

Rawle, Benjamin, 368. 

Francis, 491, 513, 530, 548, 553. 

Rea, William, 50, 367. 

Read, Charles, 173, 215, 264, 306, 320, 
326, 337, 420, 421, 428; Secre- 



tary of the Province, 22, 28, 
41, 49. 54, 64, 102. 

Capt. John, 446, 457. 

John, 605. 
Reading, 541. 
Reading, Fort, 218. 
Reading, George, 187. 

John, 132, 512; proclamations 
by, 193, 214. 

Rev. Philip, 434. 
Reading, township of, 493. 
Reading-town, 89, 326. 
Readington township, 286. 
Real Christian's Hope in Death, 

sermon, for sale, 96. 
Rebellion, War of the, 195, note. 
Receiver General of New Jersey. 

. 209. 
Recruits wanted, 411. 
"Red Lion," Sign of the, 648. 
Redding Town, 639. 
Redd, Andrew, 249. 
Reddis Town, 579. 
Reding Town, 74. 
Redman, Joseph, post rider, 567. 
Redstreake, John, 5. 
Reed, Andrew, liS, 187, 278, 403, 441, 
526, 552; land for sale by, 70. 

John, 264. 

Joseph, 4S9. 

merchant, 632. 
Reed & Furman, 148. 
Reemer, George, 287. 
Reeve, Captain, 34. 

Peter, 609. 
Reeves, Abraham, 531. 

Jonathan, 116; plantation of, 
for sale, 45. 

Thomas, 94. 
Reformed Dutch church at Pas- 
saic. 549. 
Reid, John, 294. 

John, jun., Spanish negro run 
away from, 161. 
Reily, John, 95. 

John, conveyancer, 471. 
Reis, Robert, 370. 
Renier, George, 286, 312. 
Remington, Job, 295. 



692 



INDEX. 



Renshaw, Richard, 75, 579. 
Renshawe, John, butcher, 555. 
Renshaw' s, 3S5. 

Revolution, 306, 383, 486, 527, 578. 
Revolution, the American, 105, 208, 
306. 3S3, 486, 527, 578; American 
army at Morristown, 306, 
note. 
Reynell, John, 400. 
Reynolds, John, 382. 

Patrick, 1-13. 

Thomas, 143. 
Rhea, John, 132, 593, 611. 

William, 264. 
Rhode Island, 303, 331, 472, 518, 613; 
forces, 355; provincials, 277; 
regiment, 262. 
Rice, David. 616; sketch of, 618. 

Isabel, 370. 

John Henry, 2S9. 
Richards, Elizabeth, 261. 

John, 389. 

Joseph, stage run by, 88. 

Paul, 58. 
Rlchbell, Elizabeth, 194. 

John. 194. 
Richeson, Mary, 103. 
Riche, Thomas, 598. 
Richman, Abraham, 292. 

Isaac, 292. 

Jacob, 96. 

Reichmann, John, 292. 
Richmond, Jacob. 654. 
Rickets, Polly, death ot, 455; poem 
on, 456. 

Col. William, 432. 

William, 455, 4S0. 
Rickev, Capt. John, 344. 

John, 439. 

Lieut. John, offers to pay his 
soldiers, 439. 

Lieutenant, letter from, 158. 
Riddle, William, 348. 
Riddel, William, 370. 
Ridgely, Charles, 522. 
Rigar, John, runaway servant, 

639. 
Riggs, Timothy, 360. 
Riley, Patrick, negro for sale by, 

186. 
Ringo's Tavern, 515. 
Ringwood, 97, 300. 
Ringwood iron for sale, 349. 
Ritche, Capt. John, extract of a 

letter from, 349. 
Roadstown. 154. 
Roaney, "W^llliam, deserter, 581. 
Robert, William, 103. 
Roberts, John, 103. 
Robertson, Captain, 421. 
Robeson, Jonathan, 426, 633; land 
for sale by, 3. 

Peter, 633. 

William, 367. 
Robin, a runaway negro, 470. 
Robins, Sarah, 103. 
Robinson, Colonel, 390. 

John. 370. 

Rachel (Hartslivi' /), 150. 

Capt. Thomas, 290. 

Thomas, baker and staymaker, 
221, 590. 

Tom. 467. 
Robinson's Works, 128. 



Roch, Mary, runaway servant, 61. 

Rochelle, 340. 

Rockaway, Morbaway, Beach, 
wreck on, 162. 

Rockey Hill, 50, 74, 249, 305, 541, 542; 
farms for sale at, 304; land 
for sale at, 73. 

Rockett, James, pretended school- 
master, broke goal, 81. 

Rodgers, John, 489. 

Rodman, Clark, 321. 

Seamon. ISO, 181, 327, 329, 609. 

Roe, Abraham, 193. 
Azel, 71. 

Henry, notice to creditors of, 
193. 

Rogers, Isaac. 264, 324, 551. 
Major, 254, 390. 
Margery, 170. 
Samuel. 164. 174, 324, 535, 551. 

Rogers's Rangers, 390. 

Root, Tesse, 71. 

Rosanellls, Ireland, church at, 193. 

Rosart, Abraham, 314. 

Rosbrugh. John, sketch of, 618. 

Rose, Israel, drowned, 10, 11. 

Ross. Alexander, 103. 
Joseph, jun.. 86. 
William, apprentice, run away, 
127. 

Rossber, Peter. 403. 

Rossell, Gen. Zacharlah, 558. 

Rotterdam. 306. 

Rowland, Elijah, runaway ap- 
prentice, 350. 
Rev. John, 275. 

Roxbery. Roxbui'y, S<5, 2.55, .562. .579; 
Presbyterian church at. 160. 

Royal American.s. 254. 330; battal- 
ions of, 472. 554; regiment of, 
57, 104, 133. 474. 

Royal American Volunteers, 192. 

Royal Artillery. 356. 

Royal Hiffhland regiment, 356. 

Royal Hi!?hlanders, 364, 390, 398, 
399, 472. 

Royal regiment. 411. 

Royal or First reeiment. 425. 

Royal Scots regiment, 390, 415, 456. 

Roycefield. 617. 

Ruble. Edward, runaway servant, 
1.32. 

Ruohel. John. .30. 

Ruff Heads (troops), 472. 

Ruff, Peter, runaway servant, 68. 

Rue, Joseph, 310. 358, 509, 513. 

Ruffgles. . 254. 

Rule, Sheriff James, .599. 

Rumford, Jonathan, 649. 

Runaways — 

apprentices, 72, 73, 76, 83, 111, 119, 

127, 300. 348, 350. 392, 564, 643. 
negroes, 11, 79. 119, 125. 161. 166, 
270, 282, 354, 361, 373, 413, 415. 443, 
470, 496, 503, 515, 570, 602, 609, 629, 
659. 
schoolmaster, 85. 
servants, 3, 6, 7, 8, 22, 23, 26, 28, 
30, 31, 34, 51, 55, 60, 61, 68, 72, 73, 
74, 75, 76, 82. 83, 84, 85, 86, 111, 
119, 125. 127, 132, 133, 137, 145, 146, 
168, 212, 226, 264, 291, 329, 341. 354, 
361, 362, 372, 374, 385, 393, 433, 459, 



INDEX. 



693 



466, 493, 494, 499, 544, 550, 554, 584, 
594, 597, 632, 639, 643. 
slaves, 3, 8, 9, 11, 23, 34, 55, HI, 
112, 361; Indian slave, 111. 
Rundel, Capt. Isaac, 564. 
Rundle, Daniel, 598, 606. 
Ruseo, Captain, 144. 
Rush, Benjamin, 486, 489. 
Russel, Capt. Edward, 144. 
Russell, John, 50. 
Michael, 490. 
Zachariah, 379, 595. 
Rust, Captain, 586. 



Capt. Francis, 563, 594. 
Rutgers, Captain, 340. 
Rutherford, , 92. 

Frances Mary, 16S. 

James, his house in Trenton, 

John, 50. 
Margaret, 168. 
Nancy, 168. 
Sarah, 168. 

Robert, 15, 168, 333; servant run 
away from, 168. 



Sabbath Day Point, Lake George, 
American troops ambushed 
at, 122. 
Sackett, Joseph, 578. 
Dr. Joseph, jun., 578. 
Simon, 578. 
Saddle River valley, 287. 
Sadsbury, 250. 
Sage, Joshua, 528. 
Salem, 25, 33, 87, 103, 111, 126, 132, 
147, 148, 154, 155, 156, 157, 170, 
186, 208, 261, 289, 296, 298, 299, 
303, 308, 314, 330, 335, 341, 345, 
346, 353, 361, 362, 363, 364, 367, 
369, 370, 372, 375, 385, 388, 393, 
395, 400, 408, 411, 413, 433, 436, 
446, 457, 466, 467, 471, 473, 475, 
496, 500, 502, 508, 516, 518, 528, 
542, 546, 563, 564, 594,' 603, 604, 
607, 610, 611, 615, 618, 620, 629, 
642, 644, 646, 654. 
county, 5, 44, 50, 60, 76, 84, 96, 
103, 125, 132, 137, 170, 203, 208, 
212, 251, 263, 292. 295, 368, 370, 
423, 424, 471, 512, 639, 655; Coun- 
ty Clerk of, 154; court of, 186; 
goal of, 288; Sheriff of, 154. 
Creek, 203, 299. 
goal, 76, 132. 
road, 87. 
vessels bound for, 81, 92, 118, 

144, 169, 216, 232, 261,244, 280. 
vessels from, 30, 31, 37, 52, 77, 
81, 91, 98, 118, 129, 137, 143, 166, 
167, 186, 226, 232, 245, 280, 291. 
Salisbury, North Carolina, 645. 
"Salmagundi," 306, note. 
Salonica, 306. 
Saltar, Justice, 421, 423. 
Saltertuda, 56S. 
Sanderlin, John, 103. 
Sands, Lord, 569. 

Sandy Hook, 52, 58, 78, 87, 118, 143, 
146, 149, 150, 183, 205, 206, 247, 
265, 296, 302, 314, 334, 340, 343, 
344, 346, 347, 348, 358, 360, 362, 
370, 378, 379, 403, 416, 425, 439, 
447, 456, 472, 481, 497, 517, 519, 
521, 547, 550, 564, 566, 570, 571, 
575, 587, 589, 591, 622. 
lighthouse at, 162, 587, 597, 603, 

607, 608, 614. 
troops arrived at, 159. 
vessels arrived at, 108, 117, 136, 

167, 192, 216, 222. 
vessels from, 117, 177, 179. 
vessel run ashore near, 68. 
vessel sailed from, 4. 



warships anchored near, -37. 
Saratoga, 255. 

Sarjant, Widow, tavern of, 403. 
Sarjent, Capt. Edward, 634. 
Sarley, Capt. John, 457. 
Sasquehanna, 449. 
Satterthwaite, Richard, 82. 

Savage, Capt. , 30. -^ 

Robert, schoolmaster, 377. 
Saw mill, 95, 167, 182; for sale, 7, 

352; to be sold or let, 298. 
Sayre, Ananias, 295. 
Hannah, 295. 
Jonas, 295. 
Leonard G., 295. 
Mary, 295. 
Rachel, 295. 
Sarah, 295. 
Thomas, 295. 
Scarborough's convoy, 391. 
Scattergood, Joseph, estate of, 13. 

Rebecca, 14. 
Scheman, Captain, 159. 
Schenck, Abraham, 109. 
Schenectady, Schennectday, 49, 176. 
Schermerhorne, Captain, store of. 

173. 
Schettwell, Abrah., 170. 
Schlatter, Rev. Michael, 359. 
Schleydorn, Henry, 23. 
Schneberger, Shuentzlyd, 370. 
Schoolmasters — 

wanted at English Neighbor- 
hood, 643; at Evesham, 392; 
ty, 650; at Rariton-Landing, 
256. 
drowned, 402. 
J. Clerk, 114. 
Edward Cooper, 410. 
Mr. Dove, 541. 
James Parrill, 49. 
Mr. Gatehouse, 377. 
William Haddon, 548, 562. 
Rev. John William Hals, at 
Readington, Hunterdon coun- 
ty, 326, 359. 
Jonathan Hutchins, 49. 
John Nathan Hutchins, Phllo- 

ma.th., 115. 
Nugent Kelly, of Woodbridge, 

loses his I'fe, 402. 
Garret 1' 49. 
W. Ransted, 114. 
James Rockett, broke out of 

Chester goal, 81. 
Robert Savage, from Mon- 
mouth county, 377. 
Samuel Willis, ran away, 85. 



694 



INDEX. 



to be examined and licensed, 
498. 
Schools— 

at Maidenhead, 213. 
at New Brunswick, 410. 
at New York, 49, 377. 
Schraalenburg, 210. 
Schuter's Island, 386. 
Schntts, John Christopher. 372. 
Schuyler, Colonel, 253. 280, 484; 
capture of six of his men, 369. 
Derrick, 137. 
Colonel John, 352. 
John, 389. 

Col. Peter, 3, 12, 22. 26, 49, 101, 
144, 157, 1.58, 2.34, 240, 263, 272, 
298, 300, 340. 344, 350, 390, 394, 
427, 508, 516; Albany illumi- 
nates in his honor, 156: New- 
ark does the same, 157; ar- 
rives at his seat at Peters- 
borough. 157; arrives from 
Albany, 504; capture of, 67; 
capture and release of, 156; 
dangerous illness of, 559; ex- 
tract of letter from. 279; his 
liberality to English cap- 
tives among the French. 300; 
poetry about, 169. 
Schuvler's regiment, 473. 
Schuylkill. 70. 406. 
Scio. Isle of, 306. 
Scotch transports, 67. 
Scotland, 541. 
Scotland Road, 321. 
Scott. Henry, 221. 

Jonathan, decease of, 221. 
Nathaniel. 221. 
Scouss, Hfinnah Dorothy, runa- 
way Dutch servant woman, 
374. 
Scudder, Jacob. 415. 

Dr. Nathaniel, 617. 
Scull, N.. 114. 
Scutfllnrin lateriflora as a cure for 

hydrophobia, 617. 
Seahurv, Abigail Mumford, 238. 

Rev. Samuel, 238. 
Sears. Edward, house of, burned, 

22. 
Seaward, Captain, 586. 
Capt. Giles, 467, 471. 
bail, 86. 
Seburn, John, absconded from 

bail, 86. 
Second Mountain. 90. 
Second river, 22. 94. 96. Ill, 314, 352, 
394, 481, 504. 508. .583: English 
church at. lotterv for benefit 
of, 351. 376, 377, 386, 387, 389. 
Seelv, Ephraim, 76. 
Sellers, Samuel, 621. 
Selover, Luke, 380. 
Sergeant, David, 339. 

Martha, eloped, .339. 
Serjeant, Capt. Edward, 622, 629. 
Sermons for sale, 80, 106, 234. 
Setacut, L. I.. 12. 
Setauket, Episcopal church at, 149. 
Senecas, 297. 
"Seven Stars" tavern, 84. 
Seventh Day Sabbath Meeting, 261. 
Seventeenth regiment, 347. 
Seventy-seventh regiment, 347, 356. 



Seventy-eighth regiment, 346, 347, 

348. 
Severns, Theophilus, 546. 
Sewall, Capt. Joseph, 413. 

Capt. Giles, 612. 
Sexton, James, 374. 

Nehemiah, horse stolen from, 
16, 17. 
Seyrs, Ananias, 295. 
Shackleton, Richard, 644. 
Shad fishery for sale, 98. 
Shafer, Casper, tavern keeper, 512. 
Shaminy, 50. 
Sharp, James, 515. 
Sharpe, Isaac, 512. 

Joseph, 512. 
Shaw. Captain, killed at Sabbath 
Day Point, 123. 

Ann," 110, 368, 581. 

John, 14, 449, 521, 620, 628, 642. 

Samuel, 368, 581. 

Samuel, jun., 581. 

Capt. Thomas. 110. 

Thomas, Lieutenant Co'onel of 
the New Jersey regiment, 255. 
Shawanese Indians, 53. 
Shawanese town burred, 38, 42. 
Shawthorne. Sarah, .535. 
Shears. Nicholas, run awav from 

his bail. 502. 
Sheeles, "William, 6.54. 
Sheldon. Captain, 587. -589. 
Shepardstown, Va., 617. 
Shepherd, John, 170. 
Sheppard, Thomas, deserter. 508. 
Shepperd, John. 264. 
Sherburn. Captain. 5S6. 
■Sherby, Thomas, escaped from In- 
dians. 65. 
Sherd. Allen. 627. 

Sheriff's sales, 416, 449. 457, 573. 586. 
Sherwin. .Tames, robbery at house 

of, 220. 
Shinn, Aquila. 5.56. 

Burldell CBiddell ?), 556. 

Caleb. 556. 

Clement. 556. 

Earl, 556. 

Elizabeth, 556. 

Gamaliel. 556. 

George, 5.55. 

Jacob, 556. 

James, 554, 555, .556. 

John. 554. 555. .556. 

John, .iun., 555, 556. 

Mary. 555. 556. 

Martha, 5-56. 

Samuel, .555, 556. 

Sarah. 556. 

Pnsannah. .556. 

Thomas, 184, 554, .5.55, -^.56; Sher- 
of Burline-fon. 457, 556. 

William. .555. ,556. 
Ship for sale, 173. 
Shipeconk. Fort, 218. 
Shippen, Dr., 445. 

Edward. 5n3. 

Brigade Major .Joseph, 327. 

Dr. "V^Mlliam. 593. 611. 
Shippensburg, 621. 
Shirley, Major General. 15, 33, 49; 
money given to New Jersey 
College by, 4; regiment of, 
10, 11. 



INDEX. 



695 



Willifim, lOS. 
Shivers, Samuel, 537; servant run 

away from, 30. 
Shoemaker, Samuel, 406. 
Shore, Capt. Peter, 244. 
Shourds, Thomas, 154, 155. 
Shourds's Fenwick Colony, 293. 
Shreve, Thomas, 527. 
Shrewsbury, 6, 43, 51, 86, 153, 165, 
195, 264, 294, 352, 353, 370, 379, 
434, 474, 533. 567, 636; church 
at, lottery for benefit of, 430, 
447. 
Shute, Lieutenant, 639. 
Ensign William, 344. 
William, 549. 
Shuter's Island, 394, 406, 411, 432. 
Shurts, John, 85. 
Sibbald, Captain, 302. 
Siding-, Mary, 170. 
Sieleing, Daniel, 326. 
"Sign of the Buck" tavern, Bucks 

county. Pa., 581. 
"Sign of Hudibras" tavern, at 

Princeton, 620. 
"Sign of the Ship" tavern, 601, 

602. 
Silcock, Henry, 170. 
Silver, Archibald, 170. 
Siminson, Mr., 515. 
Simmonds, William, 96, 148. 
Simonton, Capt. James, 548. 
Simpson, Capt. Thomas, 336, 339. 
Simpson, Sergeant. 50. 
Simson, Joseph, broke goal, 282. 
Six Mile Run, 384. 
Six Nations, 53. 
Skeels, William, 654. 
Skelton, Joseph. 415. 
Skene, John, 554. 

Skey, Capt. , deserters from 

company of, 271. 
Skinner, Captain, 255. 
Courtlandt, 248, 407. 
Susannah Maria, 307. 
Lieut. Col. William, 307. 
Slaves— duty on imported, 573; for 
sale, 414, 542, 598; run away, 
55, 60, 68, 72, 73, 74, 75, 79. 
Siemens, John, 4S9. 
Sloan, Samuel, 618. 
Sluyter. Elizabeth, 593. 

Hendrick, 593. 
Smalley, John, 435. 

Susannah, 435. 
Smallpiece, William, drowned, 10, 

11. 
Small-pox, inoculation for, 444. 
Smart, Anne, 126. 
Smelt, Capt. Thomas, 50. 
Smith, Adam, 264. 

Andrew, .323, 404, 561, 639. 

Benjamin, 327, 328. 

Caleb, A. M., sermon by, for 

sale, 235. 
Casper, 370. 

Daniel, jun., 26, 113, 651. 
David, 489. 

Edward, deserter, 92. 
Gilbert, 264, 496. 
Hezekiah, 264. 
Jecamiah, 607. 
Jeffery, 71, 489. 



John, 480, 482, 517, 521, .554, 575, 

608. 
John, jun., 264. 
Jonathan, 489; Latin oration 

by, 4S6. 
Richard, Recorder of Burling- 
ton, 458, 461, 624, 625. 
Robert, 50, 179, 181, 328, 489, 533; 
notice to creditors of, .532; 
trustees of creditors of, 326. 
Rev. Samson, 434. 
Samuel, 194, 329, 406, .521, 592, 611. 
Samuel, gaoler, Burlington 

county, 81. 
Samuel, goaler Chester county. 

4. 
Thomas, 529, 593, 611. 
Thomas, sen., 392. 
William, 180, 181, 212, 327, 329, 

517. 
William, sen., 115. 
William, the New York his- 
torian, 246, 419. 
W^illiam, Sheriff, land for sale 

by, 1. 
Rev. Dr. William, 238. 
William Peartree, 382, 414, 571; 
servant run away from, 270. 
Smithfleld, 272. 
Smyrna, 306. 
Smyth, Andrew, 475, 605. 
J., 466. 
John, 475. 

John, Clerk of the Circuit 
Courts of New Jersey, 186. 
Snail, Philip, 528. 
Snailwell, 143. 
Snake story. 525. 
Snowden, Jedediah, 593, 611. 

William, 156; land for sale by, 
9: servant run awav from, 
145. 
William, jun., land for sale by, 
9. 
Snyder, Henry, 529. 
Society for the Propagation of the 
Gospel in Foreign Parts, 636. 
Society Hill, Philadelphia, 39, 394, 

407, 603, 626, 655. 
Soldiers— notice to, 3; payment of, 
516; pay of, commissioners to 
discharge arrearages of, 355; 
quartered in the Jerseys, 507, 
518; to be paid off, 406, 408. 
Somerset, 50. -578, 593. 

county, 27, 43. 44, .50, 76. 77, 86, 
89, 113. 124, 125, 264, 273, 283, 285, 
286, 287, 289, 294, 304, 311, .312, 
318, 339, 350, 3.34, 370, 384, 425, 
437, 467, 499, 542, 578, 604, 617; 
common pleas, 215; court 
house, 295: courts, 478, 60S; 
goal, 604, 629; goal, prisoners 
escaped from, 128. 
Maryland, 210. 
Somerville, 285. 

Sonmans, Arent, manour of, 490. 
Dr. Peter, 93. 
Peter, 163, 490. 
Soumain, Samuel, 511. 
South Amboy, 178, 315, 404. 
South Carolina, 334, 349, 425, 447, 
519, 562, 570, 641; man of war 



696 



INDEX. 



from, lOS; regiment of artil- 
lery, 20s ; vessel from, 192. 

South, Daniel, 264. 

Southold, L. I., 527, 562. 

South River, 98, 165, 380. 
Landing, 5, 323, 352. 

South Shrewsbury, 195. 

Spangenbery, Johniust, 528. 

Spanish ship, 97. 

Sparks, John, 170. 

Sparks"s ferry, Simon, 373. 

Sparling, Peter, 334. 

Spencer, Rev. Elihu, 195. 

Spicer, Jacob, 103, 127, 197, 295, 370, 
378, 474, 528. 
Samuel, 378. 474, 589. 
Thomas, 474; estate of, for 
sale, 378. 

Spicer's ferrv, 589. 

Spotswood. 499, 514. 

Springer, Benjamin, 244; escaped 
from Indians, 65. 
John, 370. 

Springfield, Burlington county, 401, 
554, 555, 556, 595. 
Lodge, Burlington, 554. 
township, 191, 555. 
Chester county, 26, 574. 
Mass., 578. 

Spruce run, Morris county, 128. 

SQuan Beach for sale, 353. 

Squan, "West Jersey, 204. 

Squire, Anabella, 525. 
Zophar, 525, 526. 

St. Augustine, 332. 

St. Christophers, Island of, 134, 
159, 375, 546; vessels arrived 
at, 163, 167, 334; vessel from, 
92. 

St. Clair, Lieut. Gen, James, 508. 
Sir John, Baronet, Deputy 
Quartermaster-General, 7, 8, 
13, 14. 

St. Croix, 518. 

St. Domingo, 332. 

St. Eustatia Island, West Indies, 
133: vessel bound for, 265. 

St. James's, 409. 

St. John, N. B., 153. 

St. John's, 390. 

St. John river, 636. 

St. Kitts, 104, 105, 413, 533, 550. 

St. Lawrence river, 144. 

St. Martins, 302; vessel from, 173. 

St. Mary's church, Burlington, 459. 
636; address of Minister, 
Wardens and Vestry of, to 
Gov. Bernard, 238; to Gov. 
Boone, 459. 

St. Peter's church, Philadelphia, 
299. 

St. Pieries, Pierres, Pierre, list of 
prizes carried into, 372, 375, 
433. 

Stacey, Capt. Richard, 37. 

Stacy, Ellen. .5.55. 
Mahlon, 558. 

Stade, Capt. Benjamin, 208. 

Stage from Philadelphia, 37, 78, 88, 
116. 

Stage boat, 24, 290; Bordentown, 
475. 

Stage wagon, 24, 116; from Coop- 
er's ferry to near Sandy 



Hook, 378; from Shrewsbury 
to Middletown, 379; from 
Sterling Iron Works to the 
Landing, 401. 
Stains Castle, Ireland, 15. 
Stakes, Dr., 300. 
Stamp Act Congress, 262. 
Staniford, Capt. Thomas, 604, 620. 
Stanley, Capt. William, 475. 
Stanwyx, General, 277. 
Starr, Captain, 302. 
Start, James, runaway servant, 

406. 
Staten Island, 42, 376, 515; ferry- 
boat overset and sunk, 10, 11, 
12; stage to go through, 88. 
Staymaker in Burlington, 221. 
Steelman, Hans, 654. 

James, 654. 

Sarah, 654. 
Stelle, Gabriel, 195. 

Peter, 290. 
Stephens, Isaac, estate of, 183. 

James, 183, 354. 

John, 355. 

Robert, 183; estate of, 353. 
Sterling Iron Works, 401, 503. 
Steuart, Andrew, 385. 
Stevens, Benjamin, 387. 

Isaac, 573. 

Mr., of Boston, 619. 

Richard, 645. 
Stevenson, George, 593. 

Capt. John, 50. 

John, 593. 
Steward, Alexander, 556. 

Captain, 302. 

Jennet, 556. 

John, .556. 

Patrick, death of, 212. 

William, 285. 
Stewart, Andrew, 582, 627, 628. 

Captain, 353. 

Capt. David, 31. 

Lewis, 372, 395, 609. 

Mr., of Trenton, 636. 

William, 86; servant run away 
from, 76. 
Stiles, Joseph, 114. 
Still, Captain, 518. 

James, 71. 
Still for sale, 105. 

Stillwell, John, runawav servant, 
393. 

Richard, 120; servant run 
away from, 23. 
Stilwell, William, land for sale by, 

18. 
Stirling, Earl of, 615, 622. 
Stockbridge, Mass., 618. 
Stocker, Capt. Ebenezer, 291, 296, 

372, 373, 391. 
Stocker and Fuller, 569. 
Stockholm, Aaron, 527. 
Stockton, Job, Sheriff, 604. 

John, 125, 279; death of, 215. 

Mary, 555. 

Philip, 216. 

Richard, 113, 125, 128, 169, 215, 
232, 279, 547, 618. 

Richard, 1st, 555. 

Richard, 2d, 555. 

Major Robert, 128. 



INDEX. 



697 



Robert, Sheriff of Somerset 

county, 12s. 
Samuel, 215, 232, 279. 

Stoddard, , grandfather of 

Jonathan Edwards, 189. 
Stokes, John, 372; land for sale 

by, 67. 
"Stone bruk," 550. 
Stone Creek, 208. 
Stone, Mr., 300. 
Stony Brook, 77, 125, 630. 
Storms, damage by, 38, 46, 211. 
Story, Elizabeth, 177. 
Lvdia, 264. 
Thomas, 483. 
"Story of an Old Farm," 283, 286. 
Stott, Captain, 205. 
Stout, Jonathan, 261. 
Ensign Jonathan, 344. 
Lieut. Jonathan, 570. 
Rachel, 264. 
Stoutseaman, John, boat of, over- 
set, 109. 
Straight, Anne Catharine, 287. 
Elisabeth, 287. 
Johan Leonhard, 287. 
Leonard, 286. 
Margrita, 287. 
Strathem, Jonathan, 584. 
Strattan, David, 44. 
Stratton, Va., 537. 
Strawberry Alley, Philadelphia, 

477. 
Streter, Henry, 513. 

(alias Baker), Henry, 567. 
(alias Baker), Maria Cathar- 
ina, 513, 567. 
Strettell, Robert, 96, 321. 
Strutnim, Catherine, committed to 
goal, 31. 
Mary, committed to goal, 31. 
Stryker, Gen. William S., quoted 
as to Moore Furman, 148; his 
History of the Battles of 
Trenton and Princeton, 550. 
Stryt, see Straight. 
Stuart, Captain, 353. 
Elizabeth, 549. 



William, Coroner of Somerset 

county, 27. 
William, estate of, 567. 
Stuckke, Jacob, 567. 

Mary Catherina, 567. 
Sturgeon cured, 55, 137. 
Stuyvesant, Annie, 593. 
Judith, 593. 
Petrus, 593. 
Styles, Capt. Edward, 361. 
Sugar, ships, 332. 
Sullivan, John, 261. 

Oyne, 528. 
Sumatra, Island of, 306. 
Sunderland, Peter, 103, 104. 
Surinam, 514. 

Surrogate of East Jersey, 152. 
Surrogate of West Jersey, 154. 
Surveyor General of West Jersey, 

25, 56. 1 

Susquehannah Indians, 361. 
Susquehanna river, 42, 53, 60, 65, 

233. 
Sussex 'county, 2, 32, 34, 40, 52, 59, 
65, 95, 100, 172, 175, 206, 243, 244, 
285, 446, 512, 513, 544, 553, 567, 
655; courts, 477, 608; goal, 476. 
Del., 2G2. 
Swain, Martha, 401. 
Swan, Capt. Robert, 222. 

Swartwout, , house of burned 

by Indians, 35. 
Anthony, 65, 244; house of at- 
tacked by Indians, 33. 
Gerardus, murdered by Indi- 
ans, 59. 
Swascy, Captain, 546. 
Sweeds church, 87. 
Swoap, Mr., 541. 

Major , 59; carried off by 

Indians, 60. 

Sydam, Capt. , 12. 

Sylvanus, Mr., letter to, 256. 
"Sylvanus Americanus," 180. 
Symonds, William, 205, 256, 614. 
Synod of New Jersey, meeting of, 
22, 24. 



Talman, James, 70, 318. 

Joseph, 318. 

Kezia, 318. 

Thomas, 595. 
Tanays, Capt. John, 349. 
Tanning and currying business, 

213. 
Taply, James, & Knox, 599. 
Tarbox, Capt. John, 498. 
Taylor, , 150. 

Caffery, 261. 

Edward, 152, 379. 

George, 152, 264. 

Israel, 502. 

Joab, apijrentice, absconded, 83. 

John, 152, 195, 264, 294, 379, 448. 

'Squire John, 152. 

Mary, 152. 

Robert, 375. 

Sarah, 150. 

Capt. William, 608. 
Taverns: 

Blazing Star, 402. 

Blue Anchor, 342. 



Boar's Head, 187. 

Casper Shafer's, 512. 

Death of the Fox, 78. 

Gilbert Barton's, Cranberry, 

649. 
Half Moon, 210. 
Half-way House, between Sa- 
lem and Gloucester, 87. 
Hickory, near Union Iron 

Works, 316. 
Isaac Yard's, Trenton, 393, 543. 
Jacob More's, at Bethlehem, 

632. 
John Hall's, at Cohansie 

Bridge, 374. 
John Hunt's, Elizabethtown, 

502. 
Daniel Jones's, Mount Holly, 

610. 
Achelles Lewis's, near the 

White-hall, New York, 585. 
William Mountere's, Princeton, 

557. 
King's Arms, Philadelphia, 411. 



698 



INDEX. 



King's Arms and Fountain, 

New York, 648. 
London Coffee House, Philadel- 
phia, 79, 113. 
Nag's, Nagg's, Head, Eliza- 

betlitown, 1-52, 314, 478, 51.5. 
Nathaniel Parker's, Trenton, 

406. 
Ring-o's, Amwell, 51.5. 
Robert Rutherford's, Trenton, 

168, 333. 
Widow Sarjant's, Perth Am- 

boy, 403. 
Seven Stars, on Oldman's 

creek, 84. 
James Thompson's, New 

Brunswick, 601, 602. 
George Windsor's, Mount Hol- 
ly, 207. 
Sign of the Bov and Boat, 535. 
Sign of the Buck, 581. 
Sign of Hudibras, Princeton, 

620. 

Sign of the Highlander on 

Horseback, Philadelphia. 315. 

Sign of the Hogshead (Nag's 

Head), Elizabethtown, 152, 

314. 

Sign of the Red Lion, New 

Brunswick, 648. 
Sign of the Sassafras Tree, 503. 
Sign of the Ship, New Bruns- 
wick, 601, 6U2. 
Sign of the Ship Sterling Cas- 
tle, 531. 
Sign of the Wheatsheaf, 193. 
Three Tun, at Mount Holly, 611. 
White Hart, New Brunswick, 
648. 
Teacher, advertisement for, 256. 

Temple, • , Surveyor General 

of Customs, at Boston, 622. 
Tenbrook, Capt. John, 344. 
Ten Eick's copper mine, 382. 
Teneriffe, 613. 
Ten Byck. Anthony, 588. 
Tenicum township, Bucks county. 

Pa., 645, 646. 
Tenick's copper mine for sale, 400. 
Tennent church, 195. 
Tennent, Rev. William, 275, 485, 
617; Memoirs of, 276. 
Rev. William, jun,, 151, 618. 
Tensle, Lawrence, runaway slave, 

55. 
Terrel, Captain, 450. 
Terril. Captain Bphraim, 416. 
Terrill, Ephraim, 527. 

Thomas, 527. 
Test, Edward, 126. 467. 
Thanksgiving day, 495; proclama- 
tion for, 299, 388. 
Thatcher, Josiah, 489. 
Third river, 96. 
Thirty-fifth regiment, 429. 
Thomas, Elias, land for sale by, 
12. 
Henry, 264. 
John, deserter, 110. 
Jonathan, 56, 63, 11.5, 387, 600; 
mill of, 602. 
Thompson, Benjamin, 382, 412. 
Grace, 103. 



James, .38, 616, 648; sketch of, 

618; tavern keeper, 601. 
John, jun., 290. 
Joshua, 650. 
Rev. Thomas, 636. 
William, 50, 208, 3S2, 412. 
Thomson, Amos, 489. 
James, 602. 
John, 78, 79, 563. 
Mary, 555. 
Thorndike, Capt. Andrew, 629. 
Capt. N., 91. 
Capt. Nicholas, 81. 
Nicholas, 92. 
Capt. R., 81. 
Thornditch, Captain, -375. 
Three Bridges, 288. 
Three Tun Tavern, Mount Holly, 

611. 
Throckmorton, Joseph, 166. 

Samuel, Sheriff of Middlesex 
county, 449, 587. 
Ticonderoga, 234, 255, 263, 300, 369; 
attack on, 122; French at, 
251; French intrenchments 
near, 255. 
Tillet, Captain, 497, 
Tillot, Captain, 332. 
Tilton, Esther, 474. 
John, 474. 
Mary, 474. 
Timber creek, 202. 
Tindale Island, 105. 
Titcomb, Capt. Joshua, 559. 

Titsort, , medal awarded to, 

for bravery, 282. 
Jacob, 395. 
Titus, Robert, deserter, 272, 
Tokhokonetcong river, 606. 
Tolbert, John, 655. 

Tole, , 195. 

Tollman, Stephen, servant run 

away from, 86. 
Tom, negro slave, run away, 361. 
Tom's River, 403. 
Tomlinson, Ann, 338. » 

Mary. 513. .s. 
Toner, Neal, 449. 
Tonkin, Edward, 6(X). 
Tonnage upon ships and vessels, 

act for granting, 205. 
Tonyn, Captain, 523. 
Torance, Hugh, 170. 
Towers, Robert, 434. 
Townsend, Charles, 569. 

John, land for sale by, 159. 
Robert, 159. 
Toy, Nicholas, 530, 610. 
Tracy, Capt. Nicholas, 613. 
Treat, Joseph, 489. 
Treaty between government of 
New Jersey and the Indians, 
5. 
Treaty of peace with the Indians, 

53. 
Treferthen, Capt. William, 296, 

298. 
Trent, Mary, 558. 

Trenton, 2, 9, 15, 24, 38, 50, 58. 60, 
69, 73, 85, 92. 93, 95, 100, 113, 124, 
> 137, 148, 16S, 169, 172, 175, 176. 
177, 186, 193, 194, 213, 233, 235, 
236, 248, 249, 2.50, 263, 264, 271, 
273, 274. 277, 295, 306, 316, 321, 



INDEX. 



699 



333, 335, 336, 338, 341, 353, 354, 

366, 367, 370, 375, 389, 393, 406, 

407, 409, 429, 441, 448, 492, 516, 

518, 522, 526, 543, 544, 550, 552, 

557, 558, 578, 632, 636, 643, 645, 

647. 
Battle of, 177, 618. 
court house at, 57, 627. 
Ferry, 78, 116, 117, 273, 366, 379. 
first Mayor of, 148. 
First Presbyterian church 

yard, 248. 
goal, prisoner escaped from, 

45. 
Hessians at, 618. 
Landing, 374, 375. 
Library Company, annual 

meeting of, 338, 543. 
lottery for the English and 

Grammar school, 248. 
Market House, 187. 
Mills, 568. 619. 
Postmaster at, 148, 151. 
Post Office, list of letters in, 

50, 263. 
Presbyterian church at, 148, 

177, 213, 522, 618. 
Presbyterian parsonage in, 558. 
township, 654. 
Trentown, 304, 339, 493, .564. 
Trigonometry, treatise on, 627; 

for sale, 582. 
Trimble, John, 655. 
Trinity church, Newark, 149, 636; 

lottery for the benefit of, 351, 

377, 386, 387, 389. 



Trinnell, William, 605. 
Troup, Captain, 302. 

Robert, Captain of privateer, 
118. 
Trotter, John, 528. 
Troutman, Ann, 429, 430. 

Leonard, 429, 430. 

Lynard. 315. 

Michael, 315. 
Troy, Captain, 550. 

Matthew, 528. 
Trunk lost, 484. 
Tucker, Captain, 296. 

Capt. Nicholas, 629. 

Richard, rimaway servant, 597. 

Samuel, 248, 518. 

Samuel, jun., 58, 333, 543. 

Tuckness, , drowned, 38. 

Tuite, Elizabeth, 306. 

Turks Island, 296. 

Turner, Samuel, 490. 

Turot, Mons., 550. 

Turtle Bay, 344. 

Tuscararoes, Tuscaroros, 255, 297. 

Tuteloes, 297. 

Tuthil, Dr. Samuel, 389. 

Samuel, 6-51. 
Tuthill, Dr. Samuel, 407. 
Tuttle, Col. Joseph, .371. 
Twenty-seventh (Inniskillen) regi- 
ment, 345. 
Tyler, Job, 295. 
Tyrrel's Troop of Horse, Capt., 

527. 
Ulrick, Widow, 91. 



Ulster county, N. Y., 209, 293, 478. 
tJnamites (Unamies), 297, 325. 
Union Iron Works. 100, 101, 128, 316, 
■ 408, 438, 501, 545; extract of 
letter from, 220. 
Unity, boat, for sale. 208. 
Upper Freehold, 68, 120, 152, 153, 173, 



182, , 294, 313, 341, 363, 415, 443, 

600, 601, 632. 
Upper Landing, 294. 

on the Raritan. 151. 
Upper Pittsgrove, 293. 
Upper Precinct, Cape May county, 

159. 



Valleau, Andries, 210. 

Jacobus, 210. 

Jan, 210. 

Magdelaine, 210. 

Magdelene, 210. 

Marvtie, 210. 

P., 210. 

Peter Theodorus, 210. 
. Pierre, 210. 

Samuel, 210. 

Steven Cummins, 210. 

Susanne, 210. 

Theodorus, 105, 210. 
Valleau Cemetery, 210. 
Vanaken, Abraham, shot by Indi- 
ans, 59. 
Van Brakle. Sarah (Hartshorne), 

150. 
Van Buscurk, Peter, 100. 
Vanbuskirk, Hannah. 50. 
Van Buskirk, Capt. Jacobus, 395. 

Lawrence. 395. 
Van Camp, Colonel, 218. 
Vancampen. Colonel, 220. 
Van Campen, Moses, 285. 



Vance, William, 443. 

Van Cortland t, Margaret, 306. 

Stephen, servant run away 
from, 22. 
Van Derveer, Jacob, 287. 
Vanderveer, Lawrence, sketch of, 

617. 
van der Vorst, Vrouwtje Iden, 541. 
Vandike, Roelof, 50. 
Vandyke, Lydia. 264. 
Vangieson, Renier, 295. 
Vangordon, Gilbert. 220. 
Van Hoorn, Abraham, 541. 

Johannes Cornelissen, 541. 
Van Horn, Cornelius, 382; copper 
mine of, for sale, 400. 

Lawrence, 395. 
Van Home, land for sale by, 73. 

Cornelius, 541. 

David. 256. 485, 615. 

Jacobus, 541. 

James, 74, 303, 305, 541; estate 
of, 542. 

John, 541. 

Col. Philip, 382, 412. 



7oo 



INDEX. 



Van Kamp, Jacob, killed by Indi- 
ans, 242. 
Vankirk, Arthur, servant run 
away from, 55. 

William, 467. 
Van Meter, Vanmeter, David, 293. 
Van Meter, David, 293. 

Elizabeth, 293. 

Ephraim, 293. 

Garret, 293. 
Henry, 96. 

Henry, jim., 293. 

Isaac, 293; estate of, for sale, 
292. 

Jacob, 293. 

John, 293. 

Joseph, 293. 

Rebecca; ^93. 
Van Meters, note on, 293. 
Van Norde, John, 98. 
Van Norden, Tobias, 382, 412. 
Van Nordy, John, land for sale 

by, 6. 
Van Nuyse, Jan Auckers, 151. 
Vanorden, John, 395. 
Van Reipen, Abraham, 97. 

Jacob, 97. 
Van Riper, Herman, 96. 
Van Tile, John, medal awarded to, 

for bravery, 2S1. 
Vantile, Mr., 88. 

Lieut. Walter, 344. 
Vantuyl, Sergeant, expedition 
against Indians led by, 241. 
Van Tyle, Dennis, drowned, 10, 11. 
Van Wagg-enon, Jacob, 75. 
Van Wyck, Theodorus, 588. 
Van Zandt, Peter Praa, jun., 98. 

Peter Pra, land for sale by, 6. 
Vaudreuille, Monsieur, 440. 
Vaughan, Capt. Edward, 542. 
Venable, Thomas, 342. 
Venango, Indian town, 65. 
Vendue, 88, 99; public, 312. 
Venemon, Gabriel, 129. 
Vennard, Capt. William, 446. 
Vergereau, Pierre, 151. 
Verree, James, estate of, 545. 

Rachel, 545. 

Robert, 545. 
Vescelius, Vierselius, Dr. George 
Andrew, 288, 289. 

Jesena, 288. 

Abigail, sloop, 30, 118, 129, 147, 
148, 186, 216, 245, 261, 280, 291, 
296, 298, 345, 346, 367, 563, 564, 
610, 611, 618. 

Adventure, schooner, 226, 232, 
244, 400, 408. 

Adventure, transport, 348. 

Albany, sloop of war, 416. 

Albany, transport snow, 415. 

Amazon, ship, 332. 

Amherst, schooner, 546. 

Ann, schooner, 148. 

Ann, ship, 485. 

Anna, schooner, 245. 

Antelope, transport, 348. 

Argo, snow, 416. 

Assistance, ship of war, 591. 

Bartholomew, snow, 332. 

Bellona, sloop, 388, 411, 413, 436, 
457, 496, 500. 



Benjamin, schooner, 356, 359. 
Betty, snow, 375. 
Blakeney, schooner, 137. 
Blacket, transport, 348. 
Black-Joke, sloop, 457. 
Bonetta, schocvner, 433. 
Boston County, snow, 108. 
Britannia, ship, 494, 497. 
Britannia, transport ship, 192. 
Brotherly Love, transport, 348. 
Carolina, ship, 415. 
Carolina, schooner. 542. 
Cerberus, frigate, 358. 
Champion, snow, 518. 
Charming Betsy, schooner, 133, 

134. 
Charming Fanny, brig, for 

sale, 480. 
Charming Michael, sloop, 612, 
. 615, 618. 

Charming Molly, schooner, 430. 
Charming Molly, sloop, 145, 156, 

481. 
Charming Peggy, schooner, 95. 
Charming Polly, sloop, 622. 
Charming Rachell, snow, 349. 
Charming Sally, schooner, 308, 

3S5. 
Chance, snow, 92. 
Citoyen, French warship, 340. 
Colony, sloop of war, 456. 
Company, sloop, 620, 621. 
Conqueror, sloop, 604. 
Cornelia, ship, 404. 
Countess of Berkley, ship, 439, 

441. 
Defiance, privateer ship, 143. 
Delight, schooner, 562, 565. 
Desire, snow. 361. 
Devonshire, H. M. ship, 192, 205, 

447. 
Diana, frigate, 205, 347, 348. 
Dolly, schooner, 564. 
Dolphin, schooner, 97, 129, 156, 

334. 340, 343. 
Dolphin, sloop, 572. 
Dover, ship of war, 507. 
Duke of Argyle, snow, 67. 
Dublin, man of war, 216. 
Duck, sloop, 426. 
Earl of Leicester, packet, 117. 
Earl of Loudon, brig, 354. 
Eden and Mary, transport, 348. 
Elizabeth, schooner, 157. 
Elizabeth, sloop, 413. 
Endeavour, sloop, 296, 298, 367, 

269, 622, 629. 
Eunice and Molly, sloop, 391. 
Experiment, brig, 399. 
Experiment, man of war, 136. 
Fair American, store ship, 222. 
Fair Lydia, brig, 575. 
Favorite, prize ship, 173. 
Fell, transport, 348. 
Fortitude, transport, 348. 
Fortune' s-Industry, transport, 

348. 
Fortune, sloop. 446, 4.57. 
Fowey, ship of war, 523, 571. 
Frances and Sarah, sloop, 369. 
French flag-of-truce vessel, 618. 
French frigate, 332. 
French privateer. 353. 
French privateer sloop, 613. 



INDEX, 



701 



French privateer schooner, 149. 
Friends, sloop. 610, 611. 
Friendship, brig, 559, 629. 
Fyall, schooner, 166, 169. 
General Johnson, ship, 533. 
General "Wall, packet boat, 117, 

4S0, 4S1. 
George, transport, 348. 
Gibb, 282. 
Good Fortune, schooner, 291, 

296. 
Good Intent, schooner, 137, 144, 

629. 
Good King, sloop, 302. 
Grace, brig, 349. 
Grace, ship, 587. 
Grafton, ship of war, 37. 
Gramont, H. M. ship, 205. 
Grau. brig, 349. 
Greyhound, ship of war, 570. 
Greyhound, sloop, 359, 534, 621, 

629". 
Hampshire, H. M. ship, 183. 
Hannah, schooner, 598, 60S. 
Hannah, sloop, 91. 
Harlequin, brig, 117. 
Harriot, packet, 117, 118. 
Harriot, snow packet boat, 439. 
Harwood, transport, 348. 
Helen, schooner, .550. 
Henry, brigantine, 605. 
Hercules, ship, 466. 
Hercules, ship of war, 108. 
Hero, transport, 348. 
Hester, privateer brig, 149. 
Hind, H. M. ship, 193, 205. 
Hopewell, ship, 343. 
Hopewell, transport, 348. 
Hunter, H. M. ship, 193. 
Hunter, sloop, 205. 
Industry, brig. 31, 81, 91, 92. 
Industry, snow, 466, 467, 473. 
James and Henrietta, ship. 343. 
Jane, transport ship, 343, 348. 
Jane, store ship, 222. 
Joanna, sloop, 436, 594. 
John, schooner, 542, 546. 
John and Jane, transport,' 348. 
John and Polly, sloop, 502, 503, 

612. 
Johnson, brig, 71. 
King George, Massachusetts 

provincial ship, 136. 
Kitty, transport, 348. 
La Reine Esther, 179. 
Lake George, sloop, 77, 79. 
Laurell, transport, 348. 
Le Blonde, frigate, 5.50. 
Le Fortune, snow, 564. 
Lepher, snow of war, 360. 
Little Betsy, ship, 481. 
Little Betty, schooner, 485. 
Little Hester, schooner, 290. 
Little John, sloop, 336, 338. 
Little John, ship, 372, .373. 
Lizard, frigate, 347, 436, 439. 
Loe, ship of war, 402. 
London, ship, 34. 
Lord Russel, snow, 176. 
Ludlow Castle, H. M. ship, 205, 

216. 
Lyell, ship, 167. 
Lyon, transport ship, 192, 348. 
Margaret, brig, 332. 



Mars, privateer brig, 519, 564. 
Martha and Hannah, sloop, 644, 

646. 
Mary Vth, transport, 348. 
Massachusetts, armed sloop, 

472. 
Matthew, schooner, 568, 569. 
Mercury, ship, 286. 
Mercury, ship of war, 391. 
Minehead, ship, 472. 
Morning-Starr, sloop, 14. 
Nancy (vessel), 567, 568. 
Nancy, ship, 648. 
Neptune, privateer snow, 117. 
New Grace, ship, 176. 
New Phillis, store ship, 222. 
Nightingale, ship of war, 4, 30, 

52, 58, 108, 126, 334, 344, 347, 348. 
Norwich, man of war, 159, 456. 
Nottingham, H. M. ship, 37. 
Old Grace, ship, 392. 
Olive Branch, snow, 77. 
Orange, sloop, 216. 
Patty, sloop, S3. 
Pembroke, schooner, 37. 
Penguin, ship of war, 439. 
Pennsylvania, frigate, 302. 
Penobscot, schooner, 61S. 
Penzance, ship of war, 575, 583, 

589. 
Phoenix, schooner, 338, 339. 
Pitt, schooner, 475. 
Pittsbourg, schooner, .350, 356. 
Polly, schooner, 400, 408. 
Polly, brig, 537. 
Polly, sloop, 546. 
Prince Edward (vessel), 302. 
Prince George, privateer, 83. 
Prince George, snow, 98. 
Prince of Orange, privateer 

brig, 146. 
Prince of Wales, transport 

ship, 343, 348. 
Priscilla, sloop, 52. 
Privateer sloop, 155. 
Prosperous, sloop, 349. 
Province, store ship, 222. 
Quebec, ship. 413. 
Ranger, transport, 348. 
Rebecca, sloop, 610, 611, 615, 618. 
Recovery, schooner, 471. 
Resolution, privateer brig, 362. 
Resolution, schooner, 208, 244, 

336, 339, 388, 586, 587, 622, 629, 

634. 
Rebecca, sloop, 610, 611, 615, 618. 
Robin Hood, sloop, 391, 498, 564. 
Rollo, schooner, 564. 
Ruby, transport ship, 192. 
Rye, schooner, 446, 564, 565, 568, 

611, 612. 
Rve, ship of war, 370. 
Salisbury, sloop, 77, 81, 143, 298, 

335, 393, 502, 508, 642. 
Sallv, schooner, 147, 367, 369. 
Sally, ship, 353. 
Samuel, schooner, 303. 
Samuel, ship, 622. 
Sarah, sloop, 79. 
Sarah, schooner, 375. 
Saunders, schooner, 604, 620. 
Scarborough, ship of war, 347. 
Seafiower, schooner, 343. 



702 



INDEX. 



Seaflower, sloop, 144, 145, 604, 

6uS. 
Seahorse, frigate, 347. 
Snapper, schooner, 91, 92. 
Somerset, ship of war, 346. 
Sommerswoth, brig-, 612. 
Spanish ship, 95. 
Speedwell, sloop, 563, 594. 
Sparrow, schoonej", 1. 
Squirrel, H. M. ship, 183. 
Staten Island ferryboat, 10, 11. 
Stirling Castle, ship of war, 34, 

57, 58. 
Sturdy Beggar, privateer, 118, 

302. 
Susannah, sloop, 358. 
Sutherland, ship of war, 87. 
.Succe.s's, transport ship, 192. 
•Swallow, schooner, 232, 473. 
Swallow, vessel, 427. 
Swan, schooner, 372, 373, 467, 

471, 611, 612. 
Tamerlane, transport ship, 192. 
Terrible, ship of war, 346. * 
Terrible, store ship, 222. 
Terrible, transport ship, 223. 
Terror, store ship, 222. 
Thornton, ship, 415. 
Three Brothers, schooner, 147. 
Three Sisters, ship, 343. 
Trent, frigate, 347, 348. 
Trumpeter, sloop, 31. 
Two brothers, brig, 77, 83. 
Two Brothers, schooner, 620, 

622. 
Two Brothers, sloop, 31, 32, 36. 
Two Friends, schooner, 145, 148. 
Two Sisters, snow, 567. 



Tyloc, armed ship, 205. 
Unity, boat, for sale, 208. 
Unity, sloop, 475. 
Vanguard, H. M. ship, 222, 247. 
William and George, sloop, 586. 
William and Marv, schooner, 

559, 564, 573. 
William and Mary, store ship, 

222. 
William and Sarah, schooner, 

548. 
Winchelsea, H. M. ship, 192. 

205. 
Wolfe, sloop, 596. 
Wyhack ferryboat, 91. 
Yarmouth, sloop, 375. 
York, ship, 314. 
Vice Admiralty Court, 382. 
Vickery, Capt. Stephen, 91, 92. 
Viersellius, Dr. George Andrew, 
298. 
Jesena Catherina, 298. 
Viney, Jacob, 646. 
Vincenttown, 370. 
Vining, John, 299. 
Vinnard, Vinard, Capt. Samuel, 

145, 148. 
Virginia, 532, 618; fleet, 590; vessel 

from, 290. 
Volunteers, act for raising 600 ef- 
fective, 560, 563; call for, 52 
proclamation calling for, 101 
proclamation for raising, 193. 
to be raised in New Jersey, 
186. 
Vreland, George, 295. 

Hartman, 443; notice of, 444. 



AV 



Wade, John, 308. 
AVadleigh, Capt. Joseph, 303. 
Waldron, Daniel, servant run 
away from, 74. 

Richard, 387. 
Wales, Princess Dowager of, 21. 
Walker, John, 375, 633. 

Mary, 30S, 403. 

Matthias, runaway servant, 
G32. 

Capt. Ralph, 111. 

Richard. 593. 
AVallace, Hugh, 182; marriage of, 
431. 

James, 622. 

Capt. John, 354. 

Capt. Thomas. 562. 

Thomas, reported murder of, 
566. 
Waller, William. 78, 79. 
Wallis, Hope, 343. 

John, 343. 

Thomas, estate of, for sale, 342. 
Walling, Widow, daughter of, at- 
tacked by Indians, 218. 
Wallkill, 60. 

Walpack, Fort at, 117, 218. 
Walters, John, 144. 
Walton, William, 562. 
Wan, Indian slave. 111. 
War of the Rebellion, 195. 
Ward, Jonas, 300. 

Peter, 469. 



Thomas, his son killed by a 
wild-cat, 489. 

William, killed by Indians, 242, 
243. 
Warden, Eliakim, 195. 

Joanna, 195. 

John, 153, 294. 
Warne, Elizabeth, 334. 

Joshua, 333, 334. 

Thimas, 334. 
Warner, Captain, 585, 586. 
Warnock, John, 375. 
Warrell, Joseph, 249; estate of, 

248. 
Warren county, 286. 
Warren, Admiral Sir Peter, 307. 

Susan, 307. 
"Warrington, Joseph," 433. 
AVashington, 495. 
AVashington, General, 299. 
AVatch found, 379. 
Watch lost, 385, 511. 
Avaterford, West New Jersey, 90, 
378, 473. 

township, 127, 33S, 554. 
Watson, Alexander, 430. 

John, 88, 375. 

Mr., 402, 478. 

Peter, runaway servant, 493. 
"VA'atts, William, deserter, 347. 
Wattson, William, 655. 
Weather, hot, 589. 
Weatherby, Judge Edward, 154. 



INDEX. 



703 



Weatherbay, Edward, 375. 
Weathersfleld, Conn., 2S3. 
Webbster, Capt. Thomas, 349. 
Webster, Richard, History of the 
Presbyterian church by, 160. 
Wedding at New Brunswick, 431. 
Weebear, Paul, a Frenchman, 477. 
Weehawken (Way-Hawke) Ferry, 
263. 

ferryboat, 91. 
Weisner, Christian, 441. 

Juliana, 441. 
Weldon, Patrick, runaway slave. 

8. 
Wells, Noah, 264. 

Capt. Richard, 204. 

William, 631. 
Wentworth, Captain, 290. 
Wequalia, an Indian, 153. 
Westbrook, Abraham, killed by 
Indians, 242. 

Anthony, 217. 

Cornelius, killed by Indians, 
242. 

Gideon, killed by Indians, 242. 

Lieutenant, 220. 
West, Charles, 315, 573. 

John, 407, 433. 

Capt. Matthew, 261, 528. 
-—Samuel, deserter, 347. 
West Chester, N. Y., 75; St. Peter's 
church at, 294. 

Westfall, , barn of, burned 

by Indians, 17. 

Urian, 243. 
West Falls, Indian ravages at, 

241. 
West Indies, 307, 378, 495, 514, 517, 

518, 521, 526, 574, 613, 622. 
West Jersey, 521. 

Constitution of, 196. 

Proprietors, 208. 

rights for sale, 645. 

sale of shares of, 555. 

vessel from, 14. 
West-New-Jersey, 366. 

Society, 316. 
West Nottingham, 30, 375. 
Westphalen, Peter, murdered by 

Indians, 59. 
West Point Military Academy, 307. 
Wetherby, Edmund, 403. 
AVetherell, John, 552. 
Wetherill, Christopher, horse 
stolen by, 192. 

John, 294. 
Weygand, Rev. John Albert, 287. 
"Wezel, 42. 

Whales seen near Amboy, 623. 
Wharton, James, 180, 181. 

Thomas, 203. 
"Wheate, Benjamin, 555. 
"•Wheatsheaf," Sign of the, 193. 
Wheeler, Ann, 403. 
Wheton, Robert, 531. 
"Whippenung Meadow, 659. 
White, Anthony, 255, 316, 317. 

Captain, 332. 

James, 3, 278, 530. 

James, tobacconist, 233. 

Margaret (Hartshorne), 150. 

Sarah, 148. 

Townsend, 148, 515. 



Whitehall, New York, 78, 204, 585. 

Slip, 405. 
'White Hart," Sign of the, 648. 
Whitehead, AVilliam, 378. 

^Vhiting, , 254. 

Whitmore, Colonel, 205. 
Whitson, Captain, 439. 
Wickes, Dr. Stephen— History of 
the Oranges, 195; Medical 
Men of New Jersey, 195, 208. 
Wicklow, Henry, soldier, 429. 
Wickwire, John, deserter, 437. 
Wikoff, John, 132. 
Wilcocks, Joseph, 98. 

Nancy, eloped, 97. 
Wilday, Grace, 308. 
Wild-cat kills a boy, 469. 
Wilding, John, estate of, 457. 

Wilds, Robert, 457. 

Willard, Abigail, 474. 

George, broke goal, 312, 329. 

Thomas, 90, 261. 
Willdridge, Susannah, 403. 
^Villey, David, 462. 
William, Anible (Anabella), 525. 
William Henry, Fort, 280; letter 

from, 122. 
Williams, Amos, 283. 

Benjamin, 283; servant run 
away from, 282. 

Capt. Benjamin, rescued from 
drowning, 10, 11. 

Catharine, 151. 

Colonel, 255; regiment of, 277. 

Daniel, 66. 

Elijah, 489. 

Israel, 126. 

John, 166, 365, 443, 528, 651. 

Matthew, 283. 

Renselear, servant 
from, 75. 

Sarah, 126. 

Capt. Thomas, 283. 

William, 254. 
Williamson, Benjamin, 

Isaac H., 152. 

Col. Mathias, 377. 

Matthias, 152, 314, 432. 

William, 152. 
Willing, Mary, killed by Indians, 

242. 
Willing, Morris and Company, 573, 

574. 
Willingborough, 67. 
Willington, England, 474. 
Willis, Samuel, schoolmaster, 85. 
Willcock, Captain, 183. 
Wilmington, Del., 593. 
Wilson, Gen. James Grant, 593. 

James, 475; estate of, 534. 
• John, 644. 

Rev. Matthew, 434. 

Robert, 655. 

Thomas, 264, 648. 

William, 655. 

William, deserter, 99. 
Wilston, John, 555. 
Wimble, Capt. William, 484. 
Windmill in Burlington, 543. 
Windsor, Conn., 188. 
Windsor, George, estate of, 207. 

Sarah, 467. 
Windsor township, 321. 



run away 



152. 



704 



INDEX. 



Winter, Capt. Richard, 537. 
Wioming-, 218; set on fire by Indi- 
ans, 60. 

Indians, 233. 
Witt, Mrs. Elizabeth, school to be 

held at the house of, 49. 
Wives run away — 

Jesena Catherina Viersellius, 
298. 

Elizabeth Parlter, 313. 

Martha Sergeant, 339. 

Elizabeth Hoffman, 362. 

Susannah Smalley, 435. 

Juliana Weisner, 441. 

Ester Austin, 449. 

Phebe Carter, 552. 
Wolverton's. Major, courts at, 478. 
Wolford, Job, 261. 
Wood, Henry, 430, 473. 

John, 609. 

Josliua, soldier, 429. 

Mary, 362. 

Ruth, 431. 

Samuel, 44. 

W., 384. 

William, 431, estate of, 384. 
Woodtaerry, 370. 

Woodbridge. 113, 150, 151, 177, 181, 
296, 383, 388, 394, 416, 450, 552, 
553, 575, 576, 578, 583; school- 
master at, 402. 
Woodbridge, Jahleel, 616; sketch 

of, 618. 
Woodbury, 400, 430, 594. 

Creek, petitioners of, 229. 
Woodbury, Captain, 162. 
Woodham, Henry and, merchants, 

515. 
Woodhouse township, 34. 
Woodnitt, Richard. 467. 
Woodroe, Henry, 530. 
Woodrow, Henry, 611. 



Woodruff, Captain, 527. 

Samuel. 133, 134, 580; Mayor of 
Elizabeth. 397, 453. 
Woodruff and Jelf, merchants, 442. 
Woodside, James, 375, 605. 
Woodson, Henry, 548. 
Woolcomber, 143. 
Woolman, John, .556. 
Woodward, Captain, killed in the 
attack on Fort Ticonderoga, 
123. 
Woolsey, Joseph, horse stolen 

from, 85. 
Woolverton, Isaac, horse stolen 
from, 265. 

Wooster, , regiment of, 254. 

Wooton, John, deserter, 176. 
Worchester, Mass., 522. 
Worrell, Joseph, estate of, 552. 

Joseph, jun., 552. 
Worren, Corporal Richard, desert- 
er, 590. 
Worth, James, 54. 

Samuel, land for sale by, 77. 

William, land for sale by, 77. 
Wor man, William, 6-32. 
Wrecks, 3, 30, 68, 77, 79, 92. 162, 163, 
173, 290, 402, 518, 521, 526, 533, 547, 
562, 565, 571, 572. 619. 
Wright, Captain, 224. 

Charles, 50. 

Capt. Edward, 349. 

Empson, 115. 

Fretwell, 11-5. 

Hezekiah, -376. 

John, 50, 170, 308. 

Jonas, 120. 

Rebecca (Hartshorne), 150. 
Wyger, Capt. William, 550. 
Wykoff, Peter, 132. 
Wynant, Capt. William, 446. 



Yale College, 140, 149, 188. 
Yard, Isaac, tavern keeper, 393, 
543. 
Joseph, 194, 278, 295, 355, 441; 

land for sale by, 70. 
Mr., 620. 
T^illiam, 338. 
Yardley's ferry, 264, 448. 
Yarnold, Matthias, servant. In 

goal, 85. 
Yates, Thomas, 528. 
York, Duke of, 150. 



York goal, 132. 

York road, 368, 537. 

Yorkshire Tenth, Burlington, 554, 

555. 
York Town, 541. 
York-Town, Pa., 593. 
Young-, Robert, 605. 
Younglove, Dorcas, 579. 

Ezekiel, 579. 

Isaiah, 579, 580. 

Israel, 579, 580. 
Young Tifter, Irish stallion, 15. 



Zabriski, John, 387. 

Zachary, Daniel, 490. 

Zane, Robert, 127, 193. 

Zeglerin, Dr. Charles, estate or, 



442. 
Jacobina, 442. 
Zutfin, Dirick, 287. 













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